There is significant debate over whether there remains a last-mile broadband bottleneck. In this paper, we explore what might be the nature of this bottleneck and review options for regulatory responses. Building on our work in CommAct2021, we expand on our discussion of the need for a reformed...

This report examines the competitive effects of Hybrid Mobile Network Operators (HMNOs) — mobile virtual network operators that rely in large part on self-deployed facilities — on the market for mobile wireless services and recommends that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broaden...

The aim of our study was to check the impact and association of Organizational Strategy and Organizational Learning with the knowledge management. For this purpose, an adapted questionnaire comprised of 12-items of three variables used in this study i.e. organizational strategy, organizational...

This papers discusses the privatization of Telecom Italia over ten years, from divestiture to three subsequent changes of ownership control. Why has the governance of one of the most promising of the former nationalized industries been so unstable? The turn of events suggests that the evolution...

The evaluation of a large scale public divestiture should be carried out using the tools of applied welfare economics. Nevertheless a comprehensive evaluation of the British experience with these instruments is beyond our possibilities, since it requires detailed microdata that are not available...

In November of 2015, the Colombian think tank Fedesarrollo published its report “Update on the Study of Competition in the Mobile Telephony Market in Colombia,” which purports to reveal a lack of competition in Colombian telecommunications. Fedesarrollo's report also offers policy...

According to the OECD Review on Telecommunication and Broadcasting in Mexico 2017, the performance of the industry since the reforms of 2013 and 2014 has been remarkable and demonstrates what can be achieved with evidence-based policy making. In my view, the Review rather demonstrates what can...

We study a major new entry in the French mobile telecommunications market, followed by the introduction of fighting brands by the three incumbent firms. Using an empirical oligopoly model with differentiated products, we show that the incumbents' launch of the fighting brands can be rationalized...