This paper examines the effects of the introduction of mobile number portability (MNP) using data from Uruguay. MNP allows customers to switch mobile providers while retaining their phone number, thereby reducing switching costs and potentially enhancing competition. Our analysis reveals that...

This paper critically examines the effectiveness of spectrum set-asides as a policy tool to address distributional objectives in telecommunications across four diverse national contexts: Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States. Spectrum allocation is a crucial factor for the...

The process of the liberalisation of services of general economic interest (SGEI) in the EU adopted the universal service (US) regulatory model. The objectives of the process were to strengthen free competition and improve social welfare. SGEIs have the characteristic of networked services and,...

Ziel der Gigabitstrategie der Bundesregierung ist ein flächendeckender Glasfaserausbau bis 2030. Voraussetzung hierfür ist eine schnelle und möglichst lückenlose Erschließung der einzelnen Ausbau-Cluster in Deutschland und idealerweise ein flächendeckender Ausbau von Homes Connected direkt...

Electronic communications networks are defined as "means transmission systems, whether or not they are based on a permanent infrastructure or centralised administration capacity, and, where applicable, switching or routing equipment and other resources." The telecommunication industry consists...

The present report provides anonymised and aggregated information about major telecom security incidents that happened in 2022. Security incident reporting is a hallmark of EU cybersecurity legislation. It is an important enabler of cybersecurity supervision and a support tool for policymaking...

Swiss Economics hat zusammen mit Arioli Law die Eignerstrategie Swisscom des Bundes evaluiert. Wir sind u.a. zum Schluss gekommen, dass heute weder für die Sicherstellung der Grundversorgung noch für den Ausbau des Hochbreitbandnetzes ein hinreichend starkes öffentliches Interesse an einer...

Mobile broadband networks constitute essential infrastructure to enable a wide range of innovative services and use cases anticipated for our digital economy future. Measuring performance is essential in many ways. First, to allow service providers to manage and develop their networks. Second,...

This research paper examines an underexplored facet of climate change mitigation - digital climate policies. Despite empirical evidence demonstrating the potential of broadband networks to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe), these networks are conspicuously absent from the...

In this paper, we evaluate the efficiency of the French State aid plan for broadband deployment, the Plan France Très Haut Débit. According to State aid rules, public subsidies should not be substitute for private investment and should target areas with market failures. We estimate a...

The Grand Chamber set aside the judgment of the General Court in CK Telecoms having found eight errors in law. This paper dissects the judgment of the Grand Chamber and illustrates and explains the differences between the two judgments as well as their significance. The Grand Chamber clarifies...

Using Maroc Telecom in Morocco as a case study, this research article examines employee satisfaction and incentive mechanisms in the telecom sector. A sample of 200 Maroc Telecom employees from various departments was subjected to surveys, interviews, and focus groups using a mixed-methods...

Rate regulation can take many forms. Rates may be regulated through overt price controls, such as price ceilings or price floors; through less-overt rules governing the pace of price changes; or through quality mandates or restrictions. Some rate regulations can provide short-run benefits to...

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) generate a wide range of social and economic externalities. Therefore, if ICT are not deployed and adopted within short periods of time, countries face significant social and economic opportunity costs. This paper provides empirical evidence in...

This paper provides evidence to inform the discussions on the need of regulatory intervention in the hitherto market-driven relationships between Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and Value-Added Service (VAS) providers in Brazil. Firstly, we analyze the mainstream business model adopted...

Ubiquitous high-speed fiber-based and mobile broadband availability is a key economic policy goal in the European Union and other developed countries. Policymakers seek to boost economic growth, productivity, and employment, especially in remote areas, through ambitious broadband targets and...

In Europa wurden in den letzten Jahren verschiedene Programme zur nachfrageorientierten Förderung mit unterschiedlichen Zielsetzungen, Ausrichtungen und Ausgestaltungen implementiert. Auch die im Januar veröffentlichten Leitlinien der EU-Kommission zur Breitbandförderung nehmen erstmals Bezug...

Through the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Congress imposed long overdue duties and structural limits on the telephone, broadcasting, and cable industries. Though the 1934 law was bold and important, legislators unwittingly enabled a handful of companies to concentrate power in those markets.As...

The paper attempts to give insights into the allocation of spectrum in Indian Telecom Industry with a particular focus since the rollout of the 4G services. While attempting to give insights into the various methods of Spectrum allocation and analyse their efficiency, the paper will also be...

In this paper, we evaluate the efficiency of the French State aid plan for broadband deployment, the Plan France Très Haut Débit. According to State aid rules, public subsidies should not be substitute for private investment and should target areas with market failures. We estimate a...

Accelerating digitalization is one of the cross-cutting strategies identified in the Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028. To ensure that the benefits of digitalization benefit everyone, widespread adoption of the internet is essential. This study provides an overview of the concepts and...

This study assesses how corporate telecommunication (telecom) policies follow telecom sector regulation in mobile money innovation for financial inclusion in developing countries. Telecom policies are understood in terms of mobile subscriptions, mobile connectivity coverage and mobile...

This paper examines the concomitant effects that competition, regulation, market characteristics, and corporate ownership have on the deployment of advanced telecommunication services to business customers through the econometric analysis of a rich data set that identifies the competitive,...

On 28 May 2020 the General Court of the EU annulled the decision of the European Commission to prohibit the proposed acquisition by Hutchinson 3G UK Investments Limited of Telefónica Europe Plc (which trades as O2 in the UK).The General Court’s decision is noteworthy for a number of reasons,...

In order to achieve satisfactory mobile telephony coverage in Britain, telecommunications companies need to site their equipment on land belonging to others.The Electronic Communications Code regulates legal relationships between those companies, or others operating their equipment, and the...

Abstract: There have been recent calls for new regulation of package delivery in the EU. We provide a detailed description of the evolution of access regulation in the telecommunications industry in the EU and package delivery services in the EU to examine lessons from the telecommunications...

We evaluate the welfare effects of the Roam-Like-At-Home regulation, which drastically re-duced the price of accessing the mobile internet for EU residents when traveling abroad in the European Economic Area. Estimates from individual-level usage data suggest that consumer surplus increased by...

Disruption is difficult to predict as well as navigate but often prove to be a boon for the sector, society and economy. The Indian telecom sector has to face disruption twice in less than two decades and that too by the same entity. The disruptive entry of Reliance Jio in the telecom sector has...

Achieving the EU’s ambitious 2030 connectivity targets enshrined in the proposed Path to the Digital Decade program will require significant additional investment, and most of that investment will be provided by a complex array of for-profit enterprises funded by private investment capital....

This is the second out of four papers devoted to the 2021 German federal elections continuing our analysis of the 2009, 2013 and 2017 Bundestag elections. This paper arranges the contesting parties into a 'spectrum' that reflects the spatial proximity of their policy profiles. The latter are...

Connectivity is a driver of economic growth, particularly in times of remote learning, remote work, and economic recovery. Billions of dollars of federal funds are being distributed to state governments and federal programs to subsidize broadband projects. The Broadband Policy Guidebook, 2022...

This paper reproduces a chapter from the author’s 2018 PhD thesis ‘The Digital Donga: Universal Access and Service in South Africa (1994 - 2014)’. The author’s subsequent book Regulating Telecommunications in SA: Universal Access & Service was published by Palgrave Press in 2020, and can...