Análisis de la Situación Actual del Servicio Público de Telefonía Fija frente al Servicio de Telefonía Móvil en el Ecuador

Abstract

Telecommunications is a public service guaranteed by the Ecuadorian State. This paper aims to diagnose the current situation of fixed telephone service and determination of optimization measures against competition from mobile telephony. The methodology used is the review of printed and online secondary information and interviews with opinion leaders who know the administration, regulation and control of this sector. From the results it is concluded that the fixed telephony service will not disappear because the investment by the State is large, and also the network platform allows bundling multiple services. Research can establish that the competition that exists with mobile telephony is concentrated in consumption but not in coverage and between optimization measures identified primarily calls for the elimination of interconnection charges, with which the final price will be reduced and will boost competition.