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The impact of tariff diversity on broadband diffusion: An empirical analysis

Haucap, Justus; Heimeshoff, Ulrich; Lange, Mirjam R. J. - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2014

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 …

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Catch me if you can: The interplay between the incumbent and the regulator in the Italian telecommunications market

Pontarollo, Enzo; Gerli, Paolo - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2014

In Italy, fixed telecommunications were liberalised 15 years ago, but the incumbent is still the dominant operator. The Italian antitrust authority has recently fined Telecom Italia for margin squeeze and technical sabotage, proving that the incumbent still has the incentive and the power to...

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Fixed to VoIP Interconnection: Regulation with Asymmetric Termination Costs

Stühmeier, Torben - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2010

Typically, incumbent providers enjoy a demand-side advantage over any entrant. However, market entrants may enjoy a supply-side advantage in costs over the incumbent, since they are more efficient or operate on innovative technologies, such as the voice of internet protocol (VoIP) telephony....

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The impact of tariff diversity on broadband diffusion: An empirical analysis

Haucap, Justus; Heimesho, Ulrich; Lange, Mirjam R. J. - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2014

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

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Net neutrality at internet backbone provider level

Baglioni, Laura; Calabrese, Armando; Ghiron, Nathan Levialdi - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2013

This paper analysis the Internet interconnection market and combine the main technical (i.e. service quality) and economic aspects (i.e. profits and utility) characterizing relations between market players (end users, EUs; Internet Service Providers, ISPs; Internet Backbone Providers, IBPs) in...

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The impact of regulation and competition on the adoption of fibre-based broadband services: Recent evidence from the European Union member states

Briglauer, Wolfgang - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2013

Fibre deployment of next-generation high-speed broadband networks is considered to be a decisive development for any information-based society, yet investment activities and especially the adoption of fibre-based broadband services take place only very gradually in most countries. This work...

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Mobile ecosystems in global transition: Driving factors of becoming a mobile ecosystem enabled. A comparison between the US and Japan

Koeder, Marco Josef; Tanaka, Ema; Misawa, Kaori - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2012

lead mobile ecosystem evolution and how factors such as competition, regulation and profitability affects a carriers … ecosystems from the view point of market competition conditions and profit level by comparing the market condition of the US and …

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Incentive to invest in improving the quality in telecommunication industry

Jeanjean, François - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2012

incentives are positively related to the potential for technical progress. They also depend on market structure, competition …. As a result, the maximum consumer surplus as well as welfare occurs under imperfect competition and not under perfect … competition. …

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Is there a level of competition intensity that maximizes investment in the mobile telecommunications industry?

Houngbonon, Georges Vivien; Jeanjean, Francois - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2014

This paper empirically assesses the impact of the intensity of competition on investment in new technologies within the …-U relationship between competition intensity and investment. The intermediate level of competition intensity that maximizes … investment stands at 62 percent, whereby competition intensity is measured by 1-Lerner index at the firm level. This means that …

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A comparative case study of regulatory approaches in the US and Korea

Shin, Donghee; Kim, Namchul; Yoon, Hongsuk; Jeong, Jaeyeol - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2014

In this study, we compare and contrast the U.S. and Korea in the context of network neutrality, focusing on debates among stakeholders and regulatory approaches. Interesting similarities and differences are highlighted by comparisons within the broadband ecosystem framework: government...

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