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The momentum for network separation: a guide for regulators

dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorNascimento, Álvaro
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-06T16:20:24Z
dc.date.available2014-06-06T16:20:24Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractNext Generation Access Networks (NGAs) are a challenge to regulators and operators insofar as they require large investments, there is a significant uncertainty about the ability to recover costs, and the choice of the appropriate regulatory regime is far from consensual. Regulatory authorities might want to seize the moment and reconsider mandatory vertical separation of telecommunication firms, without jeopardizing incentives to innovation and investment. This paper discusses the main elements of a possible test for the adequacy of network separation as a regulatory remedy. A sequential decision tree procedure with three questions is proposed: (1) “Is there significant market power in the provision of access under NGAs?”; (2) “Are there little vertical complementarities between services along the supply chain?”; and (3) “Is network separation a better regulatory tool than any other alternative?”. A positive answer to all the questions implies that the regulator should consider network separation as a regulatory remedy.por
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dc.identifier.citationGONÇALVES, Ricardo ; NASCIMENTO, Álvaro - The momentum for network separation: A guide for regulators. Telecommunications Policy. ISSN 0308-5961. Vol. 34, N.º 7 (2010), p. 355–365por
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.telpol.2010.05.008
dc.identifier.eissn1879-3258
dc.identifier.issn0308-5961
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/14541
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000280903200002
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherElsevierpor
dc.subjectTelecommunications networkspor
dc.subjectFunctional separationpor
dc.subjectStructural separationpor
dc.titleThe momentum for network separation: a guide for regulatorspor
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage365
oaire.citation.issue7
oaire.citation.startPage355
oaire.citation.titleTelecommunications Policy
oaire.citation.volume34
person.familyNameGonçalves
person.givenNameRicardo
person.identifier.ciencia-id961B-2928-7C07
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-8457-4479
person.identifier.ridB-6098-2009
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