As the telecommunications sector evolves toward a more competitive environment in which the private actors become the … telecommunications services. This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the technical and financial parameters that have to be … considered in formulating such policies. It presents an array of options for commercial operation of rural telecommunications and …

The need for telecommunications sector reforms is now widely recognized in Sub-Saharan Africa. A growing number of …

telecommunications sector of most transitional and developing (TDCs) and to ensure that the TDC has the best chance of achieving the … benefits for the country as a whole that flow from a competitive telecommunications sector. To help decisionmakers identify … telecommunications legislation in other TDCs, which are engaged in liberalizing and privatizing this sector. It looks at lessons learned …

Across Africa, rising mobile phone penetration, improving broadband Internet, and growing use of mobile money are … aimed at closing the gender digital divide. The World Bank, in partnership with the EQUALS Global Coalition and the GSM …

This technical note is intended to contribute to understanding of how to leverage open source software (OSS) for global … information systems that can serve as a global public good, rather than reinventing the wheel every time. Despite business …

From 1989 to 1994 the government of Mexico carried out a major restructuring of the telecommunications sector … context, issues, and options for telecommunications policy and regulatory reform in Mexico as the second wave of the sector …