DocumentCode
3499578
Title
Does Competition Matters in Leveraging ICT Diffusion? A Case Analysis of Oman
Author
Sulaiman, Z. ; Al-Abri, M.
Author_Institution
Inf. & Commun. Univ., Daejeon
Volume
2
fYear
2008
fDate
11-13 Nov. 2008
Firstpage
940
Lastpage
946
Abstract
This paper analyzes the impact of telecommunications policy reform on sectoral performance in the Sultanate of Oman using a dataset of basic indicators from different sources. A country-level analysis shows that restructuring and partial privatization policies did not bear significant improvement. On the contrary, after competition was introduced in the mobile sector, myriad benefits have been quick in materializing.
Keywords
government policies; mobile communication; social aspects of automation; telecommunication industry; ICT diffusion; Oman sectoral performance; country-level analysis; mobile sector; partial privatization policy; restructuring policy; telecommunication policy reform impact; Information analysis; Information technology; Licenses; Monitoring; Monopoly; Performance analysis; Privatization; Regulators; Telecommunication services; Web and internet services; Competition; ICT Diffusion; Performance; Privatization; Restructuring;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Convergence and Hybrid Information Technology, 2008. ICCIT '08. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location
Busan
Print_ISBN
978-0-7695-3407-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICCIT.2008.384
Filename
4682367
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