network industries. In this paper, we analyse interconnection in a deregulated network where the participants compete in the … incumbent. In the later case, network externalities allow the incumbent to use the terms of interconnection to maintain its …

for regulation; the essential functions provided by network operators; and whether regulations should be applied … particular, the extent to which network operators can fully recover the costs of historic investments, and the efficiency and … symmetrically to traditional and alternative suppliers. Depending on the pace and scale of the decline, regulation may need to adapt …

in network industries. In this paper, we analyze interconnection in a deregulated network where the participants compete … the incumbent. In the latter case, network externalities allow the incumbent to use the terms of interconnection to …

explores the implications of a third element: network effects. Network effects create an incentive for a unique form of … opportunism that exists only in network environments - degradation. On the other hand, network effects facilitate mechanisms that …

Fifty years ago, two great technologies, the telecommunications network and the computer, embarked on a collision … consolidation have erased old boundaries. The rise of remote network-based applications and storage, or "cloud computing," is …