or open access provision do have a positive contribution in markets with limited competition. However, the findings also …

is an inverted U-shaped relationship between per capita telecommunications investment and competition. …

products upwards compared to the incumbent. We also assess the impact of competition from an alternative form of technology … (cable) which is not subject to regulation, and what we discover is that inter-platform competition has a positive impact on …

effect of regulation and competition on cable rates. Our calculations indicate that while regulation lowered rates for small … system operators, it raised them for medium and large systems. Meanwhile, competition consistently decreased rates from 5 ….6 to 8.8 percent, with even larger declines during periods of regulation. Our results suggest that competition is more …

business model on purchasing access from the incumbent. The cost modelling results feed into a model of competition between … FTTH. We show the impact of wholesale prices for copper and fibre access on competition, retail prices and investment. The … relatively simple calibrated model of competition for broadband service that substantial care must be taken in regulating the …

the most important results of our analysis is to show how the competition patterns and regulatory policies impact in the … a significant impact of platform competition. . …

by a group of metrics that represent the situation of competition and entry patterns in the broadband market. We show … unbundling). We do not find a significant effect of inter-platform competition on prices. …

incentives are positively related to the potential for technical progress. They also depend on market structure, competition …. As a result, the maximum consumer surplus as well as welfare occurs under imperfect competition and not under perfect … competition. …