opportunity costs. This paper provides empirical evidence in support of the importance of telecommunications sector reform to … put forward in this study establishes that privatization of incumbent telecommunications operators supports the … introduction of competition and improved quality of regulations, which together condition the speed of technology migration, the …

the provision of local access in the long term and assessing the implications this may have for competition in …

Our paper seeks to define the term effective competition as used in Mexico’s telecommunications sector and implemented … with substantial market power in telecommunications markets as well as to consider the relationship between the static and … dynamic components of efficiency and effective competition. We use the European experience as a benchmark for the …

analysis. These findings show that European Commission interventions are competition enhancing and support the expected … performance of the affected companies in the telecommunications sector. However, while country-addressing interventions and …

.S.-originated International Message Telecommunications Service (IMTS) traffic. (See Lawrence J. Spiwak, From International Competitive Carrier to … the WTO: A Survey of the FCC's International Telecommunications Policy Initiatives 1985-1998, 51 Fed. Comm. L.J. 111 (1998 … parties representing over 100 foreign governments, regulators, and telecommunications companies - upheld the FCC's Benchmarks …

intermodal competition between fixed and wireless telephony suggests that efforts to promote intramodal competition (e ….g., unbundling mandates) remain necessary because consumer savings in wireline telephony since the passage of the Telecommunications … Act of 1996 - which are estimated to exceed $10 billion annually - are likely the result of intramodal competition between …

several transformations that has led to severe competition in the industry. This article traces the major policy reforms in …

consumer welfare. The model consists of an investment stage with uncertain returns and subsequent quantity competition. The …

FTC's continuing leadership in consumer protection for Internet access• Competition and consumer protection in a changing … communications industry• Competition and consumer protection in a changing media industry …