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This paper reviews the application of national antitrust law and the implementation of the European Union’s telecommunications directives to the markets in the United Kingdom, against the declared policy objective of raising national competitiveness. It illustrates the complexity of the...
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finds that despite the regulatory difficulties, the Internet is far from being a “regulation-free” space as there are … regulation. Most of them aim at protecting personal data and consumers more generally. In many cases generally applicable laws …
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Report on a conference reviewing the state of play of the European Union's second Roaming Regulation and consideration …
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This paper compares and contrasts the processes used by the European, United Kingdom and Scottish parliaments in considering broadband policies, legislation, regulatory systems and outcomes, within a complex triple-tiered governance system. Broadband is of increasing importance due to the...
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In order to encourage investment in telecommunication networks, governments have been encouraged to adopt a regulatory state model, with an independent regulatory authority that is subject to a system of appeals and to parliamentary oversight, providing different forms of accountability. The...
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. There is network governance economic regulation at the global, EU, ministerial and regulator levels, though generally …
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regulated over the top (OTT) services. The regulation of aggregators and platforms is achieving greater attention. Leading …, alongside privacy, and enacted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), supported by a network of national supervisory …
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National roaming is a measure that can be agreed commercially between operators to extend coverage or can be imposed or facilitated by governments as a means to increase competition amongst networks. It has been used with varying degrees of success in a range of countries, notably in the...
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The European Court of Justice upheld the Roaming Regulation (717 2007), rejecting the challenge by the four largest … of proportionality and subsidiarity. The European Commission’s interim report on the second Roaming Regulation (544 2009 …
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Better regulation is intended to serve as a framework to increase economic competitiveness, ensuring that legislation … energy efficiency of consumer electronics). The United Kingdom was an early mover in better regulation, implementing a … regulator conduct impact assessments. In the Republic of Ireland the government adopted a white paper on better regulation and …
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