In September 2010 the Croatian regulatory agency (HAKOM) put in force the ordinance on technical requirements and conditions of use of optical distribution networks. With this ordinance the Croatian regulatory agency is looking over the rim by proposing a rather technical approach for the...

In September 2010 the Croatian regulatory agency (HAKOM) put in force the ordinance on technical requirements and conditions of use of optical distribution networks. With this ordinance the Croatian regulatory agency is looking over the rim by proposing a rather technical approach for the...

Over the last years, technical and economic developments towards the deployment of Next Generation (Access) Networks have triggered discussions under which circumstances investments into physical infrastructure are economically viable. In many countries the discussion has arisen regarding...

Unbundling of the local loop (ULL) has seen quite different success stories in the various countries across Europe. Although the obligation for the provision of ULL was implemented in the regulatory framework early and mostly parallel to other means of liberalisation, national implementation has...

As part of the series „regulatory law and economies“ („Regulierungsrecht und Regulierungsökonomie“) edited by Piepenbrock & Schuster, this volume deals with the telecommunications markets in Central Eastern Europe (CEE) and South Eastern Europe (SEE), with an emphasis on the market...