Funding and Implementing Universal Access. Innovation and Experience from Uganda

✍ Scribed by Uganda Communications Commission

• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 105
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Taking the case of Uganda, this book attempts to document the actual state of affairs with regard to ICTs in Africa. Uganda was one of the first African countries to liberalize the communications sector, which led to an explosion in access to mobile phones, the Internet and other advanced technologies. The country further developed a policy on universal access to set up a fund to support initiatives aiming to improve access to ICTs for poor and rural populations.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Abbreviations and Acronyms......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Foreword......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
1 Basic Definitions and Concepts......Page 16
Universal access and universal service defined......Page 17
Two gaps to address......Page 18
The Universal Access Fund......Page 24
Legal foundation......Page 27
The role of the regulator......Page 28
Framework for sector review – structural model for ICT......Page 29
Outcome: Policy objectives and actions......Page 36
Initial viability model......Page 39
Initial estimate of UAF-required capital accumulation......Page 43
4 Baseline Demand Analysis......Page 49
The rural marketplace......Page 50
Demand field studies......Page 52
Analysis and summary – outputs......Page 58
Strategic zoning and licence or subsidy packaging......Page 59
Achieving a strategic balance in Uganda......Page 61
Other bidder incentives......Page 65
Tariffs......Page 66
Interconnection......Page 67
Operating principles......Page 69
Organisation of the Rural Communications Development Fund......Page 71
Fund finances......Page 74
The Operating Manual......Page 76
Main programme and pilot procedures......Page 78
Level 1 tendering procedure......Page 81
Level 2 tendering procedure......Page 87
Level 3 tendering procedure......Page 88
Level 4 tendering procedure......Page 89
Level 5 tendering procedure......Page 91
RCDF subsidy disbursement procedures......Page 93
The importance of monitoring......Page 94
Evaluation of rural ICT projects......Page 97
Notes......Page 100
M......Page 103
T......Page 104