effect of infrastructure-based competition between xDSL broadband and cable-TV broadband subscriptions on investments. We use … inputs to the policy debate on broadband promotion. …

unbundling (LLU), and (ii) the incumbent and two alternative operators using the fiber technology. We find that a higher number … into local markets, which are substantially lower for broadband provision via LLU than via fiber and decrease over time …

affected negatively. In our paper we concentrate on the impact of local loop unbundling and Bitstream access on broadband …For more than a decade the unbundling of telecommunications networks has been used as a regulatory means to stifle … network investment incentives are widely shown in the theoretical literature. Therefore broadband penetration might also be …

This report discusses the main areas in which national strategies to expand broadband networks affect universal service …

unbundling regulations on new optical-fiber lines. I find that unbundling regulation prevents new providers from building optical … particular, when a new technology is introduced, unbundling regulation has an oligopolization effect on the regulated firms. This … finding in the Japanese telecommunications industry suggests that unbundling regulation during periods of new technology …

regulated access. -- Telecommunications ; access regulation ; unbundling ; investment …

provides particularly interesting insights for studying regulatory unbundling. Based on the theory of monopolistic bottle …-necks the fallacies of overregulation by undue unbundling obligations are indicated. Neither the promotion of infrastructure … competition by mandatory unbundling of competitive subparts of telecommunications infrastructure, nor regulatory induced network …