non-provision of interconnection service etc. This is where the need for regulation arises and regulators come into … picture.The paper begins by giving an introduction to interconnection and further dealing with the techniques of regulation …

: incumbent telecommunications firms are required to open their networks for retail broadband competition, while cable companies …Network operators of competing infrastructures in European electronic communications markets face asymmetric regulation … the quality of networks develop in the presence of asymmetric regulation and original quality differences? Based on a …

that estimate the costs of a hypothetical carrier employing the most efficient telecommunications technology currently … telecommunications network. When there is uncertainty about how these prices will change over the period for which costs and prices are … for the increased price of copper. A global trend may be emerging among telecommunications regulators to ignore the input …

This paper considers the effects of regulating termination for interconnected telecommunications networks. We develop …a), which allows for subscriber competition. We show that if a dominant network (i.e., one with the greatest market … lead to other networks raising their termination charges. If market shares are fixed, then extending termination regulation …

. Applying regulation benefits the consumers. Under full regulation, access charges account for asymmetries and allow a unique …