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Universal Service Subsidies and Cost Overstatement : Evidence from the U.S. Telecommunications Sector
Berg, Sanford V. - 2011
Utility subsidies are often defended as promoting universal service. However, specific support formulas may be poorly targeted and/or designed. The U.S. high cost loop support (HCLS) program (formerly referred to as the Universal Service Fund (USF)), has been a key component of the FCC's USF...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132453
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The Internet and 'Telecommunications Services,' Access Charges, Universal Service Mechanisms and Other Flotsam of the Regulatory System
Weinberg, Jonathan - 2015
? In particular, to what extent should (or can) regulators impose existing telecommunications regulation, including the … snarl of cross-subsidies that dominates the telephone system, on IP networks?At the heart of existing telecommunications … regulation is the distinction between quot;telecommunications service,quot; whose providers are subject to FCC common …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708326
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Internet Telephony : Effects on the Universal Service Program in the United States
Garcia-Murillo, Martha; McKnight, Lee W. - 2014
-switched telecommunications. Using available telecommunication deployment statistics in the United States and modeling software, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014041369
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Behind the scenes of the telecommunications miracle: An empirical analysis of the Indian market
Biancini, Sara - 2010
We analyze the demand and supply characteristics of the Indian telecommunications market, in order to assess the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274752
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Comparative approaches to key issues in the economic regulation of telecommunications markets in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Paelo, Anthea; Robb, Genna - 2020
innovation in telecommunications services. In this paper, regulatory models in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240662
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Competitive dynamics of telecommunications markets in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Robb, Genna; Paelo, Anthea - 2020
dynamics of telecommunications markets in four SADC countries and relates this to outcomes for consumers. From a mobile … suggest that regulation has often been ineffective in facilitating competition in telecommunications markets in SADC. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240672
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Access Regulation and Investment in Next Generation Networks: A Ranking of Regulatory Regimes
Nitsche, Rainer; Wiethaus, Lars - 2009
This paper analyses how different types of access regulation to next generation networks affect investments and consumer welfare. The model consists of an investment stage with uncertain returns and subsequent quantity competition. The access price is a function of investment costs and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352102
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Mobile Number Portability
Buehler, Stefan; Haucap, Justus - 2003
This paper examines the consequences of introducing mobile number portability (MNP). As MNP allows consumers to keep their telephone number when switching providers, it reduces consumers' switching costs. However, MNP may also cause consumer ignorance if telephone numbers no longer identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263405
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Mobile number portability
Buehler, Stefan; Haucap, Justus - 2003
This paper examines the consequences of introducing mobile number portability (MNP). As MNP allows consumers to keep their telephone number when switching providers, it reduces consumers' switching costs. However, MNP may also cause consumer ignorance if telephone numbers no longer identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315528
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Access regulation and investment in the next generation networks : a ranking of regulatory regimes
Nitsche, Rainer; Wiethaus, Lars - 2009
This paper analyses how different types of access regulation to next generation networks affect investments and consumer welfare. The model consists of an investment stage with uncertain returns and subsequent quantity competition. The access price is a function of investment costs and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860957