Part B. An Indicator of Market Openness in Telecommunications: Country Groups

Reference period: 1998-99.

1. 
   Restricted market access; (openness indicator = 1)
   

Albania, Angola, Armenia, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Haiti, Kenya, Kuwait, Malawi, Rwanda, Tunisia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cyprus, Gabon, Gambia, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Togo

2. 
   Limited degree of market openness; (openness indicator = 2)
   

Burundi, Georgia, Viet Nam, Bangladesh, Romania, Uruguay, Bahrain, Barbados, Costa Rica, Croatia, Egypt, Guatemala, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon Malta, Mongolia, , Mozambique, Namibia, Paraguay, Tajikistan, Russian Federation, Belarus, Jamaica, Azerbaijan, Slovenia, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Grenada, Lesotho, Maldives, Moldova, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Saint Lucia, Tonga (Kingdom of), Turkey, Zimbabwe, Brunei

3. 
   Moderate market openness; (openness indicator = 3)
   

Argentina, Bolivia, Cote d'Ivoire, Greece, Honduras, Morocco , Portugal, Botswana, Ecuador, Guinea, Indonesia, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Spain, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Hungary, Ireland, Kyrgyz Republic, Nigeria, Slovak Republic, Sudan, Uganda, Singapore, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Israel, Trinidad and Tobago, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Iceland, Korea, Rep., Mauritius, Thailand, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Estonia

4. 
   Full market openness; (openness indicator = 4)
   

Belgium, Colombia, France, Mexico, Canada, Sri Lanka, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA, India, Brazil, South Africa, Chile, Japan, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Tanzania, Yugoslavia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Venezuela