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The WTO deal on basic telecommunications : Big bang or little whimper?

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  • Drake, William J
  • Noam, Eli M

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It has been widely asserted that the Group on Basic Telecommunications (GBT) agreement reached in February 1997 is a significant step forward for the cause of global telecommunications liberalization. This article brings together two authors on different sides of the needed debate about the potential impact of the GBT deal. Following a brief introduction, William Drake argues that the GBT deal could, depending on its implementation, have a substantial liberalizing effect not only on specific markets, but also on the broader institutional arrangements of the global telecommunications policy environment. In response, Eli Noam argues that the GBT is useful, but that its significance is being greatly exaggerated, that most policy changes were taking place anyway, and that it could in some cases have the negative effect of slowing down the process of global liberalization.

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  • Drake, William J & Noam, Eli M, 0. "The WTO deal on basic telecommunications : Big bang or little whimper?," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 21(9-10), pages 799-818, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:21:y::i:9-10:p:799-818
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