http://lirneasia.net/2009/04/bandwidth-hungry-but-purchasing-power-poor/ a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:34:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://lirneasia.net/2009/04/bandwidth-hungry-but-purchasing-power-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-20540 Abu Saeed Khan Tue, 05 May 2009 03:20:19 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=4138#comment-20540 Name of the game is – unbundling the backhaul. It’s not rocket science. Look at the decades old business model of airlines. Various airlines come to one side of the airports (International gateways in telecoms) and their tickets are being sold through numerous travel agents at the other side of airports. Airport authorities (International gateway operators) are not in airline (Access line) business. Consumers enjoy the total liberty of picking preferred airlines. This is how fierce competition has been driving the aviation business. Why should international telecoms be any different than international air travel? It’s only a matter of conceiving the common sense, which is being practiced only by the common people. The policymakers in our part of the world are not common people. Hence, they lack common sense! Name of the game is – unbundling the backhaul. It’s not rocket science. Look at the decades old business model of airlines. Various airlines come to one side of the airports (International gateways in telecoms) and their tickets are being sold through numerous travel agents at the other side of airports. Airport authorities (International gateway operators) are not in airline (Access line) business. Consumers enjoy the total liberty of picking preferred airlines. This is how fierce competition has been driving the aviation business. Why should international telecoms be any different than international air travel? It’s only a matter of conceiving the common sense, which is being practiced only by the common people. The policymakers in our part of the world are not common people. Hence, they lack common sense!

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