ABSTRACT
The telecommunications services have been submitted to large technological and economic changes during the last decade, which gave rise to a new pattern of demand and introduced new competitive parameters in the suppliers’ global market. The competitive battle in the provision of telecommunication service is blurring the frontiers between the public and the private sector. In this process, the old institutional structures are no more suitable to the provision of new services. Experiences on telecommunication restructuring are taking place in many different countries with strong impacts at the international level. The present work aims to analyze these changes and the challenges which the Brazilian telecommunication sector has to meet, in order to contribute to the debate over a new public policy.
KEYWORDS:
Monopoly; regulation; liberalization; innovation; privatization