Expert Group on cost model and Tariff Group

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Expert Group on cost model and Tariff Group for
Latin America and the Caribbean (TAL Group)
meetingsGuatemala City, Guatemala, 4 to 8
November 2002
Trends on Telecommunication Services for the
Americas Region
Financing Strategies Unit
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Determination of price of domestic
telecommunication services, 2002(Local and
long-distance calls and interconnection)
Set by the State Based on revenue
requirements Based of individual production costs
of each service
Source ITU Tariff Policies Database.
3
Types of costs on which tariff models are based,
2002
Source ITU Tariff Policies Database.
4
Financing Universal Service Domestic market, 2002
Source ITU Tariff Policies Database.
5
Time-frame for absorbing the access deficit, 2002
(Tariff rebalancing)
Source ITU Tariff Policies Database.
6
Percentage of separate regulators in each region,
2001
Source ITU Telecommunication Regulatory
Database.
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Degree of competition by service, World, 2001
(ITU Member States)
Source ITU Telecommunication Regulatory
Database.
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Degree of competition by service in America, 2001
Source ITU Telecommunication Regulatory Database.
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Degree of competition in basic services, 2001 by
region
Source ITU Telecommunication Regulatory
Database.
10
Regulatory Agencies in the World (cumulative)
Source ITU Telecommunication Regulatory Database.

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Separate regulators by Region June 2002, Total
117
Source ITU Telecommunication Regulatory Database.
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Privatizations by Region, 2001Total countries
106
Source ITU Telecommunication Regulatory Database.
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Separate regulatory bodies, worldwide, 2002
Separate regulators
Source ITU Telecom Regulatory Database.