Although the future socio-economic benefits of a new fibre-based (“next generation access”, NGA) telecommunications infrastructure seem to be uncontroversial, a universal NGA coverage appears to be a rather unrealistic objective without government intervention. We contend, however, that the...

A broad-scale coverage of new high-speed broadband networks as foreseen by the European Commission still appears to be a rather unrealistic objective in most EU member states without government intervention in terms of funding network deployment in unprofitable areas. We contend, however, that...

Der Artikel beschäftigt sich mit der Entwicklung von Regulierungen in verschiedenen Bereichen in Industriestaaten. Es werden fünf Felder untersucht, in denen es Veränderungen in Regulierungen gegeben hat und es werden die Erfolge der Reformen von Regulierungssystemen aufgezeigt.