Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2010-11 CONTENTS Page Page 1 OVERVIEW OF TRENDS IN THE ICT MARKET APPENDIX D – CHILE: THE IMPACT OF AND IN ICT REGULATION .......................... 1 BROADBAND ON EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH ................................. 73 1.1 Introduction ................................................ 1 1.2 A snapshot of ICT market trends ................ 2 1.3 Regulatory Trends: A changing world ........ 10 1.4 Setting policies and regulations to foster APPENDIX E – INDIA: THE IMPACT OF BROADBAND ON EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH ................................. 75 APPENDIX F – MALAYSIA: THE CONTRIBUTION broadband access ....................................... 18 OF BROADBAND TO ECONOMIC GROWTH 77 1.5 Conclusion: challenges and opportunities APPENDIX G – SAUDI ARABIA: THE IMPACT OF in building tomorrow’s digital world .......... 20 BROADBAND ON EMPLOYMENT ............... 78 2 THE IMPACT OF BROADBAND ON THE 3 ICT REGULATION IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: RESEARCH TO DATE AND POLICY ISSUES .......................................... 23 ECONOMY ................................................. 85 3.1 Introduction ................................................ 85 3.2 Promoting Broadband Deployment and 2.1 Introduction ................................................ 23 2.2 Economic Impact of Broadband: Use .............................................................. 86 a Review of the Literature .......................... 24 3.3 Trends in ICT Regulation ............................. 89 3.4 Implementation of Cross-Sector 2.3 Economic Impact of Broadband in Developed Countries: Case Studies ........... 31 Activities ...................................................... 95 2.4 Economic Impact in Developing 3.5 Cooperation among Regulatory Countries: Case Studies .............................. 36 Authorities in Different Sectors ................. 108 2.5 Analysis of Case Study Results ................... 39 2.6 Estimation of Broadband Gaps and 3.6 Conclusions ................................................. 113 Investment Requirement ........................... 39 4 THE LIBERALIZATION OF ICT DISPUTE 2.7 The Role of Public Policy and Regulation RESOLUTION ............................................. 123 in Boosting the Development of Broadband .................................................. 42 4.1 Introduction: fault lines .............................. 123 4.2 The liberalization and unbundling of ICT 2.8 Conclusion................................................... 62 Bibliography ............................................................ 63 APPENDIX A – METHODOLOGY AND DATA and dispute resolution ............................... 125 4.3 Dispute resolution and regulation ............ 130 4.4 Liberalization and unbundling of ICT UTILIZED IN ECONOMETRIC CASE STUDIES 67 dispute resolution ....................................... 137 APPENDIX B – LATIN AMERICA: BROADBAND 4.5 Conclusion: where next? ............................ 149 CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC GROWTH 70 APPENDIX C – BRAZIL: THE IMPACT OF BROADBAND ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT .................................... 71 Contents v