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Competition and Regulatory Policies for Interactive Broadband Networks
Sidak, J. Gregory; Crandall, Robert W. - 2009
Few phrases in public policy have become so overused so quickly as the information highway. Although it is unclear to many what that superhighway is or will be, this uncertainty has not prevented proposals to regulate the superhighway from being made. In this Article, we examine the economic...
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From Competition to Regulation : New Zealand Telecommunications Sector Performance 1987-2007
Howell, Bronwyn E. - 2008
under competition law-based sector governance (the period from 1987 to 2001) and under industry-specific regulation (2001 to …-specific regulation, however, transfers to consumers appear to have reduced, transaction costs have increased and delays are being …
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Telecommunications Market Evolution in Finland and New Zealand : Unbundling the Differences
Howell, Bronwyn E. - 2008
Finland and New Zealand are two countries with many geographic, social, demographic and historic similarities. Their telecommunications markets also demonstrate many superficial similarities. However, beneath the superficial performance parallels lie two markets that have developed under...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012723460
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Investment in broadband infrastructure under local deregulation : evidence from the UK broadband market
Fabritz, Nadine; Falck, Oliver - 2013
This paper investigates telecommunication operator investment in broadband infrastructure after local deregulation of the wholesale broadband access market. Using a panel dataset covering all 5,598 exchange areas in the United Kingdom, we exploit regional differences in deregulation following a...
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Empirical evidence on the relationship between mobile termination rates and firms' profits
Andersson, Kjetil; Foros, Øystein; Hansen, Bjørn - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 118 (2016) 1, pp. 129-149
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The impact of network competition in the mobile industry
Houpis, George; Rodriguez, Jose Maria; Ovington, Thomas; … - 2014
In 2000, there were as many countries served by a single mobile network as by network competition. Today, only 30 countries, representing less than 3% of the world’s population, are served by a single network. There has been considerable discussion about the optimal number of network operators...
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Fiber to the people : the development of the ultra-broadband network in Italy
Cambini, Carlo; Polo, Michele; Sassano, Antonio - In: Politica economica, journal of economic policy 32 (2016) 2, pp. 179-209
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Regulation of Latin American's Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Sector : an empirical analysis
Alleman, James H. (contributor);  … - International Telecommunications Society - 2014
In the mid-1980s a movement towards privatization and de-regulation of the telecommunications sector was begun. The … empirically evaluates the impact of regulation in selected Latin American countries. The results are only suggestive, but not … conclusive - that weaker regulation supports investment in the ICT sector due to higher prices for the service. …
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Network utilities in the U.S. : sector reforms without privatization
Vogelsang, Ingo - 2004
U.S. network industry reforms led other countries in the past, but have recently run into difficulties in specific areas. In particular, the U.S. telecommunications sector was hit by a deep crisis and electricity reforms suffered under the California disaster. Part of the explanation for these...
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The interplay between regulation and competitions : the case of universal service obligations
Hörnig, Steffen; Valletti, Tommaso M. - 2002
Regulators have long been aware of the social aspects of communication. In the past, regulated monopolists have provided Universal Service Obligations, typically funded via a system of cross-subsidies. In this paper, we first review the rationale for imposing Universal Service Obligations, based...
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