The Role of Telecommunication Industry in Funding the Public Budget

Abstract

The research aims to show the possibility of increasing the telecommunications sector's contribution to the funding of Iraq's general budget by studying and analyzing the sector's activities in numbers and tables over the period from 2014 to 2018. The paper also aims to learn about the activities of both Jordan and Egypt in the telecommunications sector and the revenue ratio of these countries to the general budget, for the same period and for the same period. There are two main axes of research—the first deals with telecommunications, their origins, their concept, their significance and their dimensions. The second axis covers the general budget, concepts and types. The results show that, in contrast to the contribution made by this sector, both Jordan and Egypt clearly do not contribute to the financing and support of the general budget, despite the high number of subscribers and users in this sector, on the one hand, and the appropriate prices for the service, on the other. The research shows that the promotion of telecommunications investments in Iraq is through the provision of shares in proportion between each state and private sector enterprise, local or international, and between public enterprises. In addition, it will enhance competition with international companies licensed to provide the best services to subscribers and users. It will increase the contribution of this sector to the financing and will add revenue to the general budget.