The Privatisation toolkits:

• Provide an overview of telecommunication regulation, discusses its objectives and principles, and gives guidance on the regulatory decision-making process.

• Provide detailed analysis of issues related to licensing, including a discussion of the types of licensing regimes, practices, and the contents of licenses.

• Discuss interconnection principles and procedures.

• Review price regulation issues, including rate balancing and price caps.

• Discuss the rationale for and concepts of competition policy in the sector.

• Provide insight into the concept of universal services and discusses universality approaches and funding mechanisms.

• Include a World Trade Organization Regulatory Reference Paper and information on the economics of telecommunication prices and costs.