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I examine the effects of FCC regulation on the innovation and introduction of advanced telecommunications services in … the U.S. An interim of lighter regulation provides an experiment to test the regulatory regime''s impact on innovation …. The econometric model comprises an arrival process (for service innovation) followed by a duration process (for regulatory …
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Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are an important determinant of productivity growth and innovation …. This study examines the effects of sector regulation on innovation in telecommunications and related information industries …. A typology of innovation processes in ICT industries is developed. The conditions conducive to innovation under varying …
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for investment and innovation and, thereby, also harms consumers in the long run. In addtion, there is a real risk of …
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A mandatory open-network-provision (ONP) by dominant firms is the appropriate government regulation in the presence of network externalities. For basic telephone services and online services, a permanent ONP regulation seems indispensable, whereas telecommunication networks only require...
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Launching and stimulating competition in telecommunications markets is an important policy goal. It contains two elements: to encourage entry and to make competition effective such that consumers benefit. The first one requires that entrants can make profits after investing in infrastructure so...
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This paper studies the investment decision by a monopolistic internet service provider (ISP) in different regulatory environments. We consider that the ISP could technically provide separate quality upgrades to two vertically differentiated content providers (CPs); therefore, it could...
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The internet giants - Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, among others - have transformed society with both positive and negative effects. The negative effects have been stark. There have been huge disruptions caused by e-commerce. More recently, subtler, but even more serious negative effects...
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Since June 15, 2017, mobile network operators in the European Economic Area may not impose surcharges for making telephone calls, sending text messages, or using data services in other EEA countries. The regulation was designed to create a digital domestic market without adversely affecting...
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We analyze how network regulation affects investment into network infrastructure and complementary services. While regulation negatively affcets investment incentives in the regulated network market, the effects of network regulation on investment in complementary services can be either negative...
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Network operators of competing infrastructures in European electronic communications markets face asymmetric regulation: incumbent telecommunications firms are required to open their networks for retail broadband competition, while cable companies have no such obligation. Furthermore, for...
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