In September 2016, the European Commission (EC) published its proposal for a directive establishing the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) - with one key aim being the provision of sufficient incentives for infrastructure investments into high-speed communication networks. Based on a...

In this paper we study how the coexistence of access regulations for legacy (copper)and fiber networks shapes the incentives to invest in network infrastructure. To this end, we develop a theoretical model explaining investment incentives by incumbent telecom operators and heterogeneous entrants...

In this research, we estimated the number of possible subscribers of the public switched telephone network (hereafter, referred to as "PSTN") in the future of Japan based on the public data, and evaluated the alternatives as the candidates for the migration by comparative analysis, with respect...