We analyse competition between perfectly substitutable networks. Monopolization can be sustained in equilibrium by … (off-net) networks is shown to restore competition. This regulation requires neither demand data nor information about call …

investor’s termination rates and increase competitors’ termination rates under the callingparty- network-pays regime. Moreover …, investments increase off-net traffic from the investor’s network but also from competitors’ networks. Regulation changes the …

Successful network utility privatisation requires incentive-based regulation that allows investment to be adequately … rewarded from unsubsidised revenues while maintaining quality, and restructuring that permits effective competition for the … network services. The potential for success and the size of the potential gains from privatising and restructuring vary by …

In this paper, we study how access pricing affects network competition when subscription demand is elastic and each … network uses non-linear prices and can apply termination-based price discrimination. In the case of a fixed per minute … termination charge, we find that a reduction of the termination charge below cost has two opposing effects: it softens competition …

This paper surveys the recent literature on competition between mobile networks in the presence of call externalities … and network effects. It argues that the regulation of mobile termination rates based on fully allocated costs, or “long …-run incremental cost plus”, exacerbates the network effects associated with “tariff-mediated network externalities”, by increasing …

In this paper, we study how access pricing affects network competition when subscription demand is elastic and each … network uses non-linear prices and can apply termination-based price discrimination. In the case of a fixed per minute … termination charge, we find that a reduction of the termination charge below cost has two opposing effects: it softens competition …

This paper surveys the recent literature on competition between mobile network operators in the presence of call … externalities and network effects. It shows that the regulation of mobile termination rates based on "long-run incremental costs …