Bistromzugang spielt als Vorleistungsprodukt im deutschen Breitbandmarkt bisher eine untergeordnete Rolle und stagniert seit seiner Einführung in den Markt auf niedrigem Niveau. Die Gründe für diese Entwicklung und eine möglicherweise veränderte Rolle von Bitstromzugang im Zuge des...

The emergence of Next Generation Networks (NGNs) raises profound challenges for regulators everywhere. Different regulatory authorities have approached these problems in strikingly different ways, depending in part on the overall regulatory milieu in which they operate, and in part on the nature...

How do the staff size and the skill mix of a regulatory agency affect the manner in which it functions, and its effectiveness in meeting its goals? National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) for electronic communications differ greatly from one another in terms of the number and the composition of...

A recent U.S. Court of Appeals decision, Comcast vs. FCC, calls into question the FCC’s authority to implement two of the most important policies of the Obama Administration, and of the Federal Communications Commission under the leadership of Chairman Julius Genachowski: • The...

Vertical separation is increasingly recognised as a means of ensuring competitive non-discrimination in various network industries, and in the telecommunications market in particular. The implementation of separation can be more or less intrusive depending on the specific implementation...