Research and Markets: OECD Review of Telecommunication Policy and Regulation in Mexico

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d67107/oecd_review_of_tel) has announced the addition of OECD Publishing's new report "OECD Review of Telecommunication Policy and Regulation in Mexico" to their offering.

OECD countries have recognised the increasing role played by the telecommunications sector as a means of improving productivity and economic growth while enabling governments to improve provision of public services. Mexico, with the lowest GDP per capita in the OECD, a high inequality of income distribution, and a relatively high rural population, needs the socio-economic boost provided by greater access to more efficient communication services, in particular high speed broadband. The welfare loss attributed to the dysfunctional Mexican telecommunication sector is estimated at USD 129.2 billion (2005-2009) or 1.8% GDP per annum.

This report reviews telecommunications policy and regulations in Mexico and puts forward a number of recommendations. These recommendations are not new, reflecting to a large part best practice frameworks already in place in many OECD countries which have helped develop competition in those countries.

Key Topics Covered:

• Executive summary: An overall assessment
• Chapter 1. The telecommunication sector in Mexico
• The national context for telecommunications policies
• Telecommunication market participants, market performance and the regulatory regime
• Development of competition
• Chapter 2. Regulatory structures and their reform
• Regulatory institutions
• The regulatory regime
• Regulations and related policy instruments in the telecommunication sector
• Regulation of interconnection
• Price regulation
• Competition policy
• Convergence in communication markets
• Next generation access
• Quality of service
• Resource issues (spectrum, infrastructure sharing)
• Universal service
• International aspects
• Consumer protection and empowerment
• Streamlining regulation and application of competition principles
• Chapter 3. Review of telecommunication policy and regulation in Mexico
• Conclusions and recommendations
• Annex

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