Fitch rates Asia-Pacific telecom risks

As part of an Asia-Pacific wide study allocating telecom regulatory risk scores to each market, Fitch Ratings said it released a special report focusing on the four markets it covers in North Asia: South Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

On a-scale of one to 10, South Korea is assessed with a comparatively high risk score of 6.0, second only to Sri Lanka's 6.5 in the Asia-Pacific and on par with Australia's 6.0.

China is assessed to have a medium-high level of regulatory risk at 5.3 on an average basis, Taiwan likewise with a medium-high risk at 5.0 and Hong Kong with a comparatively lower medium risk level at 4.5.

The total regulatory risk score for each market is derived based on considering three major sub-categories of political and social policy risk, industrial policy risk and inability of ownership/management to offset regulatory risk.

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