For more than 15 years, Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) has been introduced as a regulatory mean to overcome the bottleneck control over the last mile of copper cable owned by incumbent operators. However, despite its assumed positive effects on market entry and competition intensity, negative...

Next Generation Access (NGA) networks entails significant investments but brings with it promises of a "brand new world" in telecommunications. In this paper, we provide an overview of some of its implications. In particular, we argue that it is not clear whether the "old" vertical integration...

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....

The Federal Communications Commission is coming under intense political pressure to reclassify broadband Internet access as a common carrier telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act. Yet, almost no attention has been directed at the fine details of how reclassification...

This paper investigates telecommunication operator investment in broadband infrastructure after local deregulation of the wholesale broadband access market. Using a panel dataset covering all 5,598 exchange areas in the United Kingdom, we exploit regional differences in deregulation following a...

Network operators of competing infrastructures in European electronic communications markets face asymmetric regulation: incumbent telecommunications firms are required to open their networks for retail broadband competition, while cable companies have no such obligation. Furthermore, for...

Abstract: Die Autoren beschäftigen sich mit der Frage, inwiefern der Ausbau neuer Netze der nächsten Generation (sogenannte Next Generation Access Networks, NGA) angemessen regulatorisch, legislativ und ordnungspolitisch begleitet werden kann. Hierzu werden insbesondere sehr grundlegende...