Telecom Traffic and Investment in Developing Countries : The Effects of International Settlement Rate Reductions
Developing countries, which received about $35 billion in net settlement payments from the United States telecom carriers between 1985 and 1998, were upset by the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decision to slash rates, because lower...
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okr-10986-198242021-04-23T14:03:46Z Telecom Traffic and Investment in Developing Countries : The Effects of International Settlement Rate Reductions Wallsten, Scott J. ARBITRAGE BENCHMARK BENCHMARKS CALL VOLUMES CIRCUITS COMPETITION POLICY CONSUMERS ELASTICITY ENGINEERS EXPECTED RETURNS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOAL HARD CURRENCY INCOME LEVELS INHERITANCE INTEREXCHANGE CARRIERS INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC ITU MARGINAL COST MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NATIONAL INCOME NET SETTLEMENT NORMAL PROFITS PER CAPITA INCOME PRICE ELASTICITY PROFIT MAXIMIZATION ROUTES SETTLEMENTS SIT TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELEDENSITY TELEPHONE TELEPHONE CALLS TELEPHONE CARRIERS TELEPHONE MAINLINES TELEPHONE NETWORKS TELEPHONE RATES TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONE TRAFFIC TELEPHONES TELEPHONY UPPER WEB Developing countries, which received about $35 billion in net settlement payments from the United States telecom carriers between 1985 and 1998, were upset by the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decision to slash rates, because lower rates mean lower payments. They claim that the payments help finance telecom investment, and that the FCC's decision will therefore harm their telecom sectors. The author uses a panel data set for 178 countries from 1985 to 1998 to test how changes in settlement rates affect telecom traffic and investment. He finds that rates are significantly negatively correlated with traffic, with the greatest effects in the poorest countries. In other words, reduced settlement rates spur telecom traffic from developing countries to the United States. And while there is a statistically significant correlation between settlement payments and telecom revenues in developing countries, he finds no correlation between the payments and the number of telephone mainlines or imports of telecommunications equipment. In short, there is no evidence that the payments are invested in telecom networks. 2014-08-28T17:59:10Z 2014-08-28T17:59:10Z 2000-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/07/443606/telecom-traffic-investment-developing-countries-effects-international-settlement-rate-reductions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19824 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2401 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ARBITRAGE BENCHMARK BENCHMARKS CALL VOLUMES CIRCUITS COMPETITION POLICY CONSUMERS ELASTICITY ENGINEERS EXPECTED RETURNS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOAL HARD CURRENCY INCOME LEVELS INHERITANCE INTEREXCHANGE CARRIERS INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC ITU MARGINAL COST MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NATIONAL INCOME NET SETTLEMENT NORMAL PROFITS PER CAPITA INCOME PRICE ELASTICITY PROFIT MAXIMIZATION ROUTES SETTLEMENTS SIT TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELEDENSITY TELEPHONE TELEPHONE CALLS TELEPHONE CARRIERS TELEPHONE MAINLINES TELEPHONE NETWORKS TELEPHONE RATES TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONE TRAFFIC TELEPHONES TELEPHONY UPPER WEB |
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ARBITRAGE BENCHMARK BENCHMARKS CALL VOLUMES CIRCUITS COMPETITION POLICY CONSUMERS ELASTICITY ENGINEERS EXPECTED RETURNS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOAL HARD CURRENCY INCOME LEVELS INHERITANCE INTEREXCHANGE CARRIERS INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC ITU MARGINAL COST MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES NATIONAL INCOME NET SETTLEMENT NORMAL PROFITS PER CAPITA INCOME PRICE ELASTICITY PROFIT MAXIMIZATION ROUTES SETTLEMENTS SIT TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELEDENSITY TELEPHONE TELEPHONE CALLS TELEPHONE CARRIERS TELEPHONE MAINLINES TELEPHONE NETWORKS TELEPHONE RATES TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONE TRAFFIC TELEPHONES TELEPHONY UPPER WEB Wallsten, Scott J. Telecom Traffic and Investment in Developing Countries : The Effects of International Settlement Rate Reductions |
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Developing countries, which received
about $35 billion in net settlement payments from the United
States telecom carriers between 1985 and 1998, were upset by
the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decision
to slash rates, because lower rates mean lower payments.
They claim that the payments help finance telecom
investment, and that the FCC's decision will therefore
harm their telecom sectors. The author uses a panel data set
for 178 countries from 1985 to 1998 to test how changes in
settlement rates affect telecom traffic and investment. He
finds that rates are significantly negatively correlated
with traffic, with the greatest effects in the poorest
countries. In other words, reduced settlement rates spur
telecom traffic from developing countries to the United
States. And while there is a statistically significant
correlation between settlement payments and telecom revenues
in developing countries, he finds no correlation between the
payments and the number of telephone mainlines or imports of
telecommunications equipment. In short, there is no evidence
that the payments are invested in telecom networks. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Wallsten, Scott J. |
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Wallsten, Scott J. |
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Wallsten, Scott J. |
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Telecom Traffic and Investment in Developing Countries : The Effects of International Settlement Rate Reductions |
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Telecom Traffic and Investment in Developing Countries : The Effects of International Settlement Rate Reductions |
| title_full |
Telecom Traffic and Investment in Developing Countries : The Effects of International Settlement Rate Reductions |
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Telecom Traffic and Investment in Developing Countries : The Effects of International Settlement Rate Reductions |
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Telecom Traffic and Investment in Developing Countries : The Effects of International Settlement Rate Reductions |
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telecom traffic and investment in developing countries : the effects of international settlement rate reductions |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/07/443606/telecom-traffic-investment-developing-countries-effects-international-settlement-rate-reductions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19824 |
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