Regulation and Competition : How Antitrust and Sector Regulation Affect Telecom Competition

Regulation and Competition : How Antitrust and Sector Regulation Affect Telecom Competition

Countries with fully liberalized telecommunications markets have adopted different mixes of antitrust and sector-specific regulatory instruments. Does the balance between the two approaches matter for competitiveness? Drawing on the experiences of...

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Main Authors: Kerf, Michel, Neto, Isabel, Geradin, Damien
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ANTITRUST LAW
COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT
COMPETITIVE MARKETS
COMPETITIVENESS
INNOVATIONS
INTERNET ACCESS
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
INTERNET SERVICES
ISP
MARKET POWER
MARKET SEGMENTS
MARKET SHARE
PHONES
PRICE COMPARISONS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PURCHASING
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY REGIMES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS
UNIVERSAL SERVICE
UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBJECTIVES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6045914/regualtion-competition-antitrust-sector-regulation-affect-telecom-competition-regulation-competition-antitrust-sector-regulation-affect-telecom-competition
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11219
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Summary:Countries with fully liberalized telecommunications markets have adopted different mixes of antitrust and sector-specific regulatory instruments. Does the balance between the two approaches matter for competitiveness? Drawing on the experiences of Australia, Chile, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, this Note finds that it does matter. Countries that get the balance right tend to have more competitive telecommunications markets.

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