Recently added articles from Communications & Strategies:

Foreword.

Oct 01, 2007; Baranes, Edmond ... In its recommended changes to the regulatory framework, the European Commission is very likely to include separation in the list of remedies open to regulatory agencies in charge of electronic communication markets. It will be a functional separation between access network management and ...

The design of communication systems.

Oct 01, 2007; Antonelli, Cristiano ... The debate on network neutrality is gaining the center stage in the economics of information and communication technologies. In order to frame the analysis on the matter it seems appropriate to make a step backward. This debate in fact applies the basic tools of the economics of vertical ...

Contracting accross separated networks in telecommunications lessons from theory and practice (*).(Vertical integration facing separation)

Oct 01, 2007; Cave, Martin ... Abstract: The issue of separating telecommunications networks--either functionally within a common ownership structure or structurally, under separate ownership--has attracted much recent attention. The paper discusses different forms of separation and the motives for them, and examines ...

Costs and benefits of vertical divestiture (*).(Vertical integration facing separation)

Oct 01, 2007; Cremer, Helmuth ... Abstract: This article discusses the tools economic theory provides for examining the implications of vertical separation in network industries. It argues that advocating vertical separation in all cases is too simplistic an answer. However, the economic profession has provided little ...

A note on successive oligopolies and vertical mergers.(Vertical integration facing separation)

Oct 01, 2007; Gabszewicz, Jean J. ... Abstract: In this paper we analyze how the technology used by downstream firms can influence input and output market prices resulting from collusive agreements between some downstream and upstream firms. We show via an example that both these prices increase under a decreasing returns ...

Network neutrality: history will repeat itself.(Vertical integration facing separation)

Oct 01, 2007; Atkinson, Robert C. ... Abstract: Network neutrality concerns about abusive discrimination by telecom network operators with market power is nothing new. There is long history in the United States of actual discrimination by network operators and consequential government actions to eliminate or at least mitigate ...

Innovation in the new ICT ecosystem.(Vertical integration facing separation)

Oct 01, 2007; Fransman, Martin ... Abstract: The widespread adoption of the Internet has transformed the ICT Sector, giving birth to what has been referred to as the New ICT Ecosystem. But how does this ecosystem work and what changes it over time? These questions are explored in this paper, using some of the insights of ...

Interview with Stephen Howard: co-head of the Global Telecoms Media and Technology Research team, HSBC.(Opinion)(Interview)

Oct 01, 2007; Gassot, Yves ... C&S: What are the lessons from the separation policy in the telecom, transport or energy sector? The financial players seem to have various arguments to promote an ownership separation model: for many analysts, it may be an opportunity to decrease the debt level and the capex effort; for ...

Convergence and triple play bundling: an empirical assessment for European telecommunications.(Other papers)

Oct 01, 2007; Bughin, Jacques ... Abstract: Digital convergence is quickly leading to various telecommunications and media sourcing triple play services of voice, television and internet. This article describes the extent to which bundling strategies have been recently deployed by access providers, and their impact on ...

The diffusion of broadband telecommunications in the U.S.: the role of different forms of competition.(Other papers)

Oct 01, 2007; Denni, Mario ... Abstract: Panel data analysis for the U.S. states indicates that the speed of broadband diffusion is clearly driven by inter-platform competition while competition on the platform has an ambiguous if not negative impact. The diffusion speed diminishes with the number of firms and the size ...

Regulatory cross-roads: the fibre challenge.(Regulation and Competition)

Oct 01, 2007; Champeaux, Jacques ... Demand growth for richer and faster information fixed services now reaches the limits of the existing metallic infrastructure. This is both a huge opportunity and a high responsibility for the electronic communication sector. Fibre to the Home and Hybrid Fibre Coaxial appear as the two ...

So why are they so against it?(Regulation and Competition)

Oct 01, 2007; Lalande, Richard ... Accounting separation is already being implemented in France. But is not sufficient to guarantee the operational and financial equality of access which would enable alternative operators to compete with the incumbent on a level playing field, i.e. allow them to replicate its retail ...

Regulating duct access for NGA in Europe: lessons from the U.S. regulatory framework.(Regulation and Competition)

Oct 01, 2007; Maxwell, Winston ... Aside from Portugal, which has regulated access to the incumbent's ducts since 2004, most European countries are only now examining duct access as a potential new SMP remedy to help regulate next generation access (NGA) networks (1). Is duct access a "silver bullet" in terms of regulating ...

Some critical reflections about access obligations under the European communications framework.(Regulation and Competition)

Oct 01, 2007; Helberger, Natali ... European communications policy has a tradition of relying on access obligations as primary tool to discipline exclusive control over so called bottleneck facilities. The overarching goal behind the application of access obligations in the European communications sector is to foster open ...

India 2.0 (*).(Firms and Markets)

Oct 01, 2007; Gassot, Yves ... For four days in July 2007, a delegation of IDATE Foundation member companies travelled to India to meet with players from the country's telecoms, IT and television industries (1). By way of an introduction, it is worth remembering that India has a population of 1.112 billion, ...

The customer benefits of separation.(Use Logics)

Oct 01, 2007; White, Nick ... The International Telecommunications Users Group (INTUG) was formed in 1974 to ensure that the voice of the user was heard wherever regulatory issues were discussed. It brings together National Associations of users globally, and includes the Enterprise VPN Users Association (EVUA), which ...

Bart Cammaerts & Nico Carpentier (Eds): Reclaiming the Media Communication Rights and Democratic Media Roles.

Oct 01, 2007; Le Blanc, Gilles ... Bart CAMMAERTS & Nico CARPENTIER (Eds) Reclaiming the Media Communication Rights and Democratic Media Roles Intellect Books, ECREA Book Series, 2007 Based on contributions to the First European Communications Conference (Amsterdam, 2005), edited ...

Christian Dippon & Aniruddha Banerjee: Mobile Virtual Network Operators: Blessing or Curse? An Economic Evaluation of the MVNO Relationship with Mobile Network Operators.

Oct 01, 2007; Benzoni, Laurent ... Christian DIPPON & Aniruddha BANERJEE Mobile Virtual Network Operators: Blessing or Curse? An Economic Evaluation of the MVNO Relationship with Mobile Network Operators Nera Economic Consulting, 2006, 87 pages This slim volume on MVNOs offers a ...

Wilfred Dolfsma & Luc Soete (Eds): Understanding the Dynamics of a Knowledge Economy.

Oct 01, 2007; Padioleau, Jean-Gustave ... Wilfred DOLFSMA & Luc SOETE (Eds) Understanding the Dynamics of a Knowledge Economy Studies in Evolutionary Political Economy, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006, 263 pages. Understanding the Dynamics of a Knowledge Economy is the first volume of a new series ...

Bart Nooteboom (Ed.): Knowledge and Learning in the Firm.

Oct 01, 2007; Padioleau, Jean-Gustave ... Bart NOOTEBOOM (Ed.) Knowledge and Learning in the Firm Critical Studies in Economic Institutions series, Edward Elgar Publishing, Series no. 9, two volumes set, 2006, 968 pages These two volumes provide a wide survey of previously published papers on ...