This book explores the wave of liberalization reforms experienced by OECD network industries. Focusing on the telecommunications sector, the authors analyze the latest data available on liberalization and privatization, and following a political economics approach, they integrate standard...

This book provides a critical comprehensive summary of the coevolution of telecom markets, rules and public institutions over the last 25 years, focusing on the challenges that regulators and policy makers have been facing. Even if the perspective of the book is European (as the EU regulatory...

1. Introduction: the long wave of Telecoms markets liberalisation and regulation -- 2. Introduction: the long wave of Telecoms markets liberalisation and regulation -- 3. Promotion of Investment and Technological Innovation -- 4. Promotion of Investment and Technological Innovation -- 5....