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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 …
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Although the future socio-economic benefits of a new fibre-based (“next generation access”, NGA) telecommunications …
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In September 2016, the European Commission (EC) published its proposal for a directive establishing the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) - with one key aim being the provision of sufficient incentives for infrastructure investments into high-speed communication networks. Based on a...
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In this paper we study how the coexistence of access regulations for legacy (copper)and fiber networks shapes the incentives to invest in network infrastructure. To this end, we develop a theoretical model explaining investment incentives by incumbent telecom operators and heterogeneous entrants...
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We provide a structured overview of the quantitative literature on the economic impacts of telecommunications networks …
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1. Substitut-OTT-Dienste, d.h. solche Dienste, die funktional mit klassischen elektronischen Kommunikationsdiensten vergleichbar sind, müssen aus Gründen der Wettbewerbsgleichheit und der Technologieneutralität vergleichbaren regulatorischen Regelungen unterliegen wie klassische elektronische...
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following the deregulation of the industry in January 2013. Applying both parametric and semi-parametric survival models, we …
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In this paper we analyze the incentive of the German postal service (Deutsche Post AG, DPAG) to increase quality in the light of the upcoming liberalization of the postal services market. Currently, there would be no incentive for DPAG to increase its quality if the market were not to be...
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We study competition in the German interurban bus industry two years after its liberalization in January 2013. In addition to a brief characterization of the liberalization process and several general market developments, we provide a detailed analysis of selected market characteristics such as...
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