access price is a function of investment costs and the regulatory regime. A regime with fully distributed costs or a …This paper analyses how different types of access regulation to next generation networks affect investments and … consumer welfare. The model consists of an investment stage with uncertain returns and subsequent quantity competition. The …

assessment considers three categories of barriers to entry namely, access to facilities, the slow pace of regulation and … access conditions. The paper concludes by making recommendations on what can be done to facilitate the roll out of broadband … to achieve SA Connect targets in terms of access, speed and affordability …

highly concentrated. Access to fixed and mobile infrastructure is a challenge, in spite of regulations mandating access in …

This paper investigates the incentives to invest in improving the quality (as distinguished to investment in a new … activity) in telecommunication industry using the empirical example of wireless markets. We highlight that investment … intensity and penetration rate. We show that there is a target amount of investment for each national market that firms strive …

highlights the fact that investment in technical progress is an authentic type of competition which benefits the consumers rather … firms through investment, is high enough. Competition is, in fact, made up of two components: A static one which is known as …

This paper investigates the incentives to invest in improving the quality (as distinguished to investment in a new … activity) in telecommunication industry using the empirical example of wireless markets. We highlight that investment … intensity and penetration rate. We show that there is a target amount of investment for each national market that firms strive …

highlights the fact that investment in technical progress is an authentic type of competition which benefits the consumers rather … firms through investment, is high enough. Competition is, in fact, made up of two components: A static one which is known as …

advertising revenues. We further show that the impact of network neutrality regulation on the investment in the quality of network … among CPs, investment and welfare are higher under the discriminatory regime. …

investment. The hypothesis that liberalization promotes investment has received the most empirical support in recent research … investment by private and state-owned firms. We conduct an empirical study of the infrastructure investment of 20 incumbent … infrastructure investment by state-owned incumbents but reduces investment by private incumbents. …