This paper investigates the relationship between technical progress, competition, and the impact on consumer's surplus …

given the growth in data traffic and time-sensitive applications such as live streaming. Competition among network operators … competition law and its enforcement. Access to prioritization of individual data packets must be transparent and equally available …

This paper models competition between two firms, which provide broadband Internet access in regional markets with … intensifies competition in all regions. We show that the cost-reducing potential of investments dominates the strategic effect …: Higher access fees increase facility-based competition, decrease retail prices and increase total demand. -- Broadband access …

This article analyzes competition between two asymmetric networks, an incumbent and a new entrant. Networks compete in …

Launching and stimulating competition in telecommunications markets is an important policy goal. It contains two … elements: to encourage entry and to make competition effective such that consumers benefit. The first one requires that … to what extent such regulatory policy can stimulate competition. Our main finding is that, in the short run, asymmetric …