Regulating former telecommunications monopolies has often been legally and technically complex. Among other options, incumbent operators were mandated to share, sell or split their infrastructure thus encouraging market entry. Given the importance of broadband technologies, competitive access...

This paper looks at the broadband telecommunications sector to unravel the relationships between sector regulation and investment behaviour in the European Union. Cost based access pricing regimes, although successful in attracting new entrants, have negatively affected the investment in fixed...

This paper looks at the broadband telecommunications sector to unravel the relationships between sector regulation and investment behaviour in the European Union. Cost based access pricing regimes, although successful in attracting new entrants, have negatively affected the investment in fixed...