These results from the Tariff Policies Survey of the
Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) are part of the Annex of the Final
Report for Question 12-2/1 of the ITU-D Study Group 1 on "Tariff policies,
tariff models and methods of determining the costs of services on national
telecommunication networks, including next-generation networks".
The objective of this Tariff Policies survey is to
follow the trends of development in the application of tariff policies, tariff models, and
calculation methods of national telecommunication service rates in different
countries, and at bringing the database up-to-date which is published in the ITU
“ICT Eye” at the following website:
www.itu.int/ITU-D/icteye/.
Explanations about the Tariff Policies
Survey
During the meeting of the Rapporteur's Group
on Question 12/1 held in Geneva in 2000, the need for information on tariff
models and methods in determining the costs of national telecommunication
services was emphasized. Within this framework, a Questionnaire was
developed and has been dispatched on an annual basis since then by BDT. The
questionnaire is addressed to Administrations of Member States of the ITU
and Members of the Telecommunication Development Sector. The distribution of
responses received from regulatory authorities, policy makers and operators
by year, from 2006 to 2008 is described below. These results have
provided key insights into the development and extent of cost and tariff
policies in many countries.
|
Year |
2007 |
2008 |
2009* |
|
Total Answers: |
98 |
57 |
63 |
|
- Administrations |
59 |
40 |
63 |
|
- Operators |
39 |
17 |
na |
*From year 2009 the Tariff Policies
Questionnaire has been modified and addressed only to regulatory
authorities.
The results presented in this website were
compiled by region and by respondent (Administrations and Operators) and by
income level, as requested by the Rapporteur’s Group of Question 12-2/1.
These categories are described below:
a) By region - according to the
BDT classification of regions. However the ICT eye also allows extraction by
UN country classification:
b) By Income levels – economies
are grouped as follows, based on the Gross National Income (GNI) per capita
classifications used by the World Bank (further details on these categories
can be found in the BDT Market Information and Statistics (STAT) website:
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/):
For comment or further information please contact:
tariffs[at]itu.int
