This study investigates regulatory reforms in the telecommunications sector of Middle Eastern and North African countries. It explores telecommunications innovations in three developing economies , with a focus on regional and European trends in telecommunications policies. Common knowledge suggests that the European Union and its member states are the main influential regulatory power in the MENA region. However, the empirical analysis of selected telecommunications universal service obligation and spectrum management, reveals that reforms are not always determined by European countries but may also originate from other developing countries, such as Peru and Chile. This finding attests to the rise of regulatory influence from the Global South, which challenges traditional transfers of regulations originating from more industrially advanced countries.
Language
English
Pages
316
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
January 22, 2018
Policy Diffusion and Telecommunications Regulation
This study investigates regulatory reforms in the telecommunications sector of Middle Eastern and North African countries. It explores telecommunications innovations in three developing economies , with a focus on regional and European trends in telecommunications policies. Common knowledge suggests that the European Union and its member states are the main influential regulatory power in the MENA region. However, the empirical analysis of selected telecommunications universal service obligation and spectrum management, reveals that reforms are not always determined by European countries but may also originate from other developing countries, such as Peru and Chile. This finding attests to the rise of regulatory influence from the Global South, which challenges traditional transfers of regulations originating from more industrially advanced countries.