Began process of ending Cable and Wireless' monopoly and move to full liberalisation by 2002:

-  two new cellular licences sold for $3.9 billion

• C i t i zens benefiting from range of value-add communication services
    
• 217,000 new telephone lines to be installed by end of 2003
    
• Rapid growth in use of Internet technology
  - Internet kiosks in Post Offices
    
• The Post Offices are being modernised and commercialised for greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness.