Private Participation in Telecommunications : Recent Trends

Private Participation in Telecommunications : Recent Trends

More than ninety developing economies opened their telecommunications sector to private participation between 1990 and 1998. These countries transferred to the private sector the operating or construction risk, or both, of more than 500 projects,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Izaguirre, Ada Karina
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LICENSE FEE
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMPETITION (ECONOMIC)
DIVESTITURE
GREENFIELD PROJECTS
MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS BARRIERS TO ENTRY
COMPETITIVE MARKETS
DEBT
EXPENDITURES
INCOME
INNOVATIONS
LOCAL LICENSES
MONOPOLIES
NORTH AFRICA
OPERATING RISK
PHONE SERVICES
POWER PLANTS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
REGULATORY AGENCIES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR
TRANSPORT
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/12/729342/private-participation-telecommunications-recent-trends
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11447
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Summary:More than ninety developing economies opened their telecommunications sector to private participation between 1990 and 1998. These countries transferred to the private sector the operating or construction risk, or both, of more than 500 projects, attracting investment commitments of US$214 billion. Two-thirds of that amount has been invested in expanding and modernizing networks; the other third has gone to governments as divestiture revenues or license fees. The investment shows three main trends: Latin America is in the lead. Private participation takes place in increasingly competitive market structures. And divestitures and greenfield projects outnumber operations and management contracts.

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