The pace varies widely. The U.S. and Britain are well ahead of the pack, while Thailand won' t be fully open until 2006. Only 20% of the $ 601 billion world market is currently open to competition. That should jump to about 75% in a couple of years-largely due to the Telecom Act in the U. S. last year that deregulated local markets, the opening up of the European Union' s markets from Jan. 1, 1998 and the deregulation in Japan. The WTO deal now provides a forum for the inevitable disputes along the way. It is also symbolic: the first major trade agreement of the post-industrial age. Instead of being obsessed with textile quotas, the WTO pact is proof that governments are realizing that in an information age, telecom is the oil and steel of economies in the future. Businesses around the world are already spending more in total on telecom services than they do on oil.
Consumers, meanwhile, can look forward to a future of lower prices—by some estimates, international calling rates should drop 80% over several years—and better service. Thanks in part to the vastly increased call volume carded by the fiber-optic cables that span the globe today, calling half a world away already costs little more than telephoning next door. The monopolies can no longer set high prices for international calls in many countries. In the U. S. , the world' s most fiercely competitive long distance market, frequent callers since last year have been paying about 12 cents a minute to call Britain, a price not much more than domestic rates.
The new competitive environment on the horizon means more opportunities for companies from the U.S. and U. K. in particular because they have plenty of practice at the rough-and-tumble of free markets. The U. S. lobbied hard for the WTO deal, confident that its firms would be big beneficiaries of more open markets. Britain bas been deregulated since 1984 but will see even more competition than before: in December, the government issued 45 new international licenses to join British Telecom so that it will become a strong competitor in the international market. However, the once-cosseted industry will get rougher worldwide. Returns on capital will come down. Risks will go up. That is how free ,markets work. It will look like any other business.
Which of the following statements can best describe the main theme of the passage?
A.There is a great potential in the world telecom market.
B.The WTO pact has boosted a rapid development of telecom all over the world.
C.The WTO pact has opened up bigger telecom markets to competition.
D.Governments have realized the importance of telecommunication.
第1题
全科医生面临的挑战是
A.发展一种同时了解瘸人与疾病的综合性、整体性的临床服务模式
B.全面开展社区卫生服务
C.实施医学模式的转变
D.发展照顾医学
E.为给患复杂疾病的病人解除病痛
第2题
全科医生面临的挑战是
A.发展一种同时了解病人与疾病的综合性、整体性的临床服务模式
B.全面开展社区卫生服务
C.实施医学模式的转变
D.发展照顾医学
E.为给患复杂疾病的病人解除病痛
第3题
从长远看我国规范的全科医生培养模式是
A.全科医生岗位培训
B.全科医生转岗培训
C.全科医生“5+3”培养模式
D.全科医生学历教育
E.全科医生继续教育
第6题
关于我国全科医生执业方式的叙述错误的是
A.全科医生以多种方式执业
B.全科医生不可以在基层医疗机构兼职工作
C.全科医生可以独立开办个体诊所
D.全科医生可与他人联合开办合伙制诊所
E.全科医生可与居民建立契约服务关系
第7题
目前我国的家庭医生主要由基层医疗卫生机构注册全科医生(含助理全科医生和中医类别全科医生) 及具备能力的乡镇卫生院医师和乡村医生等组成。()
第8题
全科医生制度包括:()
A.全科医学培养制度
B.全科医生执业制度
C.全科医生激励与保障制度
D.以上都是
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