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countries that allow telecom competition favor such practices, as undermining foreign monopolists. This view is seriously …
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fixed-line telephone network faces new competition from innovative technologies. In this report we concentrate on analysing …
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that is not a given; this will challenge the entrepreneurial spirit of network operators, mobile terminal manufacturers and …
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stand a particular chance of success if network operator, content providers and manufacturers of terminals coordinate the …
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Efficient broadband technologies such as DSL, fibre, cable modem, powerline communications, UMTS, WLAN or WiMax are powerful locational factors for an economy. Europe in particular should promote broadband communication further to tap into its growth potential. But given the prevailing ownership...
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One important determinant of the speed and success of transition will be the efficiency of transformation and development of the infrastructure sectors. A great deal of attention has been paid to issues such as privatisation, restructuring, user prices, and terms of access in these sectors,...
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In this paper, we discuss the role of cable television networks and their ownership structure in promoting competition … in the local access market. First, we show that the dual ownership of a local telephone network and a cable network …, compared with separate ownership, may increase or decrease incentives to invest in upgrading the cable television network …
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implementation and for protecting shippers via geographic ("source") competition. …
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ownership of track and trains and seek to create competition among different train operators over a single track network. This … Railway, PKP, that would improve the efficiency of the railroad while creating some form of competition in order to prevent … monopoly pricing. Traditional intramodal competition is unlikely to be feasible in the foreseeable future, and for the most …
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Not all industries in post-socialist countries are appropriate targets for demonopolization and deregulation: as in the West, some "natural monopoly" sectors will require continued regulation to protect consumers from monopoly abuses. This paper focuses on three aspects of the design of...
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