TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE  PAGE i

CERTIFICATION PAGE ii

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS vi

LIST OF TABLES 

CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL  INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1

1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM 3

1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 3

1.4 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 4

1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES 5

1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 5

1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 6

1.8 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 6

1.9 SCHEME OF CHAPTERS 7

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

2.1 INTRODUCTION 8

2.2 DEFINITION OF TERMS 8

2.2.1 PRIVATIZATION 8

2.2.2 TELECOMMUNICATION 11

2.3 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 11

2.4 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 21

2.4.1 CLASSICAL THEORY 21

2.4.2 NEO-CLASSICAL THEORY 22

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 INTRODUCTION 24

3.2 SOURCES OF DATE 24

3.3 SAMPLE SIZE 24

3.4 SAMPLING METHOD 24

3.5 TOOLS OF DATA ANALYSIS 25

CHAPTER FOUR:DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS 

4.1 INTRODUCTION 26

4.2 DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS 27

4.3 DATA ANALYSIS 32

4.3.1 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS 32

4.3.2 REGRESSION RESULTS 34

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.0 INTRODUCTION 38

5.1 SUMMARY OF THE RESEARCH FINDINGS 38

5.2 CONCLUSION 39

5.3 RECOMMENDATION 40

REFERENCES 42