ignorance if telephone numbers no longer identify networks. As a result, while fostering competition for mobile customers, MNP … effects. We examine how extensions such as MNP based on call-forwarding, termination fee regulation, and alternative means of … carrier identification affect these findings. -- number portability ; switching costs ; telecommunications ; network …

entry regulation and public ownership to explain the observed connectivity gap. …

. It is complicated by the presence of transmission bottlenecks, oligopolistic competition, and the unknown prospects of …

This article analyzes competition between two asymmetric networks, an incumbent and a new entrant. Networks compete in …