internet services when entering the broadband internet services market. In addition, the effect of such service bundling by an …

Regulation is presumed to be designed to avoid (potential) market failures,usually because of firms' market power, the … consequence of which leads to a decrease in economic welfare. However, the cost of regulation may outweigh any effects policy …

on existing literature, we argue that ex ante regulation could represent a danger for the long-term development of the … infrastructures. We also argue that ex ante regulation is distorting investment itself: incremental investment is privileged as … opposed to radical investment. In this context, we identify three possible options for regulation in the near future: 1 …

building new networks. Traditional cost-based regulation, which focuses on issues of static efficiency and service … ex ante regulation contingent to the tendency towards effective competitive structures. Unlike the standard Significant … a result, our proposal of contingent regulation in emerging markets promotes infrastructure-based competition in …

regulation of incumbent local telephone carriers. The article suggests that the time is right to shift from a regime of a priori …

Union. It elaborates on the regulatory framework in Europe and provides an overview of recent experiences in Europe … paper also explores the challenges for policy and regulation that arise because of unbundling and recent, related … technological developments in the markets for fixed voice telephony and broadband internet access, particularly the emergence of …