First comer advantages and network effects are frequently stated as among the most important determinants of market structures and this is particularly relevant for network economies including telecommunications markets. Connected to this, regulatory tools such as number portability have...

Turkey has experienced important institutional transformation during the last decades. In particular, it has started with liberal policies of early 1980s. Turkey has abandoned the import substitution policies after a serious balance of payment crisis. Foreign trade regime has been liberalized...

Genisbant internet hizmetleri, bilgi ekonomisinin en önemli altyapilarindan birini olusturmakta ve hem sosyal hem de iktisadi pek çok alanda yeni dönüsümlere sebep olmaktadir. Bu baðlamda, ülkelerin rekabet avantajlarini kaybetmemeleri için ülke birey ve kurumlarinin söz konusu...

Turkey has experienced important institutional transformation during the last decades. A substantial part of this transformation is the establishment of independent regulatory authorities. Their independence from political power has attracted debate among the public from time to time. In 2011,...

Verimlilikteki artış uzun dönemde ekonomik büyümenin temel kaynaklarından biridir. Ülkeler verimlilikte artış sağlamak için çeşitli politikalar uygulamaktadır. Bu makalenin amacı Türk telekomünikasyon sektöründe teknik etkinlikte iyileşme sağlayarak verimlilikte artış...

The usage of mobile telephony has rapidly exceeded that of the fixed telephony in the last decade, and this was echoed with the widespread recognition of fixed-to-mobile substitution (FMS). FMS, denoting changes in market and consumer behaviour, creates new challenges for policy makers. This...

In this paper we explore the impact of regulation; privatization and competition on the both mobile and fixed phone performance, in terms of service quality (network faults) and tariffs in both fix and mobile telecommunication services, using the technique of tow econometric approaches. A...

Economic incentives for security investment in elements of the Internet is of increasing concern. This paper contains an exploration of the incentives for Internet service providers (ISP)s to invest in security. The analysis focuses on the spillover effects of ISP security investments to other...

This paper provides an empirical analysis how tariff diversity aspects fixed-line broad-band uptake, utilizing a new data set with 1497 fixed-line and 2158 mobile broad-band tariffs from 91 countries across the globe. An instrumental variable approach is applied to estimate demand, controlling...