International Mobile Roaming: Progress and Challenges in African Markets

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dc.citation.doihttps://doi.org/10.23962/10539/19718
dc.contributor.authorSutherland, Ewan
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-23T19:28:17Z
dc.date.available2016-02-23T19:28:17Z
dc.date.issued2011-02-15
dc.description.abstractThe persistence of high prices for international mobile roaming services, in contrast to falling national mobile prices, has been a recognised item on the global regulatory agenda for half a decade. In Africa, there have been studies and discussions about regulatory options in regional economic groups and in the various networks of national regulators. As yet, there has been no transnational regulatory action. Yet the initiative of one large operator saw the introduction of transnational tariff schemes (ie without a surcharge for roaming), forcing competitors to collaborate in order to respond, if they wished to attract and to retain customers. This has both saved money for consumers and greatly reduced the need for regulatory interventions that might have proved counterproductive. In some countries this type of offer remains impossible, because international gateways are a monopoly, having yet to be opened to competition.
dc.identifier.citationSutherland, E. (2011). International mobile roaming: Progress and challenges in African markets. The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), 11, 2-22. https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/19718en_ZA
dc.identifier.issnISSN 2077-7213 (online version)
dc.identifier.issnISSN 2077-7205 (print version)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/19718
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.23962/10539/19718
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.orcid.idhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5220-9605
dc.publisherLINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburgen_ZA
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dc.subjectinternational mobile roaming, high IMR charges, African telecommunications sector, regulatory agenda
dc.titleInternational Mobile Roaming: Progress and Challenges in African Marketsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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