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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...
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? 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 …
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There is general concern that producer subsidies distort competition. We examine a telecommunications subsidy system …
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-income households' telecommunications choices in the United States and to consider the degree to which such households' preferences are … telecommunications increasingly are choosing a mobile phone, while those that choose to have both modes of communications are shifting …
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pricing. The market for postal service exhibits stronger network effects than in telecommunications because of limited …
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We analyze the demand and supply characteristics of the Indian telecommunications market, in order to assess the …
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innovation in telecommunications services. In this paper, regulatory models in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are …
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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. …
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This paper analyses interconnection in telecommunications markets in the Southern African Development Community (SADC … regional experience in terms of the cross-country integration of telecommunications markets through international calls and …
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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...
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