Output-Based Aid in Mongolia : Expanding Telecommunications Services to Rural Areas

Output-Based Aid in Mongolia : Expanding Telecommunications Services to Rural Areas

Access to telecommunications services has been extremely limited in the remote and sparsely populated areas of Mongolia. Several factors have conspired against achieving universal access on a purely commercial basis the country's vast and chal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dymond, Andrew, Oestmann, Sonja, McConnell, Scott
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO SERVICES
AUCTIONS
BENEFICIARIES
BROADBAND
BUSINESS HOURS
CALCULATIONS
CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS
COMMUNICATIONS LAW
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
COMPETITIONS
CONSUMER
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
EMERGING MARKETS
FINANCIAL STABILITY
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
ICT
INCOME
INNOVATIONS
INTERNET ACCESS
INTERNET SERVICES
INVESTMENT RISKS
LEVY
LICENSE
MARGINAL COST
MOBILE PHONE
MOBILE SERVICE
MULTIPLE ACCESS
NETWORKS
OUTPUT
OUTPUTS
PILOT PROJECTS
PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
RAPID GROWTH
RATE OF RETURN
REMOTE AREAS
RESPONSIBILITIES
RESULT
RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SAVINGS
SENIOR
STAKEHOLDERS
SUBSIDY PAYMENTS
TARGETS
TAXABLE INCOME
TELECOM
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
TELEPHONE
TELEPHONE NETWORK
TELEPHONE SERVICE
TELEPHONES
TELEPHONY
TRANSMISSION
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
UNIVERSAL SERVICE
UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATION
USER
VOICE TELEPHONY
VSAT
WIRELESS INTERNET
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9288135/output-based-aid-mongolia-expanding-telecommunications-services-rural-areas
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11022
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Summary:Access to telecommunications services has been extremely limited in the remote and sparsely populated areas of Mongolia. Several factors have conspired against achieving universal access on a purely commercial basis the country's vast and challenging geography, the nomadic lifestyle of the rural population, government ownership and incumbent control of the long-distance transmission network. As first steps in rolling out a universal access program, two pilot projects are bringing phone service to remote herder communities and both mobile phone and Internet services to rural villages. To support the delivery of these services, onetime subsidies were competitively awarded to licensed telecommunications operators in Mongolia. These are output-based subsidies: the winning bidders take on the investment risks of expanding their networks, receiving subsidy payments largely only after meeting service targets. The operators are obligated to continue offering the services for the duration of their 5 year service agreements without further subsidy.

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