the cost of providing the access to the copper access network and the fiber access charge at the level that maximizes the … EC Recommendation (2013/466/EU) for setting the copper and fiber access charges in order to promote competition and …

Network operators of competing infrastructures in European electronic communications markets face asymmetric regulation …: incumbent telecommunications firms are required to open their networks for retail broadband competition, while cable companies … to having a lower quality network than cable companies. Therefore, access obligation reduces the incentives of telecom …

ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line - technique) - and the new FTTH - Fibre To The Home - one). Competition is …

investing in network infrastructure to be able to induce some degree of service differentiation. With retail competition the …The paper assesses the scope for competition inducing infrastructure regulation in furthering the diffusion of … competition is generally not leading to acceleration in broadband diffusion. Second, with respect to intra-platform competition …

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. …

The relationship between technical progress and price competition is a controversial issue in economics. This paper … highlights the fact that investment in technical progress is an authentic type of competition which benefits the consumers rather … than the industry. This type of competition exists when the potential for technical progress, which can be incorporated by …