incentives to invest in network infrastructure. To this end, we develop a theoretical model explaining investment incentives by … regulation and recently imposed fiber access regulations. Our main finding is that more stringent access regulations for both the …

increase off-net traffic from the investor's network but also from competitors' networks. Regulation changes the effect on …. Testing for a common regulation-investment effect provides evidence that the negative investment externality is not due to … regulation. …

wholesale prices. We underline that during a transition phase, until competitors have secured access to NGA infrastructure, a …

as the voice of internet protocol (VoIP) telephony. Regulation with a supply-side asymmetry has rarely been addressed …. Considering both a supply-side and a demand- side asymmetry, the present model analyzes the effects different regulation regimes …. Regulation may have adverse effects on subscribers, market shares, and profits. If providers can discriminate between on-net and …

The paper assesses the scope for competition inducing infrastructure regulation in furthering the diffusion of … investing in network infrastructure to be able to induce some degree of service differentiation. With retail competition the …