The implications of the experience in Europe with telecommunications policy design and broadband Internet development have become a contested area of policy debate, both in Europe and in other countries. This paper evaluates the manner in which the European experience has been characterized in...

Die Schweiz verfügt über ein breites Unternehmensportfolio unter staatlicher Kontrolle. Die finanziellen Risiken dieser Unternehmen, die sich immer öfter auf wettbewerblichen und globalen Märkten behaupten müssen, tragen die Steuerzahler. Avenir Suisse will mit der Studie die notwendige...

Mobile telecommunications has many benefits, from linking communities and citizens to mobile applications that bring financial services to the unbanked and help farmers improve crop yields. Yet at one time it looked as though Africa’s mobile sector might fare as poorly as its fixed line system...

The vertical allocation of regulatory powers within the European two-level system of network sector regulation is analysed from the perspective of the economic theory of legal federalism. The analysis shows that sophisticated combinations of harmonised European rules along with sufficient scope...

This paper examines the impact of regulatory intervention to cut termination rates of calls from fixed lines to mobile phones. Under quite general conditions of competition, theory suggests that lower termination charges will result in higher prices for mobile subscribers, a phenomenon known as...

This paper characterizes the welfare efficiency of the Cournot equilibrium and provides bounds for the loss in consumer surplus, producer surplus and welfare when the number of firms in the market changes. I only assume that demand is decreasing in price and costs increasing in the quantity...

Many developing countries have experienced significant developments in their telecommunications network. Countries in Africa are no exception to this. The paper examines what factor facilitates most network expansion using micro data from 45 fixed-line and mobile telephone operators in 18...

Various forms of regulation affecting investment in the telecommunications industry have been investigated thoroughly. However, previous literature has largely overlooked the issue of regulatory constellation. Using data for 28 European countries for the period between 1997 and 2010, this study...