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Next generation access networks (NGAN) will support a renewed electronic communication market where main opportunities … - expected a wealth of innovations. Within this framework this paper reviews the technical architecture of a mobile network as a …
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performance, in terms of service quality (network faults) and tariffs in both fix and mobile telecommunication services, using the … first, analyze the effect of regulation, privatization and competition on mobile networks performance in terms of quality …
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fixed broadband adoption than competition between various technologies (cable networks, fixed-line telephone networks …, mobile networks). …
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This paper analyzes the relationship between the traditional fixed-line, mobile and Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony in the EU. In doing so, it aims at filling the gap in the empirical literature on the substitution patterns between these technologies in a comprehensive way. It relies on demand...
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quality upgrades of fixed and mobile access networks. We also find evidence that regulatory interventions such as unbundling …
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We analyze …firms incentives to bundle and tie in the telecommunications industry. As a fi…rst step, we develop a discrete-choice demand model where fi…rms sell products that may combine several services in bundles, and consumers choose assortments of different types of products available...
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Radio spectrum represents a scarce resource assigned to operators by national regulatory authorities through auctions, beauty contests or other mechanisms, aimed at introducing sufficient incentives for an optimal use of such a resource. A prerequisite for designing efficient assignment methods...
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firms to compete with cable companies by upgrading network quality. In the absence of retail competitors without networks …Network operators of competing infrastructures in European electronic communications markets face asymmetric regulation …: incumbent telecommunications firms are required to open their networks for retail broadband competition, while cable companies …
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International mobile roaming cartel agreements prompted the EU to intervene, firstly encompassing competition law measures by a cartel exemption, then initiating several competition proceedings based on the accusation of abuse of a dominant market position, and finally applying price regulations...
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entrepreneurial traffic quality differentiation strategies is evolving. Its basic characteristic is market driven network neutrality …. Finally, the implementation of Generalized DiffServ via Next Generation networks is considered. …
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