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Armstrong, Mark; Wright, Julian - 2007

We discuss policy towards mobile call termination, illustrated by the 2002 Competition Commission enquiry into the UK … competition. Competition is often relaxed by choosing a low mobile-to-mobile termination charge. If feasible, then, unregulated …

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Telecommunications Technologies: Deployment in Developing Countries

Gasmi, Farid; Recuero Virto, Laura - 2005

This paper examines some policies pursued in developing countries for the provision of telecommunications services in rural areas. These policies significantly differ from those typically implemented in developed countries in their fundamental objectives, the technological strategies deployed...

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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 … rules governing incumbent-form conduct to a regime of ex post competition enforcement. …

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Is the U.S. Dancing to a Different Drummer?

Marcus, J. Scott - 2005

Is the United States in full retreat from internationally recognized regulatory best practice? Or is it instead headed toward some different destination – "dancing to the beat of a different drummer"? Where is this likely to lead?

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

Bauer, Johannes M. - 2005

will tend to increase the intensity of competition but convergence in complements may have the opposite effect. Given the …

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Traditional paradigms for new services? : The Commission Proposal for a 'Audiovisual Media Services Directive'

SCHEUER, Alexander - 2006

graduated regime of regulation with a lighter-touch approach in view of such services, is presented along with the main lines of …

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Competition in European Telecom Markets

Bismut, Sophie - 2006

have contributed to the transformation of the telecommunications industry, competition has played a key role in driving …

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Infrastructure-Based Versus Service-Based : Competition In Telecommunications

Lundborg, Jörg; Lundborg, Martin; Lundborg, Ernst-Olav - 2006

indicates that infrastructure-based competition has a positive effect on innovation. Moreover, infrastructure-based competition … national regulatory authorities (NRAs) was whether to foster service-based competition in the first phase of liberalisation or … to focus on infrastructurebased competition. The different NRAs chose to head down different roads. This paper analyses …

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Six Degrees of Separation : Operational Separation as a Remedy in European Telecommunications Regulation

Cave, Martin - 2006

Numerous proposals have been made for separation in the telecommunications sector, some of which have been implemented, including the break-up of the Bell system in the 1980s and the widespread implementation of accounting separation. In recent years, attention has been focussed on operational...

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