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

SHIM, Sunghee; OH, Jungsuk - 2006

internet services when entering the broadband internet services market. In addition, the effect of such service bundling by an …

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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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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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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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A New View of Scale and Scope in the Telecommunications Industry: Implications for Competition and Innovation

Bourdeau de Fontenay, Alain; Liebenau, Jonathan; Savin, … - 2005

Telecommunication economic analysis has largely relied upon a conventional economic framework that has its roots in neoclassical analysis that emerged almost a hundred years ago, and has contributed to reshaping the direction of economic policies by attacking the premises of the 1996...

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Regulatory Failure: Time for a New Policy Paradigm

Alleman, James; Rappoport, Paul - 2005

Regulation is presumed to be designed to avoid (potential) market failures,usually because of firms' market power, the … consequence of which leads to a decrease in economic welfare. However, the cost of regulation may outweigh any effects policy …

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A Regulatory Framework for New and Emerging Markets

Baake, Pio; Kamecke, Ulrich; Wey, Christian - 2005

building new networks. Traditional cost-based regulation, which focuses on issues of static efficiency and service … ex ante regulation contingent to the tendency towards effective competitive structures. Unlike the standard Significant … a result, our proposal of contingent regulation in emerging markets promotes infrastructure-based competition in …

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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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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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