Price cap regulation uses a formula, set in advance, to determine the price increases for a firm's services for a period of several years. During this period, the firm may keep all the benefits of its incremental productivity gains. Customers can also benefit because the price cap formula may...

Since 1997, the U.S. government has attempted to use the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on telecommunications services as a vehicle for exporting American principles of telecommunications regulation to other nations. The United States took the position in 1997 that the WTO...

Different countries have different practices with regard to charging for calls to mobile subscribers. In some countries, including: Canada, China, Hong Kong, Russia, Singapore and the United States, mobile network operators (MNOs) charge their subscribers airtime on calls that they receive. This...