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telecommunications industry to investigate the effects of entry liberalisation and privatisation on productivity, prices and quality of … remaining to liberalisation) and effective competition (as proxied by the share of new entrants or by the number of competitors …
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Coupled with the early wave of privatization in the 80s of state-owned telecom enterprises, the reform trend in the telecom market has shifted toward the market liberalization since the 90s, resulting in extended multilateral negotiations on the introduction of competition into basic...
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The paper introduces insights into a methodology for developing regulation applicable to networked industries. Following telecommunications, the energy industry is most apt to undergo significant structural and regulatory reforms as a function technological advancement. The application of this...
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telecommunications industry to investigate the effects of entry liberalisation and privatisation on productivity, prices and quality of … remaining to liberalisation) and effective competition (as proxied by the share of new entrants or by the number of competitors … the industry (as proxied by both the public share in the PTO and years remaining to privatisation) …
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The paper addresses the question of pricing access to the network facilities of an incumbent firm after deregulation. Network access pricing continues to be regulated in such industries as telecommunications, railroads, electric power and natural gas. We emphasize that access prices should be...
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Unlike in developed countries, the liberalization process in Indonesia began at a time when telecommunication … infrastructure was minimal and teledensity was below 2%. The main aim of liberalization and sector reform is consequently to increase … teledensity. However, the results of liberalization have not yet been envisaged. A decade after the introduction of liberalization …
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Successful network utility privatisation requires incentive-based regulation that allows investment to be adequately … consumer prices for telecoms, gas and electricity fell in the UK, overcoming most opposition to privatisation …
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When it comes to the analysis of the intrinsic mechanism of market behaviors and hence competition development and regulatory imperatives in the Chinese telecommunications industry, currently there is no consistent pattern offered in the literature. In China's emergent 3G/4G era, market...
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This paper discusses the current state of product market competition in Iceland, including the legal and regulatory framework, and suggests directions for further improvement. Given the size of the economy, efficiency considerations dictate high concentration in many markets, and preventing...
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experience with deregulation created pressures for liberalisation in network industries, where the United States has rather been …
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