In this paper we compare the privatisation and deregulation experience of German railroads with the telecommunications … sector. In section 2 the period of nationalisation, legal entry barriers and self-regulation for the German railroad and the … telecommunications sector is characterized. Section 3 is devoted to the privatisation and entry deregulation during the German …

strongly based on telecommunications, in particular Internet access and Internet backbone. Access to the Internet requires a … line sharing regulation by the FCC as well as the European Parliament seem to be justified. Transit and peering … theory of regulation it follows that there is indeed no need for ex ante regulation due to the absence of network specific …