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In this paper we review, and draw some lessons from, the UMTS-auctions that have taken place in Europe during 2000 and 2001.We address several design issues and, in particular, focus attention on asymmetries between the bidders and on possibilities for collusion.An outlook is provided to several...
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In this paper I review the Dutch UMTS-auction that took place in the summer of 2000 and which, in contrast to the UK and German auctions, was generally considered to be a major flop.I analyse the policy process leading to the auction as well as the bidding behaviour in the auction, and provide...
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In February 1998 the Dutch government auctioned licences to operate mobile telecommunications networks according to the …
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: incumbent telecommunications firms are required to open their networks for retail broadband competition, while cable companies …
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the telecommunications sector. The model considers two potentially coexisting and partially competing techniques (the old …
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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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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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The article refers to the interplay between deregulation resp. liberalization of the telecommunications sector and the …
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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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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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