Broadband internet expansion is a topic of widespread discussion in Germany right now. But the country still has not …

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 in the mobile industry. More recently, some regulators and governments …

states for the years from 2004 to 2012. The results show that the more effective previous broadband access regulation is, the …-linear manner. It appears that the approach of strict cost-based access regulation embedded in the EU regulatory framework is at … substantial network effects underlying the adoption process. …

deadweight loss, i.e., new users accessing the mobile internet. We further show that the impact of the regulation varies with …We evaluate the welfare effects of the Roam-Like-At-Home regulation, which drastically re-duced the price of accessing … the mobile internet for EU residents when traveling abroad in the European Economic Area. Estimates from individual …

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. …