Diese Studie beleuchtet, wie sich der Aufbau und die Errichtung der gebäudeinternen Glasfaserinfrastruktur unter den mit dem TKG neu geschaffenen rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen und den sich am Markt etablierenden Geschäftsmodellen der Marktbeteiligten aktuell entwickelt. Neben der Erhebung,...

Through the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Congress imposed long overdue duties and structural limits on the telephone, broadcasting, and cable industries. Though the 1934 law was bold and important, legislators unwittingly enabled a handful of companies to concentrate power in those markets.As...

This paper addresses the impact on investment incentives of the network sharing arrangements mandated by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, with a focus on the implications of irreversible investment. Although the goal is to promote competition, the sharing rules now in place reduce incentives...

Der Ausbau gigabitfähiger Infrastrukturen ist eine zentrale Herausforderung der Gegenwart. Politische Ziele und Ausbaurealität fallen jedoch weit auseinander. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Umsetzbarkeit verschiedener Handlungsoptionen untersucht, die die Investitionsbedingungen...

Regulators act as “market referees”, balancing often competing interests of stakeholders, including governments, current and future actors in the markets, and consumers. At the same time, markets are changing at an unprecedented pace due to new technologies, the international drive toward...

As countries weather the COVID-19 health emergency, high-quality connectivity, more than ever, is essential to ensure that economic activities can continue in a remote manner. However, important disparities in terms of connectivity persist, aggravating the consequences of the health emergency....

Scenes from Canada's Internet -- The History and Political Economy of Canadian Intermediaries -- Connectivity for the Public Good -- Chasing Competition -- Common Carriage, Net Neutrality, and Bad Traffic -- Internet Service Providers as Privacy Custodians -- Internet Service Providers as...

The world is in the midst of what many call the second digital revolution, led by new and exciting trends such as big data, cloud computing, and the ‘Internet of Things'. Digital technologies are transforming our cities, our businesses, our social lives and our nation – and they are key to...

1. Introduction: the long wave of Telecoms markets liberalisation and regulation -- 2. Introduction: the long wave of Telecoms markets liberalisation and regulation -- 3. Promotion of Investment and Technological Innovation -- 4. Promotion of Investment and Technological Innovation -- 5....

This book provides a critical comprehensive summary of the coevolution of telecom markets, rules and public institutions over the last 25 years, focusing on the challenges that regulators and policy makers have been facing. Even if the perspective of the book is European (as the EU regulatory...

The advent of the information society necessitates a review of the existing rules and regulations governing telecommunications facilities. The old legal framework, which in most countries dates from the turn of the century, is in need of replacement. Modern information technology dictates reform

The mobile telephone alternatively referred to as mobile handset, has immense advantages over the traditional land line telephone in that it enables the user to traverse wherever he desires, and yet able to communicate with others either for purposes of transacting businesses or as a means of...

We are in the midst of a fundamental economic and social transformation whose extent and implications we only partially grasp. This transformation and the more richly interconnected, complex and turbulent world, the vast increase in information availability, and the compression in both time and...

The increasing centrality of the Internet in modern communications, together with massive changes in the landscape of the telecommunications market, have intensified the calls for Congress to overhaul the Telecommunications Act of 1996. In this paper, we analyze this looming legislative...

In recognition of the fundamental importance of an appropriate regulatory environment to accelerate connectivity, and access to information services, this handbook provides a practical reference source, on the methods used to regulate the telecommunications sector around the world, emphasizing...

This article presents a comprehensive scholarly treatment of Judge Harold H. Greene’s administration of the 1982 consent decree by which the Regional Bell Operating Companies ('RBOC') were prohibited from long-distance and certain other lines of business in the telecommunications industry....

Through the 1980s and the early 1990s, the U. S. telecommunications industry experienced rapid technological change, which failed to deliver expected cost reductions to users. In 1996, Congress passed the Telecommunications Act 1996, which substantially deregulated the telecommunications...

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) will be renegotiating its binding rules, known as the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) at the World Conference on International Telecommunication (WCIT) in Dubai this December, which will be the first principal update since 1988....

Causes and consequences of policy reform in utility industries continue to draw debate in US state legislatures. State commissions approve various deregulatory mechanisms in different industries at different times. In the telecommunications market state commissions adopted retail restructuring...

The telecommunications sector in Africa presents many exciting prospects to international investors - indeed many billion dollar projects are already underway across the continent. Many of the continent's current problems can be traced to the exploitation it has experienced whilst 'doing...

The digital convergence anticipated during the 2008 Seoul Ministerial has become a reality. Historically, communication services were delivered via single-purpose dedicated networks (e.g. telephone, television). Many OECD countries now function with converged networks, facilitated by the...

This article aims to present the institutional aspects that are specific to the regulation of the telecommunications sector in Belgium. There are many of these specific institutions and they cover a great deal of a rule’s life cycle: its creation, its implementation by the executive power and...

The legal and regulatory framework for business operation of companies for the cable distribution of radio and television programmes has been established as part of the telecommunication market liberalisation in the Republic of Serbia. This framework has encouraged the economic activity,...

In this article, we examine the rationales offered by telecommunications regulators worldwide for pursuing mandatory unbundling. We begin by defining mandatory unbundling, with brief descriptions of different wholesale forms and different retail products. Next, we examine four major rationales...

This article challenges the conventional wisdom that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is to blame for the lack of competition in local telephony, and that somehow the federal courts are complicit in this failure. It begins by highlighting the continued importance of local wireline...