Bezzina, Jérôme2013-02-262013-02-262009-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12521This diagnosis and advocacy policy note highlights key issues in the Djiboutian telecommunications sector and suggests possible recommendations for policy and regulatory reform. In Djibouti the sector is fully vertically integrated and the monopolistic position of Djibouti Telecom on the whole market drives the telecommunication sector to global inefficiencies, impacting the whole social welfare. The note identifies the key operational, regulatory and policy challenges and argues that, in persisting with those identified bottlenecks the country would simply trigger a fiscal and economic opportunity cost expected to dramatically impede the development of the sector, and jeopardize the expected developmental impacts of major infrastructure projects currently initiated. Strategic and Policy recommendations to mitigate the opportunity cost of status quo are eventually proposed. Among the reforms proposed were proposing choices the reform could take, reinforcing the regulatory body of the Ministry of Communication, and creating an IXP and a POP to leverage the impacts of fiber optic projects and make Djibouti an international ICT Gateway.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO THE INTERNETACTION PLANADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURESADSLALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCYAUCTIONBACKBONEBANDWIDTHBEST PRACTICESBOTTLENECKSBROADBANDBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTBUSINESS OPPORTUNITIESBUSINESS PROCESSBUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCINGBUSINESS REGULATIONSBUSINESSESCALL CENTERSCOMMERCECOMMON MARKETCOMMUNICATIONS SERVICESCOMPETITIVE MARKETCONGESTIONCONNECTIVITYCONSUMER SURPLUSCOUNTRY TO COUNTRYCRITICAL MASSCROSS SUBSIDIESCUSTOMER SERVICEDEBTDEBT SERVICEDECISION-MAKINGDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDIGITAL AGEDIRECT ACCESSDOMAINDRIVINGE-GOVERNMENTECONOMIC ASSETECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC VALUEEMERGING MARKETENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNSEQUIPMENTEQUIPMENTSFIXED COSTFOREIGN INVESTMENTFREE TRADEFREE ZONESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH RATEHARMONIZATIONHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN RESOURCESICTIMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIESIMPROVEMENT OF CAPACITYINCOMEINDUSTRY STANDARDSINFORMATION COMMUNICATIONSINFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSINFRASTRUCTURESINSTALLATIONINSTITUTIONINTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICEINTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICESINTERNATIONAL GATEWAYSINVESTMENT CLIMATEISPISPSJOINT VENTUREJURISDICTIONLABOR FORCELEGAL FRAMEWORKLICENSELICENSE FEESLICENSESMARKET DEVELOPMENTMARKET DEVELOPMENTSMARKET LIBERALIZATIONMARKET SEGMENTSMARKET STRUCTUREMARKETINGMIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIESMOBILE NETWORKMOBILE PHONEMOBILE PHONE SUBSCRIBERSMOBILE PHONESMOBILE SERVICEMOBILE SERVICESMOBILE TELEPHONYMOBILE USERSMONOPOLISTIC BEHAVIORMONOPOLYNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURENATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCESNETWORKSNEW TECHNOLOGYNUMBER OF USERSOILOPEN ACCESSOPERATIONAL EFFICIENCYOPPORTUNITY COSTSOUTSOURCINGPENETRATION RATEPOLICY MAKERSPOLITICAL WILLPORT FACILITIESPOSTAL SERVICESPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRIVATE INVESTMENTSPRIVATIZATIONPRODUCTIVITYPROFIT MARGINSPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC GOODQUALITY OF SERVICEQUALITY OF SERVICESRADIORADIO FREQUENCYRADIO SPECTRUMRADIO TECHNOLOGIESREFORM PROGRAMREGIONAL INTEGRATIONREGULATORREGULATORY AGENCYREGULATORY BODYREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY REFORMRESULTROUTESUBMARINE CABLESSUPERVISIONSUSTAINABLE GROWTHTAXTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETELECOMTELECOM SECTORTELECOM SERVICESTELECOMMUNICATIONTELECOMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURETELECOMMUNICATION SECTORTELECOMMUNICATION SERVICESTELECOMMUNICATIONSTELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRYTELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECTSTELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTORTELECOMSTELECOMS CHARGESTELECOMS INDUSTRYTELECOMS OPERATORSTELECOMS SERVICESTELEDENSITYTELEPHONESTELEPHONY SERVICESTIME ZONESTRAFFICTRANSITTRANSIT SERVICESTRANSPARENCYTRANSPORTTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRUETURNOVERUSERUSERSVOICE MAILVOIPWAGESWEALTHWEBWorld Bank10.1596/12521