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e-Communications: Investment and the Regulatory Framework
Jones, Siôn; Jones, Pau - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
estimate the level of e-communications investment in the EU and to examine its main drivers as part of a contributio to the … provides a description of the process of collecting data on investment in physical infrastructure in the e …-communciations sector by country and by sub-sector. It also presents the collected data, showing a decline in overall investment between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789277
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Innovation, Investment and Regulation: What are the Options for Regulation in the Near Future?
Flacher, David; Jennequin, Hugues; Lorenzi, Jean-Hervé - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
answer this question, the paper focuses on the problem of investment and innovation in an ex ante regulated sector. Relying … sector by delaying or cancelling investment projects, especially (but not only) concerning the construction of new … infrastructures. We also argue that ex ante regulation is distorting investment itself: incremental investment is privileged as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790072
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Welfare Analysis of Regulating Mobile Termination Rates in the UK (with an Application to the Orange/T-Mobile Merger)
Harbord, David; Hoernig, Steffen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper presents results from a calibrated welfare model of the UK mobile telephony market which includes many mobile networks; calls to and from the fixed network; networkbased price discrimination; and call externalities. The analysis focuses on the short-run effects of adopting lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529327
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The Road to More Flexibility in Spectrum Usage and Access: Are We There Yet?
Pogorel, Gérard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
In the spectrum sections of its "Proposed Changes" to the Review of the European Union Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications Networks and Services, the European Commission establishes a coherent, comprehensive and original set of forward-looking spectrum policy principles. By...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835446
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Markets Susceptible to ex ante Regulation : Methodology and Commission Recommendation
STUMPF, Ulrich - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The EU regulatory framework for electronic communications services distinguishes between markets that are susceptible to ex ante regulation and those that are subject to competition law alone. The paper lays out the methodology for identifying relevant markets that may be considered for ex ante...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837457
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Bundling, Differentiation, Alliances and Mergers: Convergence Strategies in U.S. Communication Markets
Bauer, Johannes M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Convergence is a multi-facetted phenomenon affecting the technological basis of information and communication industries, the boundaries of existing and new markets, and the organization of service providers. Convergence in substitutes will tend to increase the intensity of competition but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616610
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Traditional paradigms for new services? : The Commission Proposal for a 'Audiovisual Media Services Directive'
SCHEUER, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
For over 10 years the European Community has strived to develop suitable and proportionate answers to the phenomenon of convergence in its audiovisual regulatory policy. This article outlines the regulatory process at an EU level since the early 1980s as far as media, telecommunications and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621356
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Competition in European Telecom Markets
Bismut, Sophie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
In recent years, the European telecommunications market has witnessed major developments, with rapid expansion in access to telecommunications networks and a surge in the number of available services and applications. While many factors have contributed to the transformation of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787184
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Entry and Competition in Local Newspaper Retail Markets - When two are enough
Balmer, Roberto - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This chapter estimates sustainable coverage and competitive effects of entry for Swiss newspaper sellers which sell composite goods, including a range of other products such as food and near-food items. It utilises the applied entry threshold ratio methodology from Bresnahan and Reiss (1991),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259798
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Mobile telephony in the UK
Armstrong, Mark - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1997
This paper discusses aspects of recent policy towards mobile telephony in the U.K., including (i) the level of retail charges for calls from fixed to mobile networks, (ii) the level of call termination charges on mobile networks, and (iii) the level of connection subsidies offered by mobile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644936