Options to Increase Access to Telecommunications Services in Rural and Low-Income Areas

Recent evidence suggests that increasing overall service coverage and promoting access to telecommunications services have a high economic benefit. Overall, it is estimated that a ten percent increase in mobile telephony penetration could increase...

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Main Authors:	Muente-Kunigami, Arturo, Navas-Sabater, Juan
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS CHARGES ACCESS TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS AFFORDABLE ACCESS ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AUCTION AUCTIONS AUDITS BACKBONE BACKBONE NETWORKS BALANCE SHEET BALANCE SHEETS BARRIER BARRIER TO ENTRY BARRIERS TO ENTRY BASIC BROADBAND BROADBAND CONNECTIONS BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY BROADBAND NETWORK BUSINESS CASE BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESS MODELS CALL CENTER CAPABILITIES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL CITIES CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CASH FLOW CELL PHONE CITIES COLLABORATION COLLATERAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNITIES COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS COMPETITIVENESS COMPONENTS COMPUTERIZATION CONTENT CREATION CONTENT DEVELOPMENT COPYING COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER COST STRUCTURES COSTS SAVINGS CREATIVE SOLUTIONS CUSTOMS DATA COMMUNICATION DATA SERVICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIGITAL DOI DOMAIN ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENT MARKETS END USER END USERS END-USER EQUIPMENT EQUITY FINANCING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL RISKS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FORMATTING FREQUENCY BAND FUNCTIONALITY GATEWAYS GENERAL POPULATION GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT ENTITIES GOVERNMENT REVENUES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH STRATEGIES HIGH-SPEED ICT IMPLEMENTATION STAGES INCOME INFORMATICS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INNOVATIONS INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTANGIBLE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION INTERNET ACCESS ISPS LIBERALIZATION LICENSE LICENSE FEE LICENSES LICENSING MARKET DOMINANCE MARKET EFFICIENCY MARKET FAILURES MARKET SHARE MATERIAL MEDIA MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MOBILE NETWORK MOBILE NETWORKS MOBILE PHONE MOBILE SERVICE MOBILE SERVICES MOBILE TELEPHONY MOBILE TERMINALS MOBILE USERS MONOPOLIES NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK SERVICES NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEXT GENERATION OPEN ACCESS OUTPUT OUTPUTS OUTSOURCING PAPER REQUIREMENTS PARTICULAR COUNTRY PAYPHONES PERSONAL COMPUTER PHONE SERVICES PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS PRIVATIZATION PRIVATIZATIONS PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS PROTOCOL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PUBLISHING PURCHASING POWER QUALITY OF SERVICE QUALITY OF SERVICES QUERIES RAPID GROWTH REGULATOR REGULATORS REGULATORY AGENCIES REGULATORY AGENCY REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RESULT RESULTS RETAIL SERVICES REVENUE POTENTIAL REVERSE AUCTION REVERSE AUCTIONS RURAL ACCESS RURAL ENTREPRENEURS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL OPERATORS RURAL TELECOMMUNICATION RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS RURAL TELEPHONES SATELLITE SAVINGS SEARCH SECONDARY MARKET SERVICE DELIVERY SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT SUPERVISION TARGETS TAX TAX CREDITS TAX RATES TELECENTERS TELECOM TELECOM SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELEDENSITY TELEPHONE TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONES TELEPHONY SERVICES TRAINING CENTERS TRAINING PROGRAMS TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY TREASURY UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL ACCESS OBJECTIVES UNIVERSAL ACCESS PROGRAMS UNIVERSAL SERVICE UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATION UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONS USES VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL VOIP WIRELESS WIRELESS SERVICES
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