The transition of a public sector monopoly: India's experience with telecommunications

✍ Scribed by T. G. Arun; F. I. Nixson

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 126 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0954-1748
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1328(199805/06)10:3<387::aid-jid514>3.0.co;2-l

✦ Synopsis

The provision of infrastructural facilities has traditionally been the responsibility of the public sector. However, ®scal constraints, technological innovations, low levels of operational eciency and inappropriate pricing policies have led to fundamental changes. This paper looks initially at policy changes in the telecommunications sector in India since 1991. It argues that even though the reforms have been successful in terms of encouraging private participation in the sector, it is too early to say how eective they will be in the longer run in achieving sectoral and national development goals.