DocumentCode
3340620
Title
Economics behind Latin American telecom privatizations?
Author
Ganievich, Carlos Hirsch
Author_Institution
CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, Mexico
fYear
1995
fDate
27-29 July 1995
Firstpage
189
Lastpage
195
Abstract
We present a dynamic econometric model of the Mexican Telephone Company (Telmex). This model is used to compare different management strategies (state-owned monopoly, unregulated monopoly, regulated monopoly and competition) to find out the essential parameters that are pressing Latin American countries to restructure the telecom sector and to finally open it to competition. Simulating 16 years of behavior in various scenarios we show that long distance rates are the main reason forcing these fundamental changes.
Keywords
economics; management; telecommunication services; telecommunication traffic; Latin American countries; Latin American telecom privatizations; Mexican Telephone Company; Telmex; competition; dynamic econometric model; long distance rates; long distance traffic; management strategies; regulated monopoly; simulation; state-owned monopoly; telecommunications services; unregulated monopoly; Companies; Econometrics; Electronic mail; Government; Investments; Monopoly; Pressing; Privatization; Telecommunications; Telephony;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computers and Communications, 1995. Proceedings., IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location
Alexandria, Egypt
Print_ISBN
0-8186-7075-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SCAC.1995.523665
Filename
523665
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