Relative Prices of Telecommunications

	Local Call Charges 1995-1998 ECU - Price Basket Comparison
	March 1995	March 1996	March 1997	March 1998		Change 98-95	March 1997	March 1998
						1995=100	AVG=100	AVG=100
Austria	610	532	540	399		65	133	107
Belgium	291	348	463	412		142	114	111
Denmark	254	250	300	311		122	74	83
Finland	284	269	269	270		95	66	72
France	327	378	381	390		119	94	105
Germany	341	413	429	405		119	105	109
Greece	375	458	499	473		126	123	127
Ireland	363	437	514	438		121	126	118
Italy	252	357	414	388		154	102	104
Luxembourg	153	221	268	330		216	66	89
Netherlands	277	298	309	299		108	76	80
Portugal	396	467	604	483		122	148	130
Spain	362	481	500	406		112	123	109
Sweden	197	271	274	273		139	67	73
UK	234	260	340	310		132	84	83
Average	314	363	407	372		118	100	100
Source:	OECD
Published:	Telecommunications statistics 1998 by Ministry of Transport and Communications , Helsinki. (Estimation method changed)

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Relative Prices of Telecommunications

	International Call Charges, Index OECD=100, Price Basket Comparison
	Business	Residential	Business	Residential	Business	Residential	Business	Residential
	Jan 1994	Jan 1994	Jan 1995	Jan 1995	Jan 1996	Jan 1996	May 1998	May 1998
Austria	104	100	91	83	83	72	62	65
Belgium	92	99	88	96	90	104	78	83
Denmark	86	97	76	87	84	69	54	59
Finland (Sonera)	81	86	80	89	61	71	75	81
France	95	99	89	94	86	94	45	48
Germany	97	95	96	94	56	63	60	61
Greece	107	110	104	105	111	108	86	89
Ireland	103	106	101	107	87	95	77	82
Italy	110	115	98	101	94	98	102	107
Luxembourg	99	102	87	92	77	85	65	66
Netherlands	98	94	96	93	75	79	44	45
Portugal	132	131	126	126	142	136	119	122
Spain	119	117	112	113	134	136	104	106
Sweden	87	97	83	89	60	68	49	54
UK	96	101	89	95	72	78	51	53
Norway	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	49	53
Switzerland							64	60
USA	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	127	112
Canada							89	78
Japan							123	111
Turkey							301	304
OECD average	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Source:	OECD Tariff Comparison Model
Published:	Communication Outlook

Relative Prices of Telecommunications

	International Call Charges
	Average of One Minute Peak US$
	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	Change 1991-98 (1991=100)
Austria	1.23	1.20	1.28	1.18	0.94	1.06	1.01	0.52	-58 %
Belgium	1.13	1.10	1.12	0.76	0.77	0.88	0.80	0.68	-40 %
Denmark (Tele DK)	0.80	0.74	0.82	0.77	0.69	0.62	0.73	0.60	-25 %
Finland (Sonera)	0.99	0.93	0.69	0.63	0.63	0.68	0.67	0.61	-38 %
France	1.14	1.13	1.02	0.88	0.81	0.89	0.70	0.37	-68 %
Germany	1.00	0.97	0.97	0.91	0.93	0.65	0.70	0.60	-40 %
Greece	1.36	1.18	0.97	0.81	0.78	0.81	0.73	0.61	-55 %
Ireland	1.43	1.30	1.37	0.79	0.81	0.84	0.69	0.64	-55 %
Italy	1.44	1.36	1.37	0.87	0.77	0.69	0.76	0.69	-52 %
Luxembourg	1.26	1.04	0.97	0.96	0.81	0.80	0.81	0.53	-58 %
Netherlands	1.01	0.99	0.97	0.92	0.89	0.78	0.87	0.39	-61 %
Portugal	1.39	1.37	1.56	1.25	1.14	0.97	0.86	0.72	-48 %
Spain	1.77	1.73	1.57	1.25	1.03	1.08	0.81	0.63	-64 %
Sweden (Telia)	1.06	1.04	1.08	0.80	0.70	0.66	0.57	0.49	-54 %
UK (BT)	0.89	0.79	0.78	0.66	0.59	0.61	0.50	0.52	-42 %
Norway	0.93	0.72	0.71	0.58	0.55	0.49	0.57	0.52	-44 %
Switzerland	1.17	1.14	1.00	0.90	0.94	0.79	0.86	0.73	-38 %
USA	1.34	1.33	1.33	1.40	1.42	1.57	1.66	1.45	8 %
Canada	1.37	1.29	1.22	1.00	0.94	0.96	0.96	0.94	-31 %
Japan	2.19	2.36	2.51	2.85	2.77	2.16	2.18	1.96	-11 %
OECD average (simple)	1,34	1,26	1,24	1,06	1,01	0,95	0,93	0,78	-42 %
Source:	OECD Tariff Comparison Model
Published:	Communication Outlook

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