Universal Service is related to public communication access, and it is a important part in telecommunication policy making. For several decades, communication technology has promoted diversity in telecommunication service. For this reason, the scope of Universal Service should be enlarged to meet the public demand. Furthermore, telecommunication liberalization and privatization also changed the way to implement Universal Service program. This year (2002), Taiwan authority adopted "Universal Service Funds" to replace "Cross-Subsidies". It ’s a significant advance, but there are some problems unsolved. The first part of this article reviews the change and development of Universal Service. The second part examines our new telecommunication policy and discusses some important issues.
中文關鍵詞
普及服務,普及服務基金,電信自由化,電信政策
英文關鍵詞
universal service, universal service funds, telecommunication liberalization, telecommunication policy