Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Denver, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 303-324).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Colorado, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 226-245).

Turkey is considering privatizing its telecommunications system. Any developing country must analyze whether its economic, social, and institutional environment is appropriate for the privatization of a utility. The purposes of this study are (1) to establish a model to assist policy makers, (2) to analyze whether Turkey meets the prerequisites for telecommunications privatization, and (3) to provide Turkish leaders pragmatic policy alternatives pertaining to privatization of the Turkish Telecommunications system.High inflation rate, weakness of the private sector and the lack of regulatory regime are the major impediments facing Turkey's privatization efforts. Turkey might consider several options including (1) not privatizing at all, (2) retaining public ownership of the network operations while privatizing only the physical equipment market, or (3) following the British privatization model.

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Tang Suk Ching, Harina. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-89). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.i / LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES --- p.ii / ABBREVIATIONS --- p.iii / ABSTRACT --- p.iv / INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / CHAPTER / Chapter 1. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.9 / Theoretical Framework in Telecommunications Development / Chapter 2. --- PHASES OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA --- p.20 / Minimal Growth:1949-1965 / Slow Growth:1966-1980 / Accelerating Growth: 1981-present / Chapter 3. --- TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND NATIONAL GOALS --- p.32 / National Goal Before 1978: Defence Consideration / National Goal After 1978: Economic Consideration / Preferential Policies and Foreign Direct Investment / Provincial Telecommunications Policy / Regulatory Structure in Telecommunications Sector / Chapter 4. --- A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT IN SHAANXI AND SHANDONG --- p.46 / Provincial Profile: / Chapter (I) --- Interior Province: Shaanxi as a 'Defensive Heartland' / Chapter (II) --- Coastal Province: Shandong as a 'Large Agriculture Province' / GDP Growth and Telecommunications Development / Defence Consideration leads to Telecommunications Growth in Shaanxi / Economic Reform leads to Telecommunications Growth in Shandong / Conclusion / MAPS AND FIGURES --- p.65 / APPENDIX --- p.73 / REFERENCES --- p.80

This thesis contains an analysis of the role of the state in the privatization of two of the world's largest telecommunications operators, British Telecom (BT) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), illustrated by a comparative examination of the different means of intervention of the state at the three stages of the process, and the impact that state intervention has on the corporate governance of the enterprises concerned. / Chapter 1 clarifies the notions of privatization and control. The subsequent chapters are organized on the basis of the percentage of shares held by the state. Chapter 2 analyzes the legal problems accompanying "complete control" of the state during the corporatization stage of privatization, in which there is a one-man stock company with the state as sole shareholder. Chapter 3 outlines the different private and public law devices used by the state in order to exercise "internal control" on the company after the sale of part or all of the government-owned ordinary shares. Chapter 4 focuses on the "external control" which is the last weapon of the state to monitor enterprises that are already deemed to be "privatized" from an ownership point of view. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004. / Supervisor: Philip Doty. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

This is a comparative case study of the relationship between telecommunications decision-making and sector development. It employs a resource dependence model of organizational decision making (Pfeffer and Salancik 1978; Cohen, Grindle and Walker 1985) to explain the development of voice communications (telephony) in North Africa (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) from the early 1970s to late 1980s. The study finds that the autonomy of the telecommunication operating entity from domestic political organizations (for financial resources) and from technological organizations (for equipment and services) is associated with the supply and quality of telephone services. Dependence on external financial and technological organizations influences the decisions of the telecommunications operating entity in terms of the levels and priorities of investment, the level and role of technical expertise and choices of technology. The findings of the study confirm preliminary research by Hirschman (1967), Saunders, Warford and Wellenius (1983), Israel (1987), and Roth (1987), among others, that the autonomy of the telecommunications entity is associated with improved supply and quality of telecommunications services. It is inconsistent with the expectations of earlier studies insofar as it finds that greater autonomy is not always associated with higher levels of investment in the sector. Greater autonomy is associated with higher quality, wider distribution and a comparable provision of services. This occurs (in Algeria) where investment in telecommunications was lower as percentage of GDP than Tunisia. The entities of Tunisia and Morocco (until 1984) were less autonomous, and showed lower levels of technical expertise, and lower quality and supply of services. Given the tendency of a technical organization to function more effectively than a non-technical organization, this study concludes that organizational autonomy is more important to the supply and quality of services than the amount of funds handled by the entity. / Ph. D.

Research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, Graduate School of Public and Development Management, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master of Management in the field of ICT Policy and Regulation, University of the Witwatersrand, 2012. / Universal Service Obligations (USOs) have been used, for over a decade, as a regulatory mechanism to bridge the digital divide in South Africa. For USOs to be effective and efficient in bridging the digital divide, it requires close coordination between various impacted and interested stakeholders, such as mobile network operators (MNOs), the ICT regulatory authority (the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa), and the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa in order to extend the number of beneficiaries of the USOs. Furthermore, this requires stakeholders to understand the full impact, as well as the costs and benefits (financial and non financial) before imposing the USOs. The evidence from this research confirms that there was no monitoring and evaluation of USOs for MNOs during their implementation. More importantly, the Regulatory Impact Assessment (as a regulatory tool) was never used by ICASA in respect of the USOs initiative. This led to the failure of the initiative in achieving most of its objectives. Such failure can be attributed to lack of understanding by ICASA of the general impact of imposing the USOs upon MNOs, given that no impact assessment was done before such imposition. Recommendations arising from the research include the need for a shared vision on the USOs initiative, the need for clearly identified and defined roles for all stakeholders with an interest in the initiative, the need for a properly analysed and know ICT access gap, the need to balance the use of market and non market mechanisms in respect of USOs, the to ensure a proper funding mechanisms for USOs, and the need to identify effective regulatory governance in respect of USOs.