Universal Access
Promoting widespread access to ICTs: Creating new or managing existing infrastructure
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In Mexico, as in most Latin America countries, the telecommunications sector suffers from limited, unequal and poor-quality access. In its current state, telecommunications infrastructure complicates economic development and social welfare in any country. This paper presents recommendations for addressing this situation, based on a Mexican case study.
Management of the spectrum and development of broadband services: The case of Brazil’s mobile telephony
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This paper describes a case study of Brazil’s micro telecommunications operators or “microtelcos,” a low-cost alternative for expansion of telecommunications services in areas with low population density. It also oers recommendations for encouraging the participation of these operators in the market as a way of promoting universal access and achieving social well-being.
Peru: it is time to make the legal framework for the productivity factor more precise, Roxana Barrantes suggests
Interviewed by SEMANAeconómica, Dr. Roxana Barrantes, member of DIRSI's steering commitee, commented on the discrepancies between the incumbent operator Telefónica del Perú and the regulatory authority OSIPTEL, regarding the current methodology for establishing the productivity factor and the mobile termination charges.
Brazil: micro-telcos as a solution to access limitations
Most of Brazil's urban areas have access to good telecommunications services and in the case of major cities there is a diversity of technological possibilities for network access. However, there are significant access inequalities in the country since many rural and isolated communities do not have access to an appropriate mobile telephony infrastructure or to mobile or fixed broadband.
Spectrum management policies and universal access: The case of Brazil
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Original Title: Políticas de administración del espectro y acceso universal a las comunicaciones. El caso de Brasil
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Emerging Models for Universal Access
Work developed in this area will provide cutting-edge research on innovative policy solutions to universal access challenges.
Research projects include:
Mobile Opportunities 2.0 - Analysis of Mobile Enabled Services Targeted at the Poor
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[1. Description]
Building on the achievements of the Mobile Opportunities project, DIRSI’s Phase II research program seeks to extend the reach and scope of this project by launching a Mobile Opportunities 2.0 initiative.This initiative seeks to map the availability of mobile-based offerings beyond voice targeted at the poor in the LA region, and examine the best regulatory and policy practices conducive to faster deployment and wider use of these pro-poor services.
