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The Impact on Broadband Access to the Internet of the Dual Ownership of Telephone and Cable Networks

Pereira, Pedro; Ribeiro, Tiago - NET Institute - 2006

In Portugal, the telecommunications incumbent o®ers broadband access to the Inter- net, both through digital subscriber line and cable modem. In this article, we estimate the impact on broadband access to the Internet of the structural separation of these two businesses. We use a panel of...

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A Retail Benchmarking Approach to Efficient Two-way Access Pricing: Two-Part Tariffs

Jeon, Doh-Shin; Hurkens, Sjaak - NET Institute - 2007

of competition in two-part tariffs, we consider a class of access pricing rules, similar to the optimal one under … competition in linear prices, derived by Jeon (2005), but based on average retail prices. We show that firms choose the variable …

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Market Penetration and Late Entry in Mobile Telephony

Hoernig, Steffen - NET Institute - 2008

We consider some two dynamic models of entry in mobile telephony, with and without strategic pricing, and taking into account market penetration at entry, locked-in consumers and tariff-mediated network externalities. We show that on/off-net differentials may reduce the possibility of entry if...

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Incentives to Invest and to Give Access to Non-Regulated Next Generation Networks

Brito, Duarte; Pereira, Pedro; Vareda, João - NET Institute - 2008

We analyze the incentives of a telecommunications incumbent to invest and give access to a downstream entrant to a next generation network. We model the industry as a duopoly, where a vertically integrated incumbent and a downstream entrant, that requires access to the incumbent's network,...

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Competition vs. Regulation in Mobile Telecommunications

Stennek, Johan; Tangeras, Thomas - NET Institute - 2008

This paper questions whether competition can replace sector-specific regulation of mobile telecommunications. We show … bilateral negotiations. A lighthanded regulatory policy can induce effective competition. Call prices are close to the marginal …

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Network Interconnection With Competitive Transit

Gilo, David; Spiegel, Yossi - NET Institute - 2003

We examine the interaction between two interconnected networks (e.g., two LECs) and a third network (e.g., an IXC) seeking access to their customer base. The IXC could either interconnect with both LECs or interconnect with only one LEC and transit calls to the other LEC via the …rst LEC’s...

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A Retail Benchmarking Approach to Efficient Two-Way Access Pricing: Termination-Based Price Discrimination with Elastic Subscription Demand

Hurkens, Sjaak; Jeon, Doh-Shin - NET Institute - 2008

We study how access pricing affects network competition when consumers' subscription demand is elastic and networks … show that a reduction of the termination charge below cost has two opposing effects: it softens competition and it helps to … termination charge below cost, either to soften competition or to internalize the network effect. The regulator will favor …

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Crowding Out or Complementarity in the Telecommunications Market?

Ribeiro, Ricardo; Vareda, João - NET Institute - 2007

There is a substantial number of cases where the a priori relationship between products is not at all clear in the sense that although apparent to be clear substitutes may turn out to be in fact complements, or vice-versa. This paper aims to study the relationship between fixed and mobile...

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Intense Network Competition

Stennek, Johan; TangerŒs, Thomas - NET Institute - 2008

competition. This regulation requires neither demand data nor information about call costs. …

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The Welfare Effects of Mobile Termination Rate Regulation in Asymmetric Oligopolies: the Case of Spain

Hurkens, Sjaak; López, Ángel Luis - NET Institute - 2011

We examine the effects of mobile termination rate regulation in asymmetric oligopolies. We do this by extending existing models of asymmetric duopoly and symmetric oligopoly where consumer expectations about market shares are passive. We first calibrate product differentiation parameters using...

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