Regulatory Issues of Telecommunication Convergence

Abstract

One of the most significant trends in the telecommunications industry worldwide is currently the integration of wired and wireless (fixed-mobile) technologies and networks, and the services provided through them, resulting in end users getting different combinations of service offerings through a unified infrastructure and a single access point. This process can be seen as an evolutionary market development with successive stages, the completion of which requires telecommunications companies to meet certain technological and business conditions. The convergence process is leading to the development of new and higher quality telecommunications services and technologies that can meet the market needs of the digital society more efficiently and quickly.