Regulation, competition and productivity growth in the African telecommunications industry

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dc.contributor.authorMoshi, Goodiel Charles
dc.contributor.authorMwakatumbula, Hilda
dc.contributor.authorMitomo, Hitoshi
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-25T08:49:18Z
dc.date.available2020-03-25T08:49:18Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionFull Text Article. Also available at: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/d5ab/790ccbae7478cb08accd8569af3073abe82f.pdfen_US
dc.description.abstractThe telecommunications industry in Africa has exhibited tremendous development since the turn of the century. This study analyzes production efficiency changes in the African telecommunications industry in the period 2000 to 2009. Furthermore, an attempt is made to assess the determinants for such efficiency changes. The results show that the industry has improved its productivity levels. However, most of the productivity growth is resulted from technological advancement and less from technical efficiency. Additionally, market competition and increasing subscriptions have also positively affected the sector’s productivity. Hence, this study implies that African countries can further improve productivity in their telecommunications sector by improving on technical efficiencies, increase outputs especially the penetration of mobile telephony, and allow competition in the market with participation from international network operators.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMoshi, G. C., Mwakatumbula, H., & Mitomo, H. (2013). Regulation, competition and productivity growth in the African telecommunications industry. International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies, 4(4), 17 - 33.en_US
dc.identifier.other10.5121/ijmpict.2013.4402
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2372
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAIRCC Publishing Corporationen_US
dc.subjectTelecommunications industryen_US
dc.subjectProductivity changeen_US
dc.subjectCompetitionen_US
dc.subjectRegulationen_US
dc.subjectTelecommunications sectoren_US
dc.subjectInternational network operatorsen_US
dc.titleRegulation, competition and productivity growth in the African telecommunications industryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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