On 25 May 2016, the European Commission presented a proposal for a regulation on addressing unjustified geo-blocking. This paper illustrates the prevalence of geo-blocking in e-commerce and summarizes available relevant evidence. It also discusses the economic impact of lifting geo-blocking...

On 25 May 2016, the European Commission presented a proposal for a regulation on addressing unjustified geo-blocking. This paper illustrates the prevalence of geo-blocking in e-commerce and summarizes available relevant evidence. It also discusses the economic impact of lifting geo-blocking...

Ziel dieser Studie ist es, die Kommission bei der Überprüfung des EU-Rechtsrahmens für elektronische Kommunikation (Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications - RFEC) in Bezug auf drei wesentliche Bereiche zu unterstützen: (1) Marktzutritt, (2) Verwaltung knapper Ressourcen wie...

This study seeks to support the Commission's policy development towards the next review of the EU regulatory framework for electronic communications (RFEC) as regards three substantive domains: (1) market entry, (2) the management of scarce resources such as spectrum, numbers and access to land,...

This study examines the functioning of the Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications (RFEC) in the three substantive domains of market entry and authorisation, the management of scarce resources (such as spectrum, numbers and land), and the protection of end-users since its enactment in...

This analytical study provides background on the debate over network neutrality, including (1) its technological and economic underpinnings, (2) the implications for business models going forward, and (3) the legal, regulatory, policy and business responses that have been attempted and that are...

The emergence of Next Generation Networks (NGNs) raises profound challenges for regulators everywhere. Different regulatory authorities have approached these problems in strikingly different ways, depending in part on the overall regulatory milieu in which they operate, and in part on the nature...