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Telecommunications in Central America

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  • Raventos, P.

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Important links run in both directions between telecommunications and economic development. This paper examines the telecommunications sector in Central America in the context of national and regional growth and sustainable development. Its analysis of the telecommunications sector in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua shows that the sector developed substantially in the last several years even while under tight regulation or monopoly and that current telephone penetration is relatively high in relation to per capita income. Still, unmet demand for telephone service is substantial and geographic distribution of service is uneven. Moreover, revenues rely heavily on international calling, and Central America has the highest traffic imbalance in the world. This paper discusses prospects for expansion of the sector and revenues in each country under a variety of frameworks: continued monopolies; planned or on-going privatization programs; new regulatory frameworks; and/or deregulation.

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  • Raventos, P., 1998. "Telecommunications in Central America," Papers 648, Harvard - Institute for International Development.
    • Handle: RePEc:fth:harvid:648
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    1. Hoffmann, Bert, 2007. "Why Reform Fails: The 'Politics of Policies' in Costa Rican Telecommunications Liberalization," GIGA Working Papers 47, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.

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    Keywords

    TELECOMMUNICATIONS ; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;

    JEL classification:

    • L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General

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