Network operators of competing infrastructures in European electronic communications markets face asymmetric regulation … the quality of networks develop in the presence of asymmetric regulation and original quality differences? Based on a …

. Typically, new services are not subject to specific regulation, owing to the risk that this would discourage investment and … intervention to date, an equally valid response is to question the effectiveness of existing regulation. Both new entrants and … benefits for customers and reducing the need for regulation; to assess the impact of public policy on incentives to invest in …

. Access regulation has been designed for traditional telephony on PSTN networks. In this paper we analyze the effect of access … regulation of PSTN networks on the adoption of a new technology in the form of VoIP. In particular, we show that with endogenous …

telephone calls, sending text messages, or using data services in other EEA countries. The regulation was designed to create a … digital domestic market without adversely affecting consumers. The regulation raises the expectation of changes in mobile …

content and broadband providers. While proponents of such regulation may view it as protection from alleged anticompetitive …

difficult to achieve at the same time. In this paper, we consider price regulation in the retail and wholesale market and answer … access price regulation is an effective instrument to make the entrant and consumers better off. …

the existing network to provide advanced services. We study the impact of access regulation on the type of entry and on … firms' investments. Without regulation, we find that the incumbent sets the access charge to prevent resale based entry and … this overstimulates rival's investment that may turn out to be socially inefficient. Access regulation may discourage …

difficult to achieve at the same time. In this paper, we consider price regulation in the retail and wholesale market and answer … access price regulation is an effective instrument to make the entrant and consumers better off …

shows that these problems do not automatically imply that sector specific regulation is warranted. The same hold for the … question of regulated mobile number portability. Instead, an ex post introduction of sector specific regulation can be regarded … specific regulation of mobile telephone markets. The social welfare loss that would arise from such regulations are estimated …