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Infrastructure regulation: what works, why, and how do we know?
Clifton, Judith; Díaz-Fuentes, Daniel; Fernández … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
. Despite this ambitious reform programme, there are signs that regulation is not always working. The Commission itself has … intended that new regulation will be implemented to improve this situation. As part of efforts to make these markets perform … better, policy-makers are turning their attention to better understanding the consumer. Previously, regulation was usually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283788
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From national monopoly to Multinational Corporation: how regulation shaped the road towards telecommunications internationalization
Clifton, Judith; Díaz-Fuentes, Daniel; Comín Comín, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
One of the consequences of major regulatory reform of the telecommunications sector from the end of the 1970s – particularly, privatization, liberalization and deregulation – was the establishment of a new business environment which permitted former national telecommunications monopolies to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283796
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Bringing Citizens Back In: Renewing Public Service Regulation
Clifton, Judith; Díaz-Fuentes, Daniel; Fernández … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
across populations, and that specifically targeted “bottom-up” regulation from the demand-side could usefully address these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283800
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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
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e-Communications: Investment and the Regulatory Framework
Jones, Siôn; Jones, Pau - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The EU regulatory framework for e-communications was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council in 2002, and became applicable from 2003. It has three primary objectives: (1) to promote competition; (2) to develop the single market; and (3) to promote citizens' rights. The European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789277
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Mobile call termination in the UK
Armstrong, Mark; Wright, Julian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
We discuss policy towards mobile call termination, illustrated by the 2002 Competition Commission enquiry into the UK mobile market. We present a model of the mobile market which includes both fixed-to-mobile and mobile-to-mobile call termination. In broad terms, the former service is likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789555
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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
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 …
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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Is the U.S. Dancing to a Different Drummer?
Marcus, J. Scott - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Is the United States in full retreat from internationally recognized regulatory best practice? Or is it instead headed toward some different destination – "dancing to the beat of a different drummer"? Where is this likely to lead?
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616666
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Local Loop Unbundling in Europe: Experience, Prospects and Policy Challenges
Bijl, Paul W.J. de; Peitz, Martin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
paper also explores the challenges for policy and regulation that arise because of unbundling and recent, related …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616682