Telecommunications: services with positive effects for facing the crisis: impact of the IEPS proposal for taxing telecom services
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Original Title: Telecomunicaciones: Servicios con efectos positivos para enfrentar la crisis: los impactos de la nueva propuesta de IEPS a los servicios de telecomunicaciones
Abstract
This report argues that the inclusion of marginalized sectors is a State obligation that generates positive externalities that are much broader than network externalities and, therefore, inclusion should be sought through two fundamental policies:
- Increase of competition, that should encourage efficiency, which would in turn bring about reduced prices and tariffs, and thus increased possibilities for access, and
- Direct subsidies from general revenue, since it is the overall population that benefits and not only those who use telecommunication services that require interconnection.
