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telecommunications networks and this both for competition in linear and nonlinear pricing. Differences in demand give also scope for …
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This article analyzes competition between two asymmetric networks, an incumbent and a new entrant. Networks compete in non-linear tariffs and may charge different prices for on-net and off-net calls. Departing from cost-based access pricing allows the incumbent to foreclose the market in a...
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This paper analyses interconnection in telecommunications markets in the Southern African Development Community (SADC …) region, focusing on cross-border roaming as well as international interconnection. These issues have been identified as … regional experience in terms of the cross-country integration of telecommunications markets through international calls and …
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, water, transport, and telecommunications sectors. To provide a legal framework for private sector participation in … for the Philippines, focusing on the power and telecommunications sectors. This study will primarily evaluate the existing …
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case of telecommunications, several initiatives of the European Commission and of national regulatory authorities to falls …
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We aim to clarify the role of access charges under two-way network competition, employing a reduced-form approach. Retaining the key features of specific network competition models but imposing less structure, we analyze the impact of changes in access charges on linear and non-linear retail...
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This paper questions whether competition can replace sector-specific regulation of mobile telecommunications. We show …
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characteristics, specifically, whether an initially large market player can decline cooperation (interconnection) with competing …
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invest in Platform quality. We find that interconnection is aa means to reduce externalities one side exerts on the other. It … changes the mode of competition for subscribers and resultsin higher subscription prices. Further, even though interconnection … quality costs it will lead to asymmetric networks. Therefore, interconnection without coordinated investment activities is …
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Abstract In markets with competing interconnected networks like mobile telecommunication markets investments affect the investor’s and also any competitors’ profits. In a theoretical model it is shown that cost-reducing investments reduce the investor’s termination rates and increase...
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