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"Telecompetition"

Contents

Preface

Summary and recommendations

Chapter 1 The Nordic telecommunication markets

 

Introduction
The markets for fixed line telephony
The markets for mobile telephony
The markets for broadband access

Chapter 2 Sector specific or general competition legislation

Introduction
The need for sector specific regulation
Vertical and horizontal regulators
Principles for and extent of sector specific telecommunications regulation
Regulating access on markets undergoing rapid technological development
Nordic competition case law

Chapter 3 Welfare, competition and market structure on Nordic telecom markets

Competition and social welfare
Market structure and social welfar

Chapter 4 Competition between and within networks

 

Competition between and within networks in the Nordic countries
The new network technologies
Promotion of competition between and within networks

Chapter 5 Call termination – Pockets of monopoly power

 

Unilateral setting of domestic call termination rates
Coordinated setting of domestic call termination rates
Pricing of international calls

Chapter 6 Technological convergence and competition

 

What is convergence?
Market and policy implications of technology convergence
Economic theory on horizontal and vertical integration
Market developments in the Nordic countries

Appendix 1: One way access

 

Introduction
Optimal Prices
Calculation methods
Implementation
Conclusion

Appendix 2: Two way access

 

Introduction
Preliminaries
Non-Rival Networks, Bottlenecks and Competition for Subscribers
Rival Network Interconnection and Two-Way Access Pricing
Concluding Remarks

References


Version 1.0 October 2004 • © Danish Competition Authority.
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