This paper studies the investment decision by a monopolistic internet service provider (ISP) in different regulatory environments. We consider that the ISP could technically provide separate quality upgrades to two vertically differentiated content providers (CPs); therefore, it could...

Industry observers have raised the possibility that European network neutrality regulations may obstruct the deployment of 5G. To assess those claims, this Chapter describes the key technologies likely to be incorporated into 5G, including millimeter wave band radios, massive multiple...

This paper surveys the recent literature on competition between mobile networks in the presence of call externalities and network effects. It argues that the regulation of mobile termination rates based on fully allocated costs, or “long-run incremental cost plus”, exacerbates the network...

This chapter describes the emergence of the EFD and reviews its development against the background of major trends in the continuing evolution of federal antitrust law. It then analyzes recent Supreme Court cases that have questioned and thereby undermined EFD, even though lower courts claim to...

To attend school is to sign up for a package deal. A single institution provides instruction across a range of subjects; it has particular teachers, facilities, classmates, services, and extracurricular activities. Notwithstanding limited and variable flexibility, a school’s program, overall,...

Der bis zum 21. Dezember 2020 in nationales Recht umzusetzende europäische Kodex für die elektronische Kommunikation (EKEK) enthält, wie bereits die alte Rahmenrichtlinie mit Art. 12, Zugangsansprüche gegenüber Anbietern, die über keine beträchtliche Marktmacht verfügen. Die neue...