PUBLICATIONS OF THE ITU-D SECTOR 4. Issues in Telecommunications Development Volume II: Reforming the international accounting rate system Part I - Overview Part II - Case Studies 1st edition, May 1999 On behalf of the ITU, the Telecommunication Development Bureau has taken on the responsibility of assisting countries as they restructure their telecommunication sectors to meet the challenges of globalization and liberalization. Reports from Seminars/Workshops at which developing country representatives reviewed the moves towards international accounting rate reform and a number of papers dealing with cost calculation methodologies are in Part 1, and in Part 2 there are 11 Country Case Studies. MEDIA PRICE CHF LANGUAGE ARTICLE ISBN PAGE NBR EFS 14362 14363 14364 92-61-07721-8 92-61-07722-6 92-61-07723-4 692 692 692 100.- EFS 100.- Reforming the international accounting rate system - 1999 First edition, 2000 During 1999, ITU’s Telecommunication Development Bureau continued to support developing countries’ efforts to review telecommunication costs and tariff reform. This addendum to the 1998 Review of “Reforming the international account rate system” contains the reports of the 1999 series of seminars and contributions from developing countries to the work of the Regional Tariff Groups and Study Group 3. These reports are complemented by three additional case studies. 79 MEDIA PRICE CHF LANGUAGE ARTICLE ISBN PAGE NBR EFSR 92-61-08341-2 92-61-08342-0 92-61-08343-9 92-61-08344-7 16854 16855 16856 26969 224 224 224 60.- EFS 60.- Trends in Economics and Finance Volume I: Cost, Tariff and Interconnection Rates - Calculation Methodology and Application to Case Studies October 2001 This publication is aimed in particular at network operators and regulatory authorities in developing countries who do not have very detailed data at their disposal on their costs or on the development of prices in their market. The first part describes a model for the calculation of telephone service costs, tariffs and interconnection taxes. The second part shows how the application of this model in different situations (case studies) allows for the identification of national political demands concerning universal service obligations. MEDIA PRICE CHF LANGUAGE ARTICLE ISBN PAGE NBR 116 112 118 104 20539 20540 20541 22046 92-61-07361-1 92-61-07362-X 92-61-09503-8 92-61-07364-6 EFSR 50.- EFSR 50.-