This paper reports the results of the quantitative analysis of international experience of the relationship between infrastructure investment in the deployment of capacity that can carry large volumes of voice and data traffic and regulatory policy changes in the telecommunications sectors. It...

This study examines the relationship between performance levels and the levels of cross-subsidy attained by local exchange carriers in the United States telecommunications industry. These cross-subsidies have been obtained by firms via their engagement in a separations mechanism, based on a cost...

In this study, based on the reasoning that financial considerations in influence investment patterns within the context of a network industry, we evaluate the effects of lower access prices and cross subsidization on investments in bandwidth-expanding technology by local exchange carriers in the...