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Broadband prices in the European Union: Competition and commercial strategies

Calzada, Joan; Martínez, Fernando - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2012

This paper analyzes the factors that determine the prices of Interne broadband access in a group of 15 EU countries in the period 2008-2011. Our econometric model shows the effect of several technical characteristics of the operator's offers: while the downstream speed has a positive impact in...

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Standards in the international telecommunications regime

Werle, Raymund - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2001

Technical standards in telecommunications – the central focus of this paper - were traditionally developed by official …Traditionell wurden technische Standards in der Telekommunikation - dem zentralen Gegenstand dieses Papiers - von …

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Corporate strategies in the telecommunications sector in an environment of continuing liberalization

Borrmann, Christine - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2001

The article refers to the interplay between deregulation resp. liberalization of the telecommunications sector and the …

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Liberalizing and Re-Regulating Telecommunications in Europe: A Common Framework and Persistent Differences

Holmes, Peter; Young, Alasdair R. - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2002

the multilateral regime for telecommunications services. It begins by analysing the origins of the EU regime, describing …, examining the Uruguay Round and post-Uruguay Round negotiations on telecommunications services and outlining the issues under …

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Deregulating and liberalizing the North-American telecommunications market : explaining the US-approach

Cowhey, Peter F.; Richards, John E. - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2002

This paper examines the substantial regulatory changes in North American telecommunications markets over the past … telecommunications trade deal. Specifically, there was broad political support for a deal, but the particular problems facing U ….S. carriers in competitive international markets meant any deal had to cover all major telecommunications markets and had to …

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Information and Communication Technologies for Health Systems Strengthening

Otto, Kate; Shekar, Meera; Herbst, Christopher H.; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

Information and communication technologies (ICT) for health or eHealth solutions hold great potential for generating systemic efficiencies by strengthening five critical pillars of a health system: human resources for health, supply chain management, health care financing, governance and service...

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Unbundling the Incumbent: Evidence from UK broadband

Nardotto, Mattia; Valletti, Tommaso; Verboven, Frank - Centro di Studi Internazionali Sull'Economia e la … - 2014

We consider the impact of a regulatory process forcing an incumbent telecom operator to make its local broadband network available to other companies (local loop unbundling, or LLU). Entrants are then able to upgrade their individual lines and offer Internet services directly to customers....

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Labour Shortages in SKilled Trades - The Best Guestimate?

Lefebvre, Rock; Simonova, Elena; Wang, Liang - Certified General Accountants Association of Canada - CGA - 2012

The aging population which is expected to change Canada’s demographic and a shift in modern educational preferences that often leaves skilled trades as an overlooked career option may increase the likelihood of labour shortages in skilled trades in Canada. The certainty of the existence of...

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The Relationship between Technological and Regulatory Change in the Communications Industry

Rosston, Gregory L. - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research … - 2012

Major changes in technology and in regulation led to the proliferation of and willingness to pay for new communication services The changes in technology enabled the changes in regulation, both through the ability to increase supply and quality, but because technological change opened the...

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Electricity and telecoms reforms in the EU: Insights from the economics of federalism

Trillas, Francesc - IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra - 2010

regulatory jurisdiction is allocated in EU electricity and telecommunications markets. Specifically, this paper assesses the …

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