The Debate over Universal Service in the European Union

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Michalis
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Universal Service ◽  
The European Union

The rise of the policy-takers: Universal service policy adoption in Jordan and Morocco

2020 ◽  
Vol 00 (00) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Veronique Wavre
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Universal Service ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Union Policy ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Auction Models ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Union Policy ◽  
Universal Service Obligation

In the late 1990s, Jordan and Morocco revised their telecommunications regulation drastically. Though these regulations were first largely inspired by the European Union policy models, each country gradually developed more autonomy, individually tailoring their regulatory frameworks overtime. The case of Universal Service Obligation (USO) policies show that while Jordan remained aligned with the European Union, Moroccan policy-makers diverged from the European Union by adopting alternative policies, inspired by the Latin American reverse-auction models. Research focusing on Euro-Mediterranean regulatory contexts commonly expect neighbouring countries to converge with EU regulatory models. Yet, borrowing on policy diffusion literature and specifically the mechanisms of learning and imitation, this article shows that policy-takers intentionally decided on the (non)adoption of USO policies. Thus, research needs to take the role of policy-takers seriously and acknowledge avenues for bidirectional convergence.

Universal Internet Access under an Ethical Lens

2011 ◽  
pp. 655-661
Author(s):  
Alessandro Arbore
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Universal Service ◽  
Telecommunications Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Green Book ◽  
Telecommunications Services ◽  
The U.S

Universal service is a long-standing tradition of telecommunications policy, designed to ensure that all citizens have access to affordable, quality telecommunications services regardless of geographic location and socioeconomic status. The origins of it are usually traced to the U.S. 1934 Communications Act and, also within the European Union, this principle was made explicit since the very first documents on the issue, as in the Green Book of 1995 or, even before, in the Council Resolution (93/C213/01) accepting the Commission guidelines for the liberalization of voice telecommunications (COM(93)159).

The rise of the policy-takers: Universal service policy adoption in Jordan and Morocco

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronique Wavre
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Universal Service ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Union Policy ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Auction Models ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Union Policy ◽  
Universal Service Obligation

In the late 1990s, Jordan and Morocco revised their telecommunications regulation drastically. Though these regulations were first largely inspired by the European Union policy models, each country gradually developed more autonomy, individually tailoring their regulatory frameworks overtime. The case of Universal Service Obligation (USO) policies show that while Jordan remained aligned with the European Union, Moroccan policy-makers diverged from the European Union by adopting alternative policies, inspired by the Latin American reverse-auction models. Research focusing on Euro-Mediterranean egulatory contexts commonly expect neighbouring countries to converge with EU regulatory models. Yet, borrowing on policy diffusion literature and specifically the mechanisms of learning and imitation, this article shows that policy-takers intentionally decided on the (non)adoption of USO policies. Thus, research needs to take the role of policy-takers seriously and acknowledge avenues for bidirectional convergence.

Public Policies for Broadband Development in the European Union

2010 ◽  
pp. 409-421
Author(s):  
Claudio Feijoo ◽  
José Luis Gómez Barroso ◽  
Sergio Ramos ◽  
David Rojo-Alonso
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Universal Service ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Public ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Digital Exclusion

The European Lisbon strategy considers that the generalised availability of broadband accesses is one of the European Union’s greatest challenges. In this context, the EU member states have launched information society development programmes which dedicate major sections to fighting against the digital exclusion and plan the geographical extension of broadband accesses. In all of them, it is acknowledged the role of public policies in complementing the effective operation of the market, addressing both the supply and demand sides. The aim of this chapter is to review how the objective of generalised broadband deployment can be achieved, and what instruments the public administrations are using to pursue it. The chapter includes, in particular, a comparison of practical implementations of broadband development policies, their relationships with universal service obligations, and, finally, the implications of using this segmented approach.

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