The impact of the liberalisation of the telecommunications sector on the Jamaican economy, culture and communications.
We must be cognizant of the fact that for the Jamaican economy to grow or and any country of that nature their must first be a positive impact on investments and revenues . Hence the following : Impact on Investment Despite the fact that over the years the technological barriers to entry in the telecommunications sector have been eroded, the creation of a modern tele-communications sector still requires a huge outlay of capital. Liberalization of the sector along with the implementation of an appropriate regulatory framework is expected to attract the private investment required to finance the build-out and upgrade of telecommunications networks. The post-liberalization level of investment in a telecommunications sector is therefore a good indicator of whether liberalization will indeed result in an increase in the variety and improvement in the quality of service offerings by operators and the capability of operators to deploy new services in the long-run. ...
