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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Convergence and Hybrid Information Technology, 2008. ICCIT '08. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3407-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICCIT.2008.384
