incentives to invest in network infrastructure. To this end, we develop a theoretical model explaining investment incentives by … heterogeneous entrants in internet access markets, as we consider both other telecom and cable TV operators as entrants. In the … empirical part, we use a novel data set including information on physical fiber network investments, legacy network access …

. Fixed network may not be commercially viable in more remote rural areas because the cost of roll out is too high. Therefore … that even mobile network competition may not achieve coverage, either within the required timeframe or at all. It may …

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 …

discuss several issues around the implementation of network separation as a regulatory remedy. The paper discusses network … separation. Moreover, this paper discusses the main elements of a possible test for the adequacy of network separation. A … telecommunications 4.0? (2) Are there little vertical complementarities between services along the supply chain? (3) Is network …

theoretical and empirical literature on geographic regulation as well as practical cases. Based on this review it is suggested …

Regulation undoubtedly plays a crucial role in the telecom industry. It is especially evident in the Internet fixed … access regulation where regulatory authorities and telecom operators face with complex technological solutions as well as … sophisticated costing methodologies in order to satisfy their own and customers' needs. Regulation is explained under Institutional …

several measures such as National optical fiber network (NOFN) project, public WiFi pilot to bridge the gap of digital divide … in order to provide Internet services throughout the country including under reserved regions of India. However, the … paper studies the following hypotheses as the regulatory bottlenecks in the wireless expansion of Internet in India. i …