information-based society, yet investment activities and especially the adoption of fibre-based broadband services take place only …

effect of infrastructure-based competition between xDSL broadband and cable-TV broadband subscriptions on investments. We use …

the telecom industry as the issue affects infrastructure investment decisions of service providers and service obligation …

-platform competition while competition on the platform has an ambiguous if not negative impact. The diffusion speed diminishes with the … regulatory policy should be aimed at creating investment incentives that promote facility-based entry to foster rather inter …-platform competition than intra-platform competition …

most relevant regulatory measures – that is, co-investment models as well as different types of access regulation - we … step into the right direction, the expected effects on investment incentives as well as substantial implementation …

additionally increases broadband penetration. Secondly, inter-platform competition and mobile broadband prices are not found to … diversity of broadband offerings are more important drivers of fixed broadband adoption than competition between various …

, inter-platform competition and mobile broadband prices are not found to have a significant effect on fixed-line broadband … adoption than competition between various technologies (cable networks, fixed-line telephone networks, mobile networks). …

This paper studies the incentives of an unregulated monopolist to undertake the socially optimal investment in NGA … networks when it takes into account the fact that the NGA deployment is a two-dimensional investment decision concerning both … socially optimal investment decisions result in a geographically differentiated NGA deployment implying that different quality …