In this paper, historical functionalities of the traditional Internet are contrasted with today's Internet functionalities of the "smart" Internet architecture. It is shown that network neutrality regulation prohibiting congestion management and traffic quality differentiation is contrary to...

The European Commission Recommendation 2007/879/EC has become known as an important innovation towards phasing-out sector-specific regulation of electronic communications. Eleven of the eighteen markets are no longer regarded as needing to be subject to sector-specific ex ante regulation....

In this paper, historical functionalities of the traditional Internet are contrasted with today’s Internet functionalities of the “smart” Internet architecture. It is shown that network neutrality regulation prohibiting congestion management and traffic quality differentiation is contrary...

International mobile roaming cartel agreements prompted the EU to intervene, firstly encompassing competition law measures by a cartel exemption, then ini-tiating several competition proceedings based on the accusation of abuse of a dominant market position, and finally applying price...

Good intentions are no substitute for sound economic regulation. Using the ‘in-vestment ladder’ as the stick and "access holidays" as the carrot is hardly an ef-fective way to generate competition. On the contrary, this approach creates a regulatory spiral. What regulators plead for today is...

International mobile roaming cartel agreements prompted the EU to intervene, firstly encompassing competition law measures by a cartel exemption, then initiating several competition proceedings based on the accusation of abuse of a dominant market position, and finally applying price regulations...