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Global Capacity Building Initiative for ICT Regulators (GCBI)

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Executive Summary Project Concept Note Needs Analysis Call for Proposals Events

Events

Training Workshop for Regulators and Policy Makers in Eastern and Southern Africa
Addis Ababa | 6-9 Nov 07 Global Symposium for Regulators 2008 (GSR08)
Pattaya | 11-13 Mar 08
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2.9.5 Regulatory implications caused by changes in market structure

Regulation area

Implications

Pricing
  • More competition reduces the need for price regulation

Interconnection
  • Dominance by a few international carriers. New imbalances in payments of international settlements.

Licensing
  • Providers may easily circumvent licensing barriers in particular on the content and application markets.

Universal Service
  • Provision in rural areas becomes cheaper and more economically viable.

Spectrum Management
  • Many different types of actors providing different types of applications compete for the same limited resources

Numbering
  • More competition implies need for more focus on fair allocation of numbers.
  • More competition implies more need for portability of numbers
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Last updated 16 Dec 2008

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