In 2005, Ofcom accepted undertakings from BT, the vertically integrated provider of fixed telecoms services in the UK. These constitute the latest attempt to address discriminatory concerns in fixed telecoms. This paper examines the incentives of vertically integrated operators with market power...

Regulators and government bodies in posts, as in other sectors, are involved in related decisions over whether to require access for competitors to the facilities, especially the delivery services, of the historic monopolist, and if so, whether to separate that firm vertically. The paper sets...

This paper discusses and evaluates remedies for operators found to have significant market power in broadband services (taken here to be broadband wholesale access, unbundled local loops and leased lines) under the new European regulatory framework for electronic communications services. It is...