- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- Part I Theories and Trends
- 1 Regulating Fixed Telecommunications Services
- 2 Network Interconnection
- 3 Spectrum Management for Information Societies
- 4 Towards Universal Service: Issues, Good Practices and Challenges
- 5 Telecom Suppliers in the Asia Pacific Region: Theory, Principles and Practice
- Part II Country Studies
- 6 China and India
- 7 Hong Kong
- 8 Macau
- 9 Japan
- 10 Korea (South)
- 11 Singapore
- 12 Taiwan
- 13 Indonesia
- 14 Malaysia (and Brunei)
- 15 The Philippines
- 16 Thailand
- 17 Cambodia
- 18 Laos
- 19 Myanmar (Burma)
- 20 Vietnam
- Appendix 1 Teledensities and Major Telecom Operators in Asia Pacific
- Appendix 2 Submarine cable networks in Southeast Asia
- References
- Index
- Regulators and Ministries
Towards Universal Service: Issues, Good Practices and Challenges
Towards Universal Service: Issues, Good Practices and Challenges
- Chapter:
- (p.85) 4 Towards Universal Service: Issues, Good Practices and Challenges
- Source:
- Telecommunications Development in Asia
- Author(s):
Björn Wellenius
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
This chapter discusses why telecommunications matters for development and the extent to which sector reforms reduce inequality. It then examines the main policy issues and options that arise in designing programmes to extend service beyond the market, followed by a more detailed discussion of implementation topics that cut across these issues. It also presents some preliminary lessons on community telecentres. It concludes with some comments on where things now stand on universal service policy.
Keywords: telecommunications, sector reforms, community telecentres, telecentres, universal service policy
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- Part I Theories and Trends
- 1 Regulating Fixed Telecommunications Services
- 2 Network Interconnection
- 3 Spectrum Management for Information Societies
- 4 Towards Universal Service: Issues, Good Practices and Challenges
- 5 Telecom Suppliers in the Asia Pacific Region: Theory, Principles and Practice
- Part II Country Studies
- 6 China and India
- 7 Hong Kong
- 8 Macau
- 9 Japan
- 10 Korea (South)
- 11 Singapore
- 12 Taiwan
- 13 Indonesia
- 14 Malaysia (and Brunei)
- 15 The Philippines
- 16 Thailand
- 17 Cambodia
- 18 Laos
- 19 Myanmar (Burma)
- 20 Vietnam
- Appendix 1 Teledensities and Major Telecom Operators in Asia Pacific
- Appendix 2 Submarine cable networks in Southeast Asia
- References
- Index
- Regulators and Ministries
