Competition Gets Tougher

Most, if not all, of the worlds national carriers will have been fully privatised. By 2000, for example, it is likely that all Latin Americas leading operators will be in private hands.

Competition will be open and controlled by global regulation. The telephone network will carry more minutes of data than voice. And it is possible that ownership of the industry will have drifted away from the traditional operators towa-rds new carriers with internet capabilities, such as WorldCom, of the US, and to the computer and media companies