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03970aam a2200361 i 4500 001 2E963C7286E611EB80D4A9DB35ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210317010020 008 200616s2020 sz a b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 3030435261 020 $a 9783030435264 035 $a (OCoLC)1173384385 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OHX $d LQU $d SILO 043 $a f-sa--- 050 4 $a KTL3487 $b .L49 2020 100 1 $a Lewis, Charley, $e author. 245 10 $a Regulating telecommunications in South Africa : $b universal access and service / $c Charley Lewis. 264 1 $a Cham : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c [2020] 300 $a xvii, 347 pages : $b illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Information technology and global governance 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Chapter 1: The Digital Donga -- Chapter 2: Universal Access and Service: The Rise of International Good Practice -- Chapter 3: Universal Access and Service in South Africa -- Chapter 4: Universal Service Obligations -- Chapter 5: The Universal Service Fund -- Chapter 6: Under-serviced Area Licences -- Chapter 7: Universal Service (and Access) Agency (of SA) -- Chapter 8: UAS Policy: from Conception to Outcomes. 520 $a "An original contribution to the fields of both politics, policymaking and telecommunication studies generally, and more specifically in the niche area of internet penetration and universal service and access...A well-researched and consistently interesting study." --Victoria Graham, Associate Professor of Politics, Philosophy and International Studies, Monash University, South Africa "The empirical analysis of these [policy] failures is arresting and important and is a substantial contribution to the scholarly field. I salute Dr. Lewis' powers of observation and analysis." --Robert B. Horwitz, Professor of Education, the University of California, San Diego, USA. "The detailed narrative and the development of universal access and service policy in relation to best practice norms is unprecedented...an extraordinarily detailed and rich discussion..." --Ahmed Veriava, Lecturer in the Department of Political Studies, the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa This book provides the first full account of the 20-year story of universal access and service in South Africas ICT sector. From 1994 the countrys first democratic government set out to redress the deep digital divide afflicting the overwhelming majority of its citizens, already poor and disenfranchised, but likewise marginalised in access to telephone infrastructure and services. By this time, an incipient global policy regime was driving reforms in the telecomms sector, and also developing good practice models for universal service. Policy diffusion thus led South Africa to adopt, adapt and implement a slew of these interventions. In particular, roll-out obligations were imposed on licensees, and a universal service fund was established. But an agency with a universal service mandate was also created; and licences in under-serviced areas were awarded. The book goes on to identify and analyse the policy success and failure of each of these interventions, and suggests some lessons to be learned. Charley Lewis is an independent analyst, researcher and educator, covering the broad field of ICT policy and regulation. 650 0 $a Telecommunication policy $z South Africa. 650 0 $a Telecommunication $x Law and legislation $z South Africa. 650 7 $a Telecommunication $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01145888 650 7 $a Telecommunication policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01146029 651 7 $a South Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204616 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9783030435271 830 0 $a Information technology and global governance. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017030215.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2E963C7286E611EB80D4A9DB35ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search