New technology and the liberalization of telecommunications markets are putting increasing stress on the accounting rates regime -- the system used by telecommunications carriers to settle their international traffic accounts. While operators in most countries acknowledge that the current system...

Competitive markets go a long way toward making telecommunications services available throughout the population. But governments often seek to extend access to services beyond what the private sector will provide on its own. To widen access, governments must remove obstacles that prevent the...

In the transition from state-owned monopolies to privately led and increasingly competitive market structures in telecommunications, poor performance of regulatory agencies limits the benefits of reform. This Note proposes measures for establishing a regulatory framework that enables better...