A Framework for Assessing Universal Service Obligations: A Developing Country Perspective

A critical element of most national telecom policy objectives is advancing universal service. International Telecommunications Union (ITU) considers universal service provision as purely for the purpose of making available telecommunication services of specified quality, and in light of the specific national conditions, at an affordable price to that minority of potential users who do not have the service and for whom not having access to the service would constitute a social or economic disadvantage.