TY - BOOK ID - 14269904 TI - Options to increase access to telecommunications services in rural and low-income areas AU - Muente-Kunigami, Arturo. AU - Navas-Sabater, Juan PY - 2010 SN - 0821381407 9786612422171 0821381431 1282422170 PB - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Telecommunication policy. KW - Rural telecommunication. KW - Poor. KW - Telecommunication systems. KW - Disadvantaged, Economically KW - Economically disadvantaged KW - Impoverished people KW - Low-income people KW - Pauperism KW - Poor KW - Poor, The KW - Poor people KW - Telecommunication KW - Telecommunication and state KW - Communication systems KW - Communications systems KW - Systems, Communication KW - Economic conditions KW - Government policy KW - Persons KW - Social classes KW - Poverty KW - Electronic systems UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14269904 AB - Telecommunications sector policy-makers and regulators have a wide range of instruments available to them that can be used to increase access to telecommunications services in rural and low-income areas. The paper provides a review of these instruments, evaluating them against a set of criteria. It then goes on to identify a number of them that are worthy of further consideration by policy-makers and regulators while demonstrating that the effectiveness of the identified instruments can be greatly enhanced by the establishment of a conducive legal, regulatory and institutional framework. ER -