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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009752995
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011558200
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409371
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How to fill the digital gap? : the (limited) role of regulation
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Cambini, Carlo; Melani, Sauro - 2016
This paper provides evidence on the migration from an “old” technology to a “new” technology, taking into account the impact that regulatory interventions on the old one might have on the incentives to invest and adopt the new one. This analysis has been applied to a sample of EU27...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409765
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The impact of alternative public policies on the deployment of new communications infrastructure : a survey
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Frübing, Stefan; Vogelsang, Ingo - 2015
, deregulatory policies including soft regulation are the dominant policy in “black” areas, where several independent infrastructure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462525
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The welfare effects of mobile internet access : evidence from Roam-Like-At-Home
Quinn, Martin; Matos, Miguel Godinho de; Peukert, Christian - 2022
We evaluate the welfare effects of the Roam-Like-At-Home regulation, which drastically re-duced the price of accessing … impact of the regulation on different user segments. We estimate that around half of the gains stem from a reduction in … deadweight loss, i.e., new users accessing the mobile internet. We further show that the impact of the regulation varies with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012888496
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Impact of roaming regulation on revenues and prices of mobile operators in the EU
Grzybowski, Lukasz; Muñoz-Acevedo, Ángela - 2021
We empirically assess the impact of the EU roaming regulation on mobile operators' average revenues per user (ARPU) and …-level data we find that the regulation decreased mobile operator's revenues per user, while it had no impact on tariffs during … the latest phase of the regulation. …
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