effect of infrastructure-based competition between xDSL broadband and cable-TV broadband subscriptions on investments. We use … inputs to the policy debate on broadband promotion. …

different decisions with regard to broadband, by adopting an approach of neo-institutional economics and a model based on game … operators in each mode makes different decisions on broadband businesses affected by the respective natures of owner … found to be exactly the opposite: (no unbundle regulation, no additional broadband investments, no entrance) for the …

affected negatively. In our paper we concentrate on the impact of local loop unbundling and Bitstream access on broadband …For more than a decade the unbundling of telecommunications networks has been used as a regulatory means to stifle … network investment incentives are widely shown in the theoretical literature. Therefore broadband penetration might also be …

We consider the impact of a regulatory process forcing an incumbent telecom operator to make its local broadband … network available to other companies (local loop unbundling, or LLU). Entrants are then able to upgrade their individual lines … that, over the course of time, many entrants have begun to take advantage of unbundling. LLU entry only had a positive …

This paper shows that unbundling an incumbent's infrastructure only results in a substantial improvement in broadband … broadband services in a country. The logit models show that unbundling has a significant positive impact on the availability of … policy is to be implemented to promote broadband, it should either foster competition through unbundling and/or reduced …

unbundling (LLU), and (ii) the incumbent and two alternative operators using the fiber technology. We find that a higher number … into local markets, which are substantially lower for broadband provision via LLU than via fiber and decrease over time …

This paper means to add to empirical research on the impact of local loop unbundling (LLU) on broadband networks. In … particular, it focuses on broadband investment made by entrants. Starting from late Nineties telecommunications incumbents of … negative or null impact of unbundling obligations on incumbents’ investment, research on the relationship between LLU and new …

Broadband adoption is considered one of the drivers of both economic and social development. Local loop unbundling (LLU … LLU regulation. This paper therefore aims to analyse the impacts of unbundling policy on various aspects of broadband … policy to increase broadband penetration should be competition between them, while unbundling regulation can be implemented …

country and year fixed effects, I find that local loop unbundling has no robustly significant impact on broadband penetration …Broadband penetration and available speeds vary widely across OECD countries. Policymakers around the world, and … demographics on broadband development in a panel dataset across countries. In addition to adding to the meager empirical literature …