Government Regulations
Repercussions of the Telecommunications Act of 2000
- Full de-regulation of local, domestic and international long distance
- 26 new operating licenses granted
- ìLevelî playing field for new companies
- Open Network interconnection policy
- Drop in Interconnection rates: 2.15 cents to 1.1 cents
- ìUniversal Serviceî contribution maintained at 1%
- Dramatic drop in domestic and international long distance tariffs (from ~$0.50 to $0.20/min)
- Increased use of the internet
- New broadband technologies being offered