TABLE 1: Commitments of Signatories to the WTO Agreement on Basic
Telecommunications Services [Source: Analysys avril 97]
| |
Range of
services opened
|
Timing of
liberalisation
|
|
By 1 Jan 1998 |
|
1998-2002 |
|
2002 or later |
|
Commitment to
common set
of regulatory
principles
|
Foreign
ownership
restrictions? |
MFN
exemptions? |
| Antigua & Barbuda |
|
|
|
 |
|
| Argentina |
Full |
1998-2002 |
Full |
 |
|
| Australia |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Austria |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Bangladesh |
Restricted |
2002 or later |
To be decided |
|
|
| Belgium |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Belize |
Limited |
2002 or later |
None |
|
|
| Bolivia |
Limited |
1998-2002 |
Restricted |
|
|
| Brazil |
Limited |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
To be decided |
|
|
| Brunei |
Restricted |
2002 or later |
Full |
|
|
| Bulgaria |
Limited |
2002 or later |
Full |
|
|
| Canada |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Chile |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Colombia |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Cote d'Ivoire |
Restricted |
2002 or later |
Full |
|
|
| Czech Rep |
Limited |
1998-2002 |
Full |
|
|
| Denmark |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Dominica |
Limited |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
None |
|
|
| Dominican Republic |
Limited |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Ecuador |
Limited |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
None |
|
|
| El Salvador |
Limited |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Finland |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| France |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Germany |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Ghana |
Restricted |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Greece |
Full |
1998-2002 |
Full |
|
|
| Grenada |
Limited |
2002 or later |
Full |
|
|
| Guatemala |
Limited |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Hong Kong |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Hungary |
Limited |
1998-2002 |
Full |
|
|
| Iceland |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| India |
Restricted |
1998-2002 |
Restricted |
|
|
| Indonesia |
Limited |
2002 or later |
Full |
|
|
| Ireland |
Full |
1998-2002 |
Full |
|
|
| Israel |
Restricted |
1998-2002 |
Full |
|
|
| Italy |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Jamaica |
Limited |
2002 or later |
Full |
|
|
| Japan |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Korea |
Full |
1998-2002 |
Full |
|
|
| Luxembourg |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Malaysia |
Restricted |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Mauritius |
Restricted |
2002 or later |
To be decided |
|
|
| Mexico |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Restricted |
|
|
| Morocco |
Restricted |
1998-2002 |
Full |
|
|
| Netherlands |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| New Zealand |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Norway |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Pakistan |
Restricted |
2002 or later |
Restricted |
|
|
| Papua New Guinea |
Restricted |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Peru |
Limited |
1998-2002 |
Full |
|
|
| Philippines |
Limited |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Restricted |
|
|
| Poland |
Limited |
1998-2002 |
Full |
|
|
| Portugal |
Full |
1998-2002 |
Full |
|
|
| Romania |
Limited |
2002 or later |
Full |
|
|
| Senegal |
Restricted |
1998-2002 |
Full |
|
|
| Singapore |
Limited |
1998-2002 |
Full |
|
|
| Slovak Rep. |
Limited |
2002 or later |
Full |
|
|
| South Africa |
Limited |
2002 or later |
Full |
|
|
| Spain |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Sri Lanka |
Restricted |
1998-2002 |
Full |
|
|
| Sweden |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Switzerland |
Full |
1998-2002 |
Full |
|
|
| Thailand |
Restricted |
2002 or later |
Full |
|
|
| Trinidad & Tobago |
Limited |
2002 or later |
Full |
|
|
| Tunisia |
Restricted |
1998-2002 |
None |
|
|
| Turkey |
Limited |
2002 or later |
Restricted |
|
|
| UK |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| USA |
Full |
By 1 Jan 1998 |
Full |
|
|
| Venezuela |
Limited |
1998-2002 |
Full |
|
|
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