Telecommunication Markets Drivers and Impediments /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Curwen, Peter (Editor), Haucap, Justus (Editor), Preissl, Brigitte (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint: Physica, 2009.
• Series: Contributions to Economics,
• Subjects: Industrial management.; E-commerce.; Electrical engineering.; Industrial organization.; Economic policy.; Economics.; Industrial Organization.; e-Commerce/e-business.; Media Management.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; R & D/Technology Policy.

Telecommunication markets are characterized by a dynamic development of technology and market structures. The specific features of network-based markets, convergence of previously separate spheres and the complex task of market regulation put traditional theoretical approaches as well as current reg...

Table of Contents:

• Theoretical Perspectives
• General Access Payment Mechanisms
• Competition and Cooperation in Internet Backbone Services
• A Behavioral Economic Interpretation of the Preference for Flat Rates: The Case of Post-paid Mobile Phone Services
• Regulation of International Roaming Charges – The Way to Cost-Based Prices?
• Internet Issues
• Substitution Between DSL, Cable, and Mobile Broadband Internet Services
• Search Engines for Audio-Visual Content: Copyright Law and Its Policy Relevance
• Search Engines, the New Bottleneck for Content Access
• E-Commerce Use in Spa
• Broadband Issues
• The Diffusion of Broadband-Based Applications Among Italian Small and Medium Enterprises
• Drivers and Inhibitors of Countries’ Broadband Performance – A European Snapshot
• The Telecom Policy for Broadband Diffusion: A Case Study in Japan
• Mobile Drivers
• IV Mobile Drivers Mobile Termination Carrier Selection
• Countervailing Buyer Power and Mobile Termination
• National Roaming Pricing in Mobile Networks
• Can Competition Be Introduced Via the Issue of New Mobile Telephony Licences: The Experience of 3G Licensing in Europe
• Does Regulation Impact the Entry in a Mature Regulated Industry? An Econometric Analysis of MVNOs
• Business Strategy
• Exploring Technology Design Issues for Mobile Web Services
• Business Models for Wireless City Networks in the EU and the US: Public Inputs and Public Leverage
• Managing Communications Firms in the New Unpredictable Environments: Watch the Movies
• Shareholder Wealth Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Telecommunications Industry
• Emerging Markets
• Next Generation Networks: The Demand Side Issues
• Technical, Business and Policy Challenges of Mobile Television
• A Cross-Country Assessment of the Digital Divide
• Russian Information and Communication Technology in a Global Context
• New Perspectives on the Regulatory Framework
• The Regulatory Framework for European Telecommunications Markets Between Subsidiarity and Centralization
• Surveying Regulatory Regimes for EC Communications Law
• Innovation and Regulation in the Digital Age: A Call for New Perspectives.