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Cross-sectoral cooperation between regulators The use of regulatory and competition powers; new investment in UK infrastructure, and consumer welfare

Price, Richard - 2014

Economic regulation and competition have a big role in helping to ensure investment is efficient, and to reconcile the … - has rarely been so important. This paper discusses: • the relationship between competition and regulation, and the way … regulators use their powers; • the importance of independent regulation in ensuring efficient service delivery for consumers …

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Service Bundling and the Role of Access Charge in the Broadband Internet Service Market

SHIM, Sunghee; OH, Jungsuk - 2006

Using the classical Hotelling model, this paper analyzes the incentive for a CATV service provider to bundle broadband internet services when entering the broadband internet services market. In addition, the effect of such service bundling by an entrant on the market incumbent with ownership...

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The “regulatory authority dixit” defence in European competition law enforcement

Congedo, Pierluigi - 2014

The European Commission (EC) and the European Courts have being reaffirming in the Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica cases that guide-prices established by sector regulators upon electronic communications incumbents cannot per se exclude that conducts with anticompetitive foreclosure effects,...

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Functional or structural separation to deal with vertical foreclosure effects in the electronic communications industry, pending the Second British Telecoms Review (2015)

Congedo, Pierluigi - 2015

The paper tackles the discussion about vertical separation in the electronic communications sector, in its two main forms functional and structural. The author will argue how mandatory structural separation under certain conditions could be a possible option. The evidence is provided by the...

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Bundling, Differentiation, Alliances and Mergers: Convergence Strategies in U.S. Communication Markets

Bauer, Johannes M. - 2005

Convergence is a multi-facetted phenomenon affecting the technological basis of information and communication industries, the boundaries of existing and new markets, and the organization of service providers. Convergence in substitutes will tend to increase the intensity of competition but...

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e-Communications: Investment and the Regulatory Framework

Jones, Siôn; Jones, Pau - 2006

The EU regulatory framework for e-communications was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council in 2002, and became applicable from 2003. It has three primary objectives: (1) to promote competition; (2) to develop the single market; and (3) to promote citizens' rights. The European...

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Innovation, Investment and Regulation: What are the Options for Regulation in the Near Future?

Flacher, David; Jennequin, Hugues; Lorenzi, Jean-Hervé - 2006

on existing literature, we argue that ex ante regulation could represent a danger for the long-term development of the … infrastructures. We also argue that ex ante regulation is distorting investment itself: incremental investment is privileged as … opposed to radical investment. In this context, we identify three possible options for regulation in the near future: 1 …

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Schemat arbitrażowy Nasha, a podział zysków w bilateralnym monopolu kopalni węgla brunatnego i elektrowni. Cześć druga – zastosowania w negocjacjach strategicznych i taktycznych

Jurdziak, Leszek - 2006

The application of Nash bargaining solution to profit division in negotiation between opencast lignite mine and power plant has been discussed. Different proposals of status quo point usage and ways of its determination for profit sharing both in strategic and tactical/operational negotiation...

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P2P: From File Sharing to Meta-information Pooling

Dagiral, Eric; Dauphin, Florian - 2005

P2P networks have mainly been used for downloading cultural goods. This sociological research focuses on the practices and norms of users and designers. Drawing on a qualitative survey, it explores the many ways sharing takes place. It looks at P2P networks as file sharing communities and probes...

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Inter-Modal Competition and Telecommunications Policy in the United States

Shelanski, Howard A. - 2005

regulation of incumbent local telephone carriers. The article suggests that the time is right to shift from a regime of a priori …

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