Competition in Telecoms--Implications for Universal Service and Employment
Author: Ben A. Petrazzini Date: 10/1/1996 (PDF, 200KB)
Ben A. Petrazzini argues that competition in domestic telecommunications markets promotes both universal service and employment in developing countries. Thus, incumbent monopoly operators should be reformed. And since incumbents are subject to increasingly fierce international competition from callback services, Internet phone, low-earth-orbit satellites, and global operators, this reform should happen sooner rather than later.