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Roaming and investments in the mobile internet market
Stühmeier, Torben - In: Telecommunications Policy 36 (2012) 8, pp. 595-607
networks under various regimes of data roaming charge regulation. Given an induced externality of investments (spillovers) due … cost regulation of roaming charges. Otherwise, if MNOs are free to collaborate on investments, they set higher investment …. Furthermore, the paper discusses effects of the roaming charge regulation on roaming quality and MNOs' coverage. …
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Broadband investment and welfare under functional and ownership separation
Avenali, Alessandro; Matteucci, Giorgio; Reverberi, … - In: Information Economics and Policy 28 (2014) C, pp. 70-82
We study how the vertical industry structure affects investment in network quality and social welfare, with a focus on the prospective deployment of high-speed broadband access networks (the so-called NGA). We model pros and cons of vertical separation, namely, pro-competitive effects and loss...
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Competition and investment in telecommunications: Does competition have the same impact on investment by private and state-owned firms?
Lestage, Romain; Flacher, David; Kim, Yeonbae; Kim, Jihwan - In: Information Economics and Policy 25 (2013) 1, pp. 41-50
The liberalization of telecommunications is largely based on the premise that increasing competition will encourage investment. The hypothesis that liberalization promotes investment has received the most empirical support in recent research. However, a key question that has been largely ignored...
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Who should pay for two-way interconnection?
Hurkens, Sjaak; López, Angel L. - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2014
differences in termination regulation and retail pricing models and one may wonder why this occurred and whether either of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851429
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Economic replicability tests for next-generation access networks
Jaunaux, Laure; Lebourges, Marc - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2014
This paper discusses the relevant cost standard for the economic replicability test for Next-Generation Access (NGA) networks, described in the Recommendation on Costing and Non-discrimination adopted by the European Commission. According to the Recommendation itself, in order to reconcile...
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How Spectrum Policy Could (or Could Not) Achieve a Single Market for Electronic Communications…
BUNEL, Alison; LESCOP, Denis - In: Communications & Strategies 1 (2014) 93, pp. 81-97
European spectrum policy to build a single market should deeply change the institutional design of European Regulation: a …-specific regulation can orientate the operators towards the creation of a single market. Once the single market will be mature enough, the …
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The impact of broadband quality standards on Internet services market structure In colombia
Oviedo, Juan Daniel; Hidalgo, Julian - UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - 2014
are able to identify the effect of quality regulation on the behavior of internet providers in a differentiated product … regulation is a more intense product differentiation that contributes to demand expansion and therefore to improve broadband …
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Economic replicability tests for next-generation access networks
Jaunaux, Laure; Lebourges, Marc - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2013
This paper discusses the relevant cost standard for the economic replicability test for Next-Generation Access (NGA) networks, described in the Recommendation on Costing and Non-discrimination adopted by the European Commission. We demonstrate that a cost standard that implies fully fixed and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010954896
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Dynamics of broadbands demand: Substitution or complementarity between fixed and mobile technologies? An application to the Portuguese case
Silva, Rita Filipe; Proença, Isabel; Vareda, João - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2013
The development of the broadband market is a key aspect of the economic and social growth of a country. However, despite the importance and the development of broadband market in Portugal in recent years, especially with the explosion of the number of mobile broadband accesses, the studies for...
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Ex-ante margin squeeze tests in the telecommunications industry: What is a reasonable efficient operator? (Revised: December 20, 2012)
Gaudiny, Germain; Saavedra Valenzuela, Claudia - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2012
We study the implementation of reasonably efficient operator margin squeeze tests by National Regulatory Authorities in European telecommunications markets. We provide a theoretical framework in which we show how regulatory authorities deal with the asymmetries between the entrants and the...
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