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A Study on the Improvement Plan of Universal Service Obligation in Korea  

Baek Hyun-mi (한국전자통신연구원 정보통신서비스연구단 경쟁전략연구팀)
Byun Jae-ho (한국전자통신연구원 정보통신서비스연구단 경쟁전략연구팀)
Cho Eun-jin (한국전자통신연구원 정보통신서비스연구단 경쟁전략연구팀)
Abstract
It is only natural, given that the competition environment and policy priorities in the telecommunications market vary from one country to another, that methods for assessing the cost of universal service obligations differ as well. In Korea, with the introduction in 2004 of LRIC for assessing the universal service cost, the national telecommunications authority is preparing for a substantial revision of the current cost assessment method, and discussions on details of changes to be introduced are in full swing. This paper will study estimation methods for universal service costs adopted by countries around the world and compare practices concerning two of the major issues surrounding the assessment of universal service obligation cost - universal service cost ceiling and intangible benefits - to provide directions for changes to be introduced to Korea's own cost estimation model.
Keywords
universal service; cost ceiling; intangible benefit; universal service cost estimation;
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