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and competition from the fringe. We argue that when dominance is derived from first-mover advantages and innovation … feedback loops, rather than high and non-transitory barriers to entry, competition policy and regulation should avoid … from anti-competitive foreclosing abuses rather than from competition on the merits …
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rivals from getting the spectrum needed to compete effectively. Thus, regulators typically attempt to protect competition …
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adopt economically inefficient business models and network management practices due to a lack of sufficient competition in … growing competition among broadband access providers and that few significant competitive problems have been observed to date …
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The United States central government enactment of the 1866 Post Roads Act preempted state and municipal telegraph franchise entry barriers. Like present-day telecommunication companies, local franchise regulations were an entry barrier to United States telegraph companies. These pre-1866 state...
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, and Postmates have been rightfully celebrated as positively disruptive, introducing much–needed competition in industries …. These questions address the way a range of issues play out in the platform context, including more traditional competition … consider whether and how questions of market power (and competition more generally) may pose complexity or require analytic …
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The current dispute between the NFL Network and cable operators over carriage arrangements is a sign the market is working rather than failing. Proposed state legislation mandating arbitration for these disputes negates the programming distributor's ability to negotiate price, terms and...
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intermodal competition between fixed and wireless telephony suggests that efforts to promote intramodal competition (e … Act of 1996 - which are estimated to exceed $10 billion annually - are likely the result of intramodal competition between …
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Under Section 629 of the Communications Act, Congress directed the FCC to adopt regulations to promote a retail market for set-top boxes. The Commission's first attempt was the ill-fated CableCard experiment, which - by the Commission's own admission - was a dismal failure. In response, the...
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A model of competition between two interconnected cellular networks is presented which shows the effects of cellular … termination charges on competition and market penetration in the cellular sector. We show that the determination of cellular … fixed-to-cellular prices are determined under perfect competition …
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We develop a model of competition between interconnected networks, with separate local and long-distance markets …, allowing for various degrees of symmetry between carriers. Assuming two part pricing, we show that effective competition can be … interconnected local networks want to agree on cost based interconnection charges, but that through competition for local market …
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