Trends on Telecommunication Services for the Americas Region Expert Group on cost model and Tariff Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (TAL Group) meetings Guatemala City, Guatemala, 4 to 8 November 2002 Trends on Telecommunication Services for the Americas Region Financing Strategies Unit

Determination of price of domestic telecommunication services, 2002 (Local and long-distance calls and interconnection) Set by the State Based on revenue requirements Based of individual production costs of each service Source: ITU Tariff Policies Database.

Types of costs on which tariff models are based, 2002 Historical costs Current costs Long-run market-based benchmark costs Not applicable Source: ITU Tariff Policies Database.

Financing Universal Service Domestic market, 2002 Cross-subsidies between international and national services Reflection of access deficit in the calculation of interconnection charges Setting of a USO mark-up on top of the interconnection charge Receipts from a fund covering all costs Receipts from a fund covering only discriminatory tariffs in favour of specific eligible groups and obligatory investment in unprofitable areas Source: ITU Tariff Policies Database.

Time-frame for absorbing the access deficit, 2002 (Tariff rebalancing) Less than three years Between three and seven years Over seven years None Source: ITU Tariff Policies Database.

Percentage of separate regulators in each region, 2001 Source: ITU Telecommunication Regulatory Database.

Degree of competition by service, World, 2001 (ITU Member States) BDT Degree of competition by service, World, 2001 (ITU Member States) Source: ITU Telecommunication Regulatory Database.

Degree of competition by service in America, 2001 Source: ITU Telecommunication Regulatory Database.

Degree of competition in basic services, 2001 by region Source: ITU Telecommunication Regulatory Database.

Regulatory Agencies in the World (cumulative) Source: ITU Telecommunication Regulatory Database.

Separate regulators by Region June 2002, Total: 117 Source: ITU Telecommunication Regulatory Database.

Privatizations by Region, 2001 Total countries: 106 Source: ITU Telecommunication Regulatory Database.

Separate regulatory bodies, worldwide, 2002 Separate regulators Source: ITU Telecom Regulatory Database.