We provide evidence of an inherent trade-off between access regulation and investment incentives in telecommunications … accommodates: different investment incentives for incumbents and entrants; a strategic interaction of entrants’ and incumbents … investment. Thus promoting market entry by means of regulated access undermines incentives to invest in facilities …

In this paper we study the effect of the terms of access to an incumbent's infrastructure on an entrant's incentives to … up-front investment for entry, accelerates market entry, but at the same time delays the deployment of the entrant …

deploying them nationwide. The process entailed deregulation, which unleashed new entrepreneurial private actors, and re … government initiatives, combined with local incentives, led to an almost 100% broadband accessibility within a few years. However …

particular due to high uncertainty, are high. Mandated access reduces incentives for co-investment not only through lower returns …We investigate cooperative investment in a new infrastructure and how it interacts with access obligations and demand … uncertainty. Co-investment only increases total coverage if service differentiation and/or cost savings from joint investment, in …