After decades of liberalization of the telecommunications industry around the world and technological convergence that allows for increasing competition, sector-specific regulation of telecommunications has been on the decline. As a result, the telecommunications industry stands in the middle of...

This paper discusses the role of governments in broadband. It is divided into five sections. Following an introduction in section one, section two discusses the diffusion of broadband Internet. Section three deals with competition-based and public-goods views on regulation and the corresponding...

Liberalisation and Regulation in Telecommunication Markets -- Theoretical Approaches on Strategic Investment Decisions in Regulated Markets -- Development of a Framework -- Explorative Case Studies on Strategic Investment Decisions and Regulation in European Broadband -- Findings on Strategic...