Promoting New Telecom Infrastructures

Contents: Preface 1. Introduction Morten Falch and Jan Markendahl PART I: STRATEGIES FOR EXPANSION OF BROADBAND NETWORKS 2. Regulation and Investment Incentives for Next Generation Broadband Access Networks Mario Pietrunti 3. Lessons Learned from the Regulation of LLU for the Future Regulation of NGA Networks Martin Lundborg 4. European Sector Regulation and Investment Incentives for Broadband Communication Networks Harald Gruber 5. Promoting Network-Based Competition in UK Fixed-Line Markets: A Failed Policy Michael H. Ryan 6. A Comparative Analysis of the Role of the State in Broadband Policy for Rural Areas: An Investigation of Telecommunications Policy in the United States and Canada Sheila S. Sager, Michael W.P. Fortuanto, Theodore R. Alter and William C. Shuffstall 7. Strategic Options for Mobile Broadband Services: The Case of a Municipal WiMAX Network in The Netherlands Bert Sadowski, Mathijs Verheijen and Alberto Nucciarelli PART II: PRICING IN NGN NETWORKS 8. Capacity-based Conveyance Pricing in an All-IP Environment Neil Marshall and Leo Borwick 9. Risk Sharing for Next Generation Access Networks - Necessary Adjustments of the Present European Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communication Networks and Services Henning Never 10. Priority and Internet Quality Jorn Kruse 11. Switching Costs in Telecommunications: Conclusions from a Hungarian Survey Laszlo Lorincz and Peter Nagy PART III: DEVELOPMENT AND PRICING OF MOBILE SERVICES 12. The Reconfiguration of Mobile Service Provision: Towards Platform Business Models Pieter Ballon, Nils Walravens, Antonietta Spedalieri and Claudio Venezia 13. Understanding Adoption of Mobile Service Bundles Harry Bouwman, Mark de Reuver and Alex Visser 14. Analysing the Stickiness of Mobile Service Usage Hannu Verkasalo 15. Using On-net / Off-net Price Differential to Measure the Size of Call Externalities and its Implications for Setting Efficient Mobile Termination Rates Jonathan Sandbach and Luke van Hooft 16. Mobile Regulation and the 'Waterbed' Effect Christos Genakos and Tommaso Valletti Index