Damien Geradin is Professor at the University of Liège and Director of the Regulation of Network Industries Project. He is a visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges. He is also a consultant for the Programme of Private Participation in Mediterranean Infrastructure, European Commission/World Bank, where he is in charge of promoting regulatory reforms in the telecommunications sector. He will be a visiting Professor of Law at Columbia Law School in the Spring 2002.; Michel Kerf joined the World Bank in 1993. He has provided advice to World Bank Project Managers and to civil servants in numerous Client Countries of the World Bank Group on market structure and regulatory issues related to the private provision of infrastructure services, in particular in the telecommunications, water distribution, and electricity distribution sectors. He has been advising the World Bank Vice-President for Infrastructure and Private Sector Development since 1999.

• 1. Conceptual framework ; 2. Key issues of telecommunications regulations ; 3. The United States ; 4. New Zealand ; 5. The United Kingdom ; 6. Chile ; 7. Australia ; 8. Comparative Analysis ; 9. Conclusions

Damien Geradin is Professor at the University of Liège and Director of the Regulation of Network Industries Project. He is a visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges. He is also a consultant for the Programme of Private Participation in Mediterranean Infrastructure, European Commission/World Bank, where he is in charge of promoting regulatory reforms in the telecommunications sector. He will be a visiting Professor of Law at Columbia Law School in the Spring 2002.; Michel Kerf joined the World Bank in 1993. He has provided advice to World Bank Project Managers and to civil servants in numerous Client Countries of the World Bank Group on market structure and regulatory issues related to the private provision of infrastructure services, in particular in the telecommunications, water distribution, and electricity distribution sectors. He has been advising the World Bank Vice-President for Infrastructure and Private Sector Development since 1999.

• 1. Conceptual framework ; 2. Key issues of telecommunications regulations ; 3. The United States ; 4. New Zealand ; 5. The United Kingdom ; 6. Chile ; 7. Australia ; 8. Comparative Analysis ; 9. Conclusions

Damien Geradin is Professor at the University of Liège and Director of the Regulation of Network Industries Project. He is a visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges. He is also a consultant for the Programme of Private Participation in Mediterranean Infrastructure, European Commission/World Bank, where he is in charge of promoting regulatory reforms in the telecommunications sector. He will be a visiting Professor of Law at Columbia Law School in the Spring 2002.; Michel Kerf joined the World Bank in 1993. He has provided advice to World Bank Project Managers and to civil servants in numerous Client Countries of the World Bank Group on market structure and regulatory issues related to the private provision of infrastructure services, in particular in the telecommunications, water distribution, and electricity distribution sectors. He has been advising the World Bank Vice-President for Infrastructure and Private Sector Development since 1999.

• 1. Conceptual framework ; 2. Key issues of telecommunications regulations ; 3. The United States ; 4. New Zealand ; 5. The United Kingdom ; 6. Chile ; 7. Australia ; 8. Comparative Analysis ; 9. Conclusions