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Procompetitive infrastructure sector regulation and diffusion of innovation: The case of broadband networks

Gruber, Harald; Koutroumpis, Pantelis - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2011

innovation. The paper uses data on the adoption of broadband services comprising a global panel of 167 countries. The effects of …

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Assessment of sectoral innovation systems approach: The case of Turkish internet service market

Tözer, Ayhan; Göktaylar, Yavuz - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2011

The aim of this paper is to evaluate sectoral innovation system of Turkish internet service market by looking into some … case studies and making interviews with related actors. In this attempt, firstly, a sectoral innovation systems approach … has been described briefly from theoretical point of view. Then, third section introduces sectoral innovation systems of …

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Deregulating fixed voice services? Empirical evidence from the European Union

Šaric, Amela; Lange, Mirjam R. J. - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2014

This paper deals with the relationship between the traditional fixed-line, mobile and Voice over IP telephony in the EU.We estimate the supply and demand for fixed-line telephony using data on 25 EU member states for the 2006:Q2 - 2011:Q4 period. Employing instrumental variable approach, we...

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On the weal and woe of internet traffic management in Europe: A critical appraisal from a network economic perspective

Stocker, Volker - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2013

The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) has recently proposed a framework to assess the reasonableness of traffic management (TM) practices. This paper discusses BEREC's proposal from a network economic perspective focusing on the underlying concepts of congestion,...

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Electronic communications regulation in Europe: An overview of past and future problems

Parcu, Pier Luigi; Silvestri, Virginia - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2013

For many years electronic communications has been one of the most important areas of policy intervention for the European Union. Liberalisation and privatisation of the telecommunications industry have been very important topics of the policy debate in the two decades starting from 1990 to 2010....

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Spectrum licensing, policy instruments and market entry

Madden, Gary; Bohlin, Erik; Tran, Thien; Morey, Aaron - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2013

Competition policy attempts to address the potential for market failure by encouraging competition in service markets. Often, in wireless communication service markets, national regulatory authorities seek to encourage entry via the spectrum assignment process. Instruments used include the...

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Economic replicability tests for next-generation access networks

Jaunaux, Laure; Lebourges, Marc - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2013

This paper discusses the relevant cost standard for the economic replicability test for Next-Generation Access (NGA) networks, described in the Recommendation on Costing and Non-discrimination adopted by the European Commission. We demonstrate that a cost standard that implies fully fixed and...

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Dynamics of broadbands demand: Substitution or complementarity between fixed and mobile technologies? An application to the Portuguese case

Silva, Rita Filipe; Proença, Isabel; Vareda, João - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2013

The development of the broadband market is a key aspect of the economic and social growth of a country. However, despite the importance and the development of broadband market in Portugal in recent years, especially with the explosion of the number of mobile broadband accesses, the studies for...

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Asymmetry of mobile termination rates and the waterbed effect

Lee, Jongyong; Lee, Duk Hee - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2012

This paper empirically analyzes the relationship between asymmetric regulation on mobile termination rates and mobile retail prices, using panel data collected from 20 OECD member countries for 22 quarters. In addition to the asymmetry of mobile access charges, the authors also focus on the...

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Ex-ante margin squeeze tests in the telecommunications industry: What is a reasonable efficient operator? (Revised: December 20, 2012)

Gaudiny, Germain; Saavedra Valenzuela, Claudia - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2012

We study the implementation of reasonably efficient operator margin squeeze tests by National Regulatory Authorities in European telecommunications markets. We provide a theoretical framework in which we show how regulatory authorities deal with the asymmetries between the entrants and the...

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