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East Asian Economic Review Vol. 5, No. 2, 2001. pp. 195-227.

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.JEAI.2001.5.2.87

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Government Procurement Agreements and Telecommunications Business

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Shin-Won Kang

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

swkang@etri.re.kr
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Abstract

The opening of the telecommunications market is acceleration due to the world trends of deregulation and privatization under the WTO basic telecommunications agreements. Diversification of services and fast and efficient equipment procurement are becoming necessary conditions for the survival of telecommunications operators. However, the issue here is that telecommunications operators are still bound by the GPA (Government Procurement Agreement) based on conditions of monopoly even though the procurement market in Korean is open substantially since 1997. Under such conditions, the continued application of the GPA on telecommunications operator who is highly competitive may result in a negative impact on the telecommunications business and quality of telecommunications service by undermining the autonomy of operator and decreasing operator’s procurement competitiveness. Therefore, this study examines the GPA and the issues raised by the agreement, and also attempts to suggest revisions or means of abrogating the unfair GPA with regards to the development and deregulation of the telecommunications business.

JEL classification: L96, L98

Keywords

Government Procurement Agreement, Telecommunications Condition Change, Telecommunications Operators

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Korean

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