Selling off formerly state-owned telecommunications incumbents played a major role in governments’ privatization programmes from the 1980s. One major consequence was that, from the late 1990s, a number of incumbents emerged as the world’s largest Multinational Corporations (MNCs). Despite the importance of this transformation, the determinants of telecommunications internationalization have not been fully analysed.
Experience keywords
Economic Development; World Economy; International Economic Institutions: United Nations, OECD, European Union Public policy; Industrial and technology policy; Employment Policy; Latin America Development; Public Services, Public Enterprises, Foreign Direct Investment