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Excessive(?) Entry of National Telecom Networks, 1990-2001

Hogendorn, Christiaan - 2004

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...

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Federalism in Telecommunications Regulation : Effectiveness and Accuracy of State Commission Implementation of Telric in Local Telecoms Markets

Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2004

This Policy Bulletin makes use of regression analysis to demonstrate that differences in UNE-P prices both across States and within States are due to genuine cost differences and differences in TELRIC, and are not because of regulatory failure by the States. These findings confirm an obvious...

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Competitive Debacle in Local Telephony : Is the 1996 Telecommunications Act to Blame?

Dibadj, Reza - 2009

This article challenges the conventional wisdom that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is to blame for the lack of …

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Challenges in the Telecom Sector : A Case Study of 3G Rollout in China

Li, Grace - 2016

The year 2008 was a big one for the telecommunications industry of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). In May 2008 …, the PRC State Council conducted a significant reform in the telecom sector, which created a mega-telecommunications … and with the government decision to stimulate domestic consumption. This paper studies the PRC telecommunications sector …

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Access Regulation and the Transition from Copper to Fiber Networks in Telecoms

Bourreau, Marc; Cambini, Carlo; Dogan, Pinar - 2014

In this paper we study the impact of different forms of access obligations on firms’ incentives to migrate from the legacy copper network to next generation broadband infrastructures. We analyze geographically differential access prices of copper (that depend on whether or not an alternative...

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Regulating for Non-Price Discrimination the Case of UK Fixed Telecoms

Cave, Martin E.; Correa, Lisa; Crocioni, Pietro - 2012

Telecoms regulators have increasingly signaled concerns about the incentives and ability of vertically integrated incumbents to engage in discriminatory behavior against competitors in downstream markets. This concern is particularly strong in fixed telecoms where incumbents have substantial...

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Analysing Regulatory Barriers to Trade in Telecoms Services

Cave, Martin E.; Corkery, Matthew - 2012

In this paper, we begin a discussion of the possible costs of ‘non-Europe’ in the telecommunications field. As part of … applicable to telecommunications services, and measures of effective protection in the presence of non-tradable inputs. We then … telecommunications services. The final section discusses policy responses, especially in Europe …

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From the Fall of the Bell System to the Telecommunications Act : Regulation of Telecommunications Under Judge Greene

Kearney, Joseph D. - 2012

lines of business in the telecommunications industry. Part I reviews the basic facts surrounding the entry of the consent … Greene terminated the MFC after the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, legislation which retained several of the …

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Is the Sun Setting on the Telecom Sector in India?

Thomas, John - 2012

Not a single day passed during the late nineties, when some newspaper or other did not carry an exciting story about the Telecom sector. These were justifiably among the most exciting times in the India’s growth story. The decade from 2000 to 2010 perhaps witnessed the most dramatic impact of...

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Telecom Prices, Regulatory Reforms, Consumers’ Satisfaction : Evidence for 15 EU Countries

Bacchiocchi, Emanuele; Florio, Massimo; Gambaro, Marco - 2012

We study the impact on consumers of privatization and liberalization in the telecommunication sector for 15 EU Countries. Policy reforms are summarized by the OECD regulatory indicators (REGREF), that consider the extent of privatization, vertical disintegration, and market entry. After...

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