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Universal service: beyond established practice to possibility space

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  • Jayakar, Krishna P.
  • Sawhney, Harmeet

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A number of proposals have been put forward to reform universal service and make it compatible with the new competitive telecommunications environment in the United States. The diversity and apparent contradictions between these proposals makes the public policy dialog scattered and confused. This paper introduces the idea of a 'possibility space' delineated by two dimensions--'intervention' and 'locus'--that lays out the contours of the emerging intellectual landscape by placing past practices as well as present proposals on the same conceptual plane. It suggests that the current approach to universal service reforms continues to be bound by the self-imposed limitations of a past regulatory era, and that a heterogeneous universal service policy is likely to be more suited to the new telecommunications environment.

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  • Jayakar, Krishna P. & Sawhney, Harmeet, 0. "Universal service: beyond established practice to possibility space," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 28(3-4), pages 339-357, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:28:y::i:3-4:p:339-357
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    1. Jain, Rekha & Raghuram, G., 2009. "Role of Universal Service Obligation Fund in Rural Telecom Services: Lessons from the Indian Experience," IIMA Working Papers WP2009-06-03, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Research and Publication Department.
    2. Xia, Jun, 2016. "Universal service policy in China (I): Institutional elements and ecosystem," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 40(2), pages 242-252.
    3. Srinuan, Chalita & Bohlin, Erik, 2011. "Understanding the digital divide: A literature survey and ways forward," 22nd European Regional ITS Conference, Budapest 2011: Innovative ICT Applications - Emerging Regulatory, Economic and Policy Issues 52191, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).

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