The Economics of Antitrust and Regulation in Telecommunications: Perspectives for the New European Regulatory FrameworkBringing together contributions from high level EU officials and prominent academic economists on one of the most exciting issues in industrial economics, this timely book aims to promote dialogue between policy and academic research, and provides a unique forum for debate on the new European regulatory framework in telecommunications. |
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Contents
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2 The competition policy approach | 9 |
3 Economic aspects of the new regulatory regime for electronic communications services | 27 |
Market Definition in Telecommunications Markets | 43 |
4 Market definition in the telecoms industry | 45 |
5 The approach to market definition in the Commissions Guidelines and Recommendation | 71 |
Economic Analysis of Collective Dominance in Telecoms Markets | 89 |
13 Antitrust or regulation? US public policy in telecommunications markets | 243 |
14 Telecommunications and competition | 260 |
Monitoring Competition in the Telecommunications Sector | 267 |
European Commission Sector Inquiries | 269 |
The New Regulatory Framework Main Regulatory Texts | 285 |
on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services Framework Directive | 287 |
on the authorization of electronic communications networks and services Authorization Directive | 305 |
on access to and interconnection of electronic communications networks and associated facilities Access Directive | 317 |
6 Collective dominance and the telecommunications industry | 91 |
7 Some thoughts on collective dominance from a lawyers perspective | 114 |
Economic Aspects of Access to Networks | 133 |
8 Access to telecommunications networks | 135 |
the unbundling of the local loop in the EU | 169 |
Competition and Allocation of Scarce Resources the Case of UMTS | 183 |
the case of UMTS | 185 |
the case of UMTS | 213 |
Roundtable Discussion | 237 |
12 Introduction to the Roundtable on the economics of antitrust and regulation in the telecoms sector | 239 |
on universal service and users rights relating to electronic communications networks and services Universal Service Directive | 331 |
on competition in the market for electronic communications networks and services | 358 |
on unbundled access to the local loop | 364 |
establishing the European Regulators Group for Electronic Communications Networks and Services | 369 |
2002C 16503 | 372 |
Commission notice on the definition of relevant market for the purposes of Community competition law | 398 |
Commission Recommendation of 11022003 | 410 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Economics of Antitrust and Regulation in Telecommunications: Perspectives for the New European Regulatory Framework |
| Editors | Pierre A. Buigues, Patrick Rey |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004 |
| ISBN | 184376976X, 9781843769767 |
| Length | 467 pages |
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