Fixed telephony has long been a fundamentally important market for European telecommunications operators. The … at the retail level. A rapid price decline and a decline in revenues followed. Increased retail competition eventually … be justified on the basis of a lack of competition. …

Fixed telephony has long been a fundamentally important market for European telecommunications operators. The … at the retail level. A rapid price decline and a decline in revenues followed. Increased retail competition eventually … be justified on the basis of a lack of competition. …

to initiate adequate investment incentives. Using a two-equation estimation approach, a direct competition effect (more … service competition increases the supply of infrastructure) can be disentangled from an indirect effect (more service … competition increases the demand for infrastructure quality and, as a consequence, increases the supply of infrastructure). While …

analysis. These findings show that European Commission interventions are competition enhancing and support the expected … performance of the affected companies in the telecommunications sector. However, while country-addressing interventions and …