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UNIVERSAL SERVICE IN THE AMERICAS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACES III
CLAUDIA DE FRANCISCO, MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS
OF COLOMBIA AND CHAIR OF PCCI …………………………………………………

HÉCTOR MARIO CARRIL, CHAIR OF THE WORKING GROUP ON BASIC
AND UNIVERSAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, CITEL/OAS ………….. IV

HAMADOUN I. TOURÉ, DIRECTOR, TELECOMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION ………………. V

D. MARCO ANTONIO CRUZ MIRANDA, CHAIR OF AHCIET ……………………... VII

Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………. 1

Section 1: Universal Access/Service Handling in the ITU ……………………………….. 2

Section 2: Universal access/service handling in CITEL ………………………………….. 7
2.1 Background ………………………………………………………………… 7
2.2 Results of the Questionnaire on Universal Service Programs …………... 9

Section 3: Universal service in the WTO negotiations on basic telecommunications …. 10

Section 4: Universal access/service in the Americas ……………………………………... 17

4.1 Argentina ……………………………………………………………………………….. 25
4.2 Brazil ……………………………………………………………………………………. 40
4.3 Canada ………………………………………………………………………………….. 48
4.4 Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda,
58
Bonaire, Cayman, Curacão, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, 70
Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Vincent 71
and the Grenadines, Suriname, Tortola, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, 75
U.S. Virgin Islands. …………………………………………………………………….. 93
4.5.Andean Community …………………………………………………………………… 95
4.5.1 Bolivia …………………………………………………………………………… 101
4.5.2 Colombia ………………………………………………………………………… 106
4.5.3 Ecuador ………………………………………………………………………….. 110
4.5.4 Peru ……………………………………………………………………………… 114
4.5.5 Venezuela ………………………………………………………………………... 115
4.6 Chile …………………………………………………………………………………… 118
4.7 Costa Rica ……………………………………………………………………………... 119
4.8 Cuba ……………………………………………………………………………………
4.9 Dominican Republic …………………………………………………………………..
4.10 El Salvador …………………………………………………………………………...
4.11 United States …………………………………………………………………………

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