We are pleased to present Americas Telecommunication Indicators 2000, containing an analysis of trends in the telecommunication sector and statistics for the economies of the Western Hemisphere. This is our third indicator publication on the region...

No region of the world has embraced the privatization of telecommunications as enthusiastically as Latin America. Of the 89 companies privatized by the end of 1999 worldwide, 25 per cent of them were in the Americas region. Even more impressive is...

The term privatization conjures up images of fixed telephone line companies on the auction block. Privatization in newer market segments, such as mobile cellular, is equally significant. Like the privatization of fixed-line companies, auctioning...

During the course of the last decade of the twentieth century, no country has remained untouched by the global trend towards reform of the telecommunication sector. In most regions, the changes came relatively late. Even among the high-income nations...

Globalization and interdependence is leading to a slow but steady process of international harmonization of the legal frameworks which govern economic activities in countries around the world. The rise of telecommunication regulators in the Americas...

The debate continues in the telecommunications industry over the virtues and sins of regulatory intervention. Some argue for the abolition of industry-specific regulators and the transfer of regulatory functions to competition authorities and the...