Development Of Telecommunications Sector Research Articles

Lirneasia Six Country Multi-Component Study 2006-2007: Thailand Report

Until recently telecommunications services in Thailand were exclusively provided by two state-owned enterprises (SOEs): the Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT), which held a monopoly over domestic telephony, and the Communication Authority of Thailand (CAT), which had a monopoly in international gateway services. The market division between the two SOEs saw through the development of telecommunications sector in Thailand, but in the early 1990s it was recognized that the future growth of the industry would require infusion of private capital. A unique scheme to preserve the statutory monopoly of the two SOEs, while accommodating the private sector, evolved. Beginning in 1992, TOT and CAT awarded concessions to private companies to undertake network development and to provide fixed line, mobile, satellite, paging and other communication services, under a Built-Transfer-Operate (BTO) agreement. Under such an agreement private concessionaires would invest in infrastructure and then transfer legal ownership in the installed network to the state operator upon completion. In exchange, they were granted a 25-30 years exclusive use of the network.

A proposal for telecommunications strategy in Serbia

According to the Constitutional Charter, which regulates relations between Serbia and Montenegro, adopted in year 2003, telecommunication policy is under the republic governance competence. World”s first global ICT ranking of countries by ITU Digital Access Index (DIA), presented in World Telecommunication Development Report 2003, classified Serbia and Montenegro in category middle access (0.45). Institutional reforms in telecommunication sector represent an important element of overall economic reforms in Serbia over years to come. These reforms will provide a regulatory framework in compliance with WTO and EU demands. Despite world trends, development of telecommunication sector in Serbia developed relatively slowly in the last two decades. Institutional reforms process has not yet been initiated in Serbia, besides the new Telecommunication Law adopted in May 2003, which introduce independent Regulatory body.