This paper provides an overview of telecommunications regulation in the U.S. and in Europe. For each region the history … of telecommunications regulations as well as the current regulatory regime is portrayed. The focus of this overview is on … telecommunications with Internet and broadcasting services. The criteria used by the regulatory authorities to identify those network …

Although the future socio-economic benefits of a new fibre-based (“next generation access”, NGA) telecommunications …

incumbent telecom operators and heterogeneous entrants and test its main predictions using panel data from 27 EU member states … heterogeneous entrants in internet access markets, as we consider both other telecom and cable TV operators as entrants. In the … legacy and the fiber networks harm investments by incumbent telecom operators, but, in line with our theoretical model, do …

We provide a structured overview of the quantitative literature on the economic impacts of telecommunications networks …

importance of the interactions and linkages among acteurs and institutions involved in innovation and technology development of a … country and calls such a web of interaction a national innovation system. The theoretical and empirical analyses on national … systems of innovation lead to the conclusion that countries differ in the way in which knowledge flows and that innovation …

This paper considers the impact of European telecom regulation on the value of affected companies. Employing a … performance of the affected companies in the telecommunications sector. However, while country-addressing interventions and …. -- Regulation ; telecommunications ; company value …

Wir untersuchen die Rolle von Vertragstypen und Zugangsregulierung auf Innovation und Wettbewerb. In einem Duopolmodell … allerdings als Instrument zur Reduktion der Wettbewerbsintensität verwendet werden. -- Telekommunikation ; NGN ; Zugangsentgelt … ; Investition ; Innovation ; Verträge zwischen Netzbetreibern …