International regulatory experiences for telecommunications and service restructuring in Brazil

Vol. 16 No. 4 (1996)

Oct-Dec / 1996
Published October 1, 1996
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How to Cite

Maculan, Anne-Marie, and Liz-Rejane Legey. 1996. “International Regulatory Experiences for Telecommunications and Service Restructuring in Brazil”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 16 (4):567-89. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31571996-0911.

International regulatory experiences for telecommunications and service restructuring in Brazil

Anne-Marie Maculan
Professora do Programa de Engenharia de Produção, Coordenação dos Programas de Pós-Graduação de Engenharia – COPPE, da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brasil.
Liz-Rejane Legey
Doutoranda na Coordenação dos Programas de Pós-Graduação de Engenharia – COPPE da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro e no Science Policy Research Unit – SPRU, Sussex University
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 16 No. 4 (1996), Oct-Dec / 1996, Pages 567-589

Abstract

The telecommunications services have been submitted to large technological
and economic changes during the last decade, which gave rise to a new pattern of demand
and introduced new competitive parameters in the suppliers’ global market. The competitive
battle in the provision of telecommunication service is blurring the frontiers between the
public and the private sector. In this process, the old institutional structures are no more
suitable to the provision of new services. Experiences on telecommunication restructuring are taking place in many different countries with strong impacts at the international level.
The present work aims to analyze these changes and the challenges which the Brazilian
telecommunication sector has to meet, in order to contribute to the debate over a new public
policy.

JEL Classification: L51; L33; O30.


Keywords: Monopoly regulation liberalization innovation privatization