Competition in telecommunications
Competition in telecommunications
Universal service and targeted support in a competitive telecommunications environment
Telecommunications Policy
Economic welfare and universal service
Telecommunications Policy
Universal service: A new definition?
Telecommunications Policy
Competition law and regulation in the Turkish telecommunications industry: Friends or foes?
Telecommunications Policy
Sequencing in telecommunications reform: A review of the Turkish case
Telecommunications Policy
Disconnecting: Understanding decline in universal service
Telecommunications Policy
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The meaning of universal service in telecommunications has changed considerably in the last decade. Technological advances have created the necessity to redefine the legal framework. While the demand for old universal services falls, new and wider services are to be included in the scope of legal obligations such as broadband. In this transformation of public policy toward universal services, political preferences take precedence over economic considerations. Turkey provides a good case in point. In this paper, the authors assess the legal framework of universal services and its institutional structure in Turkey. The tension between enlarging the scope of universal service and pressures on using revenues efficiently is emphasized.