| NOTAS: | "Regulators the world over are now imposing cost-based interconnect. It's a condition of international legislation, such as the WTO Agreement and European Union Directives, and it's increasingly a fact of national law. This is an emerging consensus that the interconnect cost standard should be the long run incremental costs of an efficient operator. However, this standard is far removed from the historic, fully allocated cost structures of most operators' accounts. Is it justified in our country? And how can prices best be measured against this complex and theoretical cost standard? These are the questions Arthur Andersen and Ovum tackle in this definitive and detailed guide to "Implementing Cost-based Interconnect". You'll be taken through the three approaches to measuring your rates against the cost-based standard - and shown how to implement each one. In addition, you'll see how each, or a mix of all three, has been used in countries at various stages of development so you can draw important conclusions for your own national market." |
