We document entry and capacity expansion in US long-distance fiber-optic networks before and during the "telecom boom." We disentangle the many swaps and leases between networks in order to measure owned route miles versus route miles shared with other carriers. Entry appears much more moderate...

This Article offers an all-new solution to the problem of interconnection between telecommunication networks. According to the FCC's proposal, interconnection between Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) and long-distance carriers would be mandatory and all charges demanded by LECs for outgoing and...

In 2007, Spanish telecoms companies began to offer bundled services. Operators started by offering phone plus broadband and phone plus broadband plus pay television bundles, and in doing so, were able to reduce aggregated prices for consumers. In addition to monetary incentives, this study...

In this paper, we formulate and estimate a structural model of demand to analyse the equilibrium effect of the RAN sharing by using cross-country panel data in 28 EU countries in years 2010-2020. Based on model estimates, our simulation analysis in Spain firstly provides a quantitative...

Telecommunication industry is characterized by a sharp fall in unit price which highly bene ts to consumers. This article aims to identify the main parameters that lead to such a fall. Using a 13-countries wireless market dataset, it shows that investment actually drives the exponential growth...