incentives to invest in network infrastructure. To this end, we develop a theoretical model explaining investment incentives by … regulation and recently imposed fiber access regulations. Our main finding is that more stringent access regulations for both the …

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 … access price is a function of investment costs and the regulatory regime. A regime with fully distributed costs or a …

This paper looks at the broadband telecommunications sector to unravel the relationships between sector regulation and … investment behaviour in the European Union. Cost based access pricing regimes, although successful in attracting new entrants …, have negatively affected the investment in fixed line infrastructure. New entrants show a low propensity to invest in …

how wholesale pricing regulation might affect this process; the introduction of differentiated wholesale remedies … according to geographical differences in NGAN deployment; the impact of co-investment decisions on market outcomes and their … interplay with access regulation. Using the recent economic literature, arguments and possible guidelines are proposed, which …

, fiber) access charge that maximizes the incumbent's profit after the investment. On the contrary, when the regulator is free … decision of the incumbent to undertake the investment in fiber deployment is not only affected by its profit after the … investment, but also by the opportunity cost of the investment. This cost is reflected by the profits that the incumbent earns …

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 … access price is a function of investment costs and the regulatory regime. A regime with fully distributed costs or a …

The principle of net neutrality was adopted by the European Union as a regulation promoting equality among all data …

most relevant regulatory measures – that is, co-investment models as well as different types of access regulation - we … step into the right direction, the expected effects on investment incentives as well as substantial implementation …

incentives to invest in network infrastructure. To this end, we develop a theoretical model explaining investment incentives by … regulation and recently imposed fiber access regulations. Our main finding is that more stringent access regulations for both the …