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OECS all set for Telecommunication Liberalisation
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OECS all set for Telecommunication Liberalisation
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Tuesday, May 09, 2000 – New legislation governing the operations of the telecommunications sector in the OECS could be passed by five of the eight OECS member states as early as August 2000. During the OECS Heads of Government meeting in Dominica last week, this was one of the main agenda items discussed. Project Manager of the OECS Telecommunication Reform Process, Danny DeFreitas says the meeting concluded that telecommunications is significant to the economic development of the region. "It has been determined that telecommunications is a critical element in economic development for any country wishing to move forward at this stage - very important. And it further recommended that a competitive environment is better for economic development than for a monopoly provision of service. That’s one of the issues that the Heads have been instructed to deal with in their on-going discussion with Cable and Wireless," DeFreitas said. Mr. DeFreitas also suggested that the issue of the liberalization of the telecommunications sector is much broader than a fight to end the Cable & Wireless monopoly, as it has been perceived to be. He says it is about another platform upon which to build the regional economy. |
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