The article is dedicated to the analysis of cost factors, primarily tax burden, that can explain the observable price difference on Russian market between domestic telecommunication equipment and imports from China and USA. The relevance of the research is justified by critical significance of...

Last December, the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications (adopted in 2002) was amended and reformed by two new directives and one new regulation 2. In Parliament, 510 out of 574 members voted in favour. In the Council, all Member States except Netherlands (abstention) voted in...

The present paper (presented in ITU's & INA 2009 workshop on “Migration to Next Generation Regulatory Environment”) tries to identify the effects of the concentration experienced so far in the EU telecom sector and offers a high level strategy proposition for alternative revenue sources in...