Telecommunications Reform In India

1. 
 
The Policy Agenda

2. 
 
TRAI's Objectives and Policy Focus in a Changing
Environment

3. 
 
An Institutional View

4. 
 
Strategies for Rapid Telecommunications and Internet
Growth

5. 
 
Privatization and Market Liberalization in Asia

6. 
 
A New Approach to Service Provision

7. 
 
Lessons in Telecommunications Policy and Practice

8. 
 
Universal Service, Competition, and Economic Growth

9. 
 
Regulation of the Mexican Telecommunications Markets

10. Pricing Interconnection and Universal Service

11. Universal Service in Densely Populated Developing
Countries

12. Parvathagiri, Andhra Pradesh : A Rural Case Study

Appendix

Index

Telecommunications reform in India is complete, according to policymakers there. They have done everything "correctly" in their efforts to transform a state-run monopoly into an independently regulated sector. And yet, India lags behind nations whose telecom sectors provided comparable levels of service a decade ago. The author and his contributors argue that the classic textbook solutions are insufficient to produce a healthy telecom industry in India, which needs to improve regulatory design, introduce competition in a single phase instead of gradually, implement innovative funding models, among other things. Containing valuable lessons for the telecommunications industries in Mexico, Indonesia, the Philippines and other countries, this book provides a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding the problems of Telecommunications Reform In India in all their complexity. The book constitutes a valuable resource for policymakers, regulators, practitioners, scholars, and overseas investors.