) monopoly thesis. Recently, however, a trend towards deregulation of such industries has been observed. This trend started with …

In a companion note (Antitrust vs. Sector-specific Regulation in Telecom: What Works Best?), we argued that while the … and institutions as instruments of economic regulation, some sector-specific rules and specialized implementing … interconnection. In the present note, we look in more details at the regulation of interconnection drawing from the experience of New …

policy debate on interconnector expansion and studies two particular points. First, the effects of network regulation on the …

) monopoly thesis. Recently, however, a trend towards deregulation of such industries has been observed. This trend started with …

to the Tribunal between October 1999 and September 2016,13 involved former or current SOCs. SOCs often hold monopoly … positions and control essentialinfrastructure and the record has been that of abuse of monopoly positions and evenleveraging … market power into adjacent markets. In addition, SOCs have often been protectedby policy and regulation with the result of …

the efficient and the monopoly benchmarks. There remains a rationale for regulation, albeit reduced relative to the …, in which regulation has been imposed on what appears to be a competitive industry. We introduce a framework which … the termination charge being set at the monopoly level), and one analyzing mobile-to-mobile network interconnection (where …