NGA development continues to be constrained by the very high financial burden yet to be overcome. Competitive network rollout is not likely to happen outside of very densely populated areas for a foreseeable future. Regulators must strike the right balance between procompetition measures and...

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...

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...