Measuring effectiveness of telecom regulation
- 1. MEASURING EFFECTIVENESS OF TELECOM REGULATION PRESENTED BY: KASHIF NAVEED 10E0052 1
- 2. DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT VARIABLES Independent Variables Market Entry Stakeholder perceptions about the conditions for entering and operating in the market. Transparency of licensing, ease of obtaining a license, barriers to entry and Growth Allocation of Scarce Resources & QoS Spectrum, rights of way and numbering, actual performance of a service with respect to what is promised Interconnection Interconnection rates, mechanism for setting those rates, interconnection locations, time taken to obtain interconnection, mechanisms for sharing of related revenue and related costs. Tariff Regulation Regulatory environment related to consumer price regulation Dependent Variable 2 Telecom Regulatory Environment Clarity of roles and objectives, autonomy, participation, accountability,
- 3. EXPECTED RELATIONSHIP S/No Dependent Independent Relationship . Variable Variable 1 TRE Market Entry Positive 2 TRE Quality of Service Positive (QoS) 3 TRE Allocation of Positive Scarce Resources 4 TRE Interconnection Positive 5 TRE Tariff Regulation Positive
- 4. DATA COLLECTION METHOD Survey Technique (Primary Data) Opinion of those directly or indirectly impacted by regulatory actions 4
- 5. SAMPLE SIZE Category-I Those directly involved in service provision within the sector such as operators, equipment vendors equipment manufacturers. Sample Size : 30 Category-II Those indirectly impacted by the sector or those studying and those observing the sector with broader interest such as consultants and lawyers. Sample Size : >100 Category-III Those who represent the broader public interest such as media personnel, other government officials, former regulators and staff, and civil society organizations. Sample Size : >500 5
- 6. INSTRUMENTS Questionnaire (Quantitative) Questionnaire was framed in the format of Likert scale for data collection. The responses ranged between Highly Ineffective to Highly Effective 6
- 7. FINDINGS The conditions for obtaining a new mobile license or renewing and exiting one are straightforward - each operator has to pay USD 291 million. License conditions are enforced operators indeed negotiate their interconnection rates mutually(RIO- Reference Interconnection Offer) Tariff Regulation have even improved since 2006 ,Fixed has increased from 3.7 to 3.9; mobile has increased from 3.5 to 3.9) QoS has improved since 2006. 7
- 8. FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS Higher TRE scores necessarily result in increased connectivity, increased choice etc, after controlling for other factors (such as the political climate, economic conditions ) 8