Universal Service under Telecommunication Law in Bangladesh

Abstract

Of this decade, Bangladesh has seen significant changes in the competitive landscape changes in the telecommunications wireless technology has allowed to enter. Deregulation of telecommunications in Bangladesh in a unique way. Bangladesh domestic and international long distance telephone competition in the local loop monopoly In Bangladesh, GrameenPhone any of the lenses to see if the regulatory test, in order to regulatory innovation, which is useful to extend the findings, it is always easy to use and conservative economic liberalization, privatization, immediately to the WTO (the) World Trade Organization and the International Telecommunications (ITU :) the microscopic supports. Cable network in Bangladesh in 1996 is disappointing. This year has been extended for wireless licenses. Shortly after the Grameen Bank, the region at the level of wireless service providers is a major step forward. This article, Bangladesh, regulatory agencies, the purpose (plain old telephone service) GrameenPhone (Grameen Bank's mobile phone service provider) to provide comprehensive development plan, quick access to the transfer are discussed.
GrameenPhone Village Program, rural development initiatives in poor rural telecommunications has the potential to provide sustainable solutions. A unique perspective on the use of new technologies as combinations of financial services and corporate marketing programs. Despite the rules, this is due? We want to explore this issue.

Universal Service

The basic service is a set of utilities. The 1999 review of the regulatory framework for public services, and the Internet to maintain a minimum speed, it was decided to update. The definition of public services, the principle of universal service and user rights director 2002/22/EC.

Concept

Defined by the user's end of year, geography and specific national conditions, set at an affordable price regardless of lighting services. Including public services: Public telephone network to connect to specific location End users and the local, national and international long distance calls, fax communications and data should be obtained.

Public Telephone Access

Among other things, operator assistance, information service provides special provisions for persons with disabilities, provides its customers, etc. can be:

• Availability of directory service information

Class directory information, customer name, number, address, client, directory, and type of quantitative mean at least one comprehensive directory the final list of all users and to find a wide range of services.

• Availability of public pay telephones.

Public payphones, coins, cards, credit cards, prepaid cards, as Throe phones available for 112 business cards without the use of resources as a number of forms required for emergency services provided free of charge is. The public telephone is a significant number of citizens is not enough.

• For people with disabilities and special needs of the community is user-friendly.

Users and people with disabilities for people with special needs, special rules apply. Member States for telephone service at a specific location access to appropriate and publicly disclosed are responsible to make sure. Some examples of the ways the system, access to public pay phones disabled, deaf or speech-making telephone damaged joint text, directory inquiry services (or equivalent) for the blind free of charge, etc., can provide. Through special arrangement with Microsoft to ensure that the national conditions, utilities and service providers should be taken that the disabled users.

Quality of service

If the service is disabled, the parameters for advanced users and consumers, should be extinguished at the end of the national regulatory authorities - service users and consumers, the price-performance of services related to other values.

Service availability

Universal Service Obligation in the value of services to the user, regardless of their geographic location.

Purchasing power

Universal service, include service and affordable for consumers. Therefore, national regulatory authorities and national retail tariffs and related income consumers, especially the development and to verify the level of confidence. Access requirements Low income or social needs of the consumer in direct support of member States to leave, 112 emergencies, the emergency number is in another country.

Directory service

Search Directory information and directory services are an important part of all customer services, perfect to keep in mind as a goal. At the end of it all and have a minimum service search directory for users - users should be required. A printed or electronic directory containing your personal information to provide customers with rights to Telecom client and treatment 97/66 guidelines in the European personal privacy of your personal confidential information on the public record confirmed information.

Investment

Finally an affordable price, ensure to be required minimum set of services. Thus, suppliers involved in the net cost of $, it's probably the only damage, or outside normal commercial standards, the net cost of universal service obligations to provide compensation.
To send specific obligations, taking into account the disproportionate burden of universal service obligations, the burden of the cost of the service to be prescribed a total cost needs to NRAs. and service providers to share.

Summary
Local loop, domestic long distances running in Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, three non-Communist countries (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India) is one of the local loop, domestic long distance and more competitive. The results were mixed. A wireless infrastructure available for new opportunities to expenditure the regulatory changes in relatively inexpensive. Universal controller for a strong strategy for telecommunications infrastructure offer access to compensate for the challenge.  BTT with network reliability problems and poor communication exists is very high. Tele density monopoly privatization, open field of competition (competition), and the local loop, the market approach is appropriate for an entrepreneur to cash in on the option to extend. In modern management model GrameenPhone. Universal Service Public Service (which may be difficult in a developing country will be generated) in search of funding for the local market context, entrepreneurs, local competitive advantage works the same way. This is a particularly high risk that such a solution (in terms of development initiatives, GrameenPhone) is considered long term. Beyond the body, it needs to be considered for broadband is important to recognize. GSM broadband connection, but the uncertainty of the potential and other factors, as defined by a broad band is to be performed.
Finally, a clear long-distance market is open GrameenPhone, a defensible competitive regulation. Grameen Phone, Bangladesh, rural infrastructure programs, poverty, and the above description is derived directly from the vulnerability. Clearly in this case is available for domestic long distance, regardless of the state. GrameenPhone is a development, short-term and long-term to develop a national long distance market is a potential market. Therefore, the long distance markets, the immediacy of the telephone in rural areas are free of long distance competition.
Potential lack of market competition, long distance telephone companies that sell in the capital is the main flow. Although not explicitly mentioned, it is clear that a more lucrative urban mobile, making it less likely that rural programs are self-acceptance can rake.
In contrast, the absence of an open market long distance, local loop, the most urgent need of investment which has invested in a push up. The company is buying shares of the investment is targeted in a campaign fund. However, the end results of questionable value as money, especially if the soil with discrete areas traditionally considered to necessary to have no effect on the market. Plants do not transfer the ownership. The competition, things ware, which evaporates in the areas of competition to public services, standard services is the best solution to the problem. Liberalization of restrictions on local loop and long distance effects With international suppliers to GrameenPhone ATVs do not compete with the open market. Less than capital - intensive mobile market participants were more likely to reduce the concentration of landless poor.
Wireless local loop services compete for public attention, so that Bangladesh is a very different path for him. No small part to the success of this depends on the success of Grameen Phone. The available data indicate that strategy admitted that the country is best for the job. A model of the WTO and trade liberalization as a means of support for a more locally responsive and understand the larger developing detailed telecommunications.