Lei geral das telecomunicações: a quebra do paradigma estatal

Abstract

This paper emphasizes the historical analysis about the Brazilian Telecomunication Market privatization made in the 1990 decade by the government at the time, the economic and political implications derived from this process and its actors besides presenting financial, economic and statistical data related to the sector. The literature review will be held from works that have political economic and legal aspects and also referring authors with opposite points of view about the privatization thus seeking to obtain accurate data on the virtues and drawbacks arising from the privatization process, not only in telecommunications area, as well in other important markets of our economy. The analysis of the role from the regulatory bodies, its historical conception, its main legal characteristics will be addressed with emphasis on the regulatory framework building and his actions. In this same chapter the design, conception and administration of the sector funds and cross-cutting actions will be analyzed and in a especial way how the money raised for these funds have been used by the government. Not least the statistics and the number of subsidized projects will be demonstrated on an annual basis for comparison and evolution. In the third chapter will be demonstrated the research procedures used for data collection, addressing in particular the government's role as the manager and administrator of public property and its effectiveness on this scenario. The last chapter will bring the author's opinion, the role of the state in the economy, the real capacity of state enterprises in generating benefits for the country, the analysis of the motivations of the Brazilian government to adopt the process of privatization in its economy in the late 1990s and the market changes, after the general telecommunications law deployment.