Good intentions are no substitute for sound economic regulation. Using the ‘in-vestment ladder’ as the stick and "access holidays" as the carrot is hardly an ef-fective way to generate competition. On the contrary, this approach creates a regulatory spiral. What regulators plead for today is...

Tangled telecommunications regulation / Wernhard Möschel -- The path to competition for telecommunications in Germany / Christoph Engel -- Costing and pricing in liberalized telecommunications markets / Günter Knieps -- Regulation by TSLRIC : economic effects on investment and innovation /...