2.9.1 Regulatory implications from mobile communication
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Regulation area |
Implications |
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Pricing |
- Regulation of new pricing schemes such as prepaid and RPP
- Rules for handset subsidies and binding periods
- Pricing of mobile termination
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Interconnection |
- IC between mobile operators and mobile and fixed operators
- National and International roaming
- IC of SMS and other mobile data services
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Licensing |
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Universal Service |
- Defining the role of mobile services in obtaining universal service.
- Demands for geographical coverage to mobile operators
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Spectrum Management |
- Harmonization of spectrum use in order to facilitate international roaming
- More pressure on spectrum resources
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Numbering |
- Wireless infrastructures providing opportunities for roaming challenges geographical numbering plans.
- High growth in the number of mobile phones has increased the demand for numbers.
- Special number series for mobile services.
- Number portability between fixed and mobile services
- Need for transparency in infrastructure use if this affects tariffs.
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