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Mobile operator mouthpiece GSMA is asking countries to re-examine their universal service funding, pointing out that India alone has stockpiled $4.1bn in unspent cash while the poor remain disconnected. Universal Service Funds are financed with a levy on network operators, both fixed and mobile, and are intended to cover the …

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  1. Marlons

    Shock horror

    Governments charging taxes and then not spending them correctly/on the intended target?

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    1. Equitas
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      Re: Shock horror

      Par for the course!

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