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Investment in broadband infrastructure under local deregulation : evidence from the UK broadband market
Fabritz, Nadine; Falck, Oliver - 2013
This paper investigates telecommunication operator investment in broadband infrastructure after local deregulation of … exploit regional differences in deregulation following a 2008 reform. Controlling for initial conditions, first …-difference estimates show that local deregulation increases local investment in infrastructure by both the incumbent and competitors. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009752995
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Telecommunication submarine-cable deployment and the digital divide in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cariolle, Joël - 2018
The recent deployment of fibre-optic submarine cables (SMCs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) raised the prospects for the digital economy expansion and the whole sub-continent take-off, but also exposed countries and populations to new sources of vulnerability. This paper provides empirical evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951676
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Behind the scenes of the telecommunications miracle : an empirical analysis of the Indian market
Biancini, Sara - 2010
We analyze the demand and supply characteristics of the Indian telecommunications market, in order to assess the … significant impact in the less developed ones. -- telecommunications demand ; universal service ; competition ; developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008806687
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Structural separation and access in telecommunications markets
Bijl, Paul de (contributor) - 2005
within the setting of fixed telecommunications markets. From an economist's perspective, the key question that underlies the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003201814
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Benefits of regulation vs. competition where inequality is high : the case of mobile telephony in South Africa
Hawthorne, Ryan; Grzybowski, Lukasz - 2019
We test for the distributional effects of regulation and entry in the mobile telecommunications sector in a highly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029118
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Network utilities in the U.S. : sector reforms without privatization
Vogelsang, Ingo - 2004
areas. In particular, the U.S. telecommunications sector was hit by a deep crisis and electricity reforms suffered under the … California disaster. Part of the explanation for these difficulties stems from past successful liberalization and deregulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402612
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The third generation (UMTS) spectrum auction in Germany
Grimm, Veronika; Riedel, Frank; Wolfstetter, Elmar - 2001
The third generation UMTS auction in Germany raised an enormous amount of revenue, and at the same time achieved a more competitive market structure than other UMTS auctions in Europe. The present paper explains the design of that auction, and presents a game theoretic explanation of observed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400807
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Innovation of network goods : a non-innovating firm will gain
Glazer, Amihai; Kanniainen, Vesa; Mustonen, Mikko - 2002
We consider duopolists innovating and producing a good subject to network externalities, so that the reservation price of a consumer increases with aggregate consumption. The post-innovation network consists of two compatible sub-networks, with increased network valuation of the new product....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409408
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The Dutch UMTS-auction
Damme, Eric E. C. van - 2002
In this paper I review the Dutch UMTS-auction that took place in the summer of 2000 and which, in contrast to the UK and German auctions, was generally considered to be a major flop. I analyse the policy process leading to the auction as well as the bidding behaviour in the auction, and provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409958
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Efficient level of SEPs licensing
Langus, Gregor; Lipatov, Vilen - 2022
We study the question whether a holder of standard essential patents (SEPs) should be allowed to choose the level in the value chain at which to offer a FRAND license to its SEPs. We give a pos-itive answer to this question for two reasons. First, the SEP holder and the social planner tend to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817846