Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/162943
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 17-027
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
In September 2016, the European Commission (EC) published its proposal for a directive establishing the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) - with one key aim being the provision of sufficient incentives for infrastructure investments into high-speed communication networks. Based on a detailed review of the theoretical and empirical literature of the most relevant regulatory measures - that is, co-investment models as well as different types of access regulation - we provide a critical appraisal of the respective provisionsin the EECC. We find that, although the EECC can generally be seen as step into the right direction, the expected effects on investment incentives as well as substantial implementation challenges in combination with a high degree of complexity of the envisaged measures contain substantial potential for improvement.
Subjects: 
Telecoms' Review
Regulatory Framework
European Union
Investment
Infrastructure
Next Generation Networks
Broadband
Access Regulation
Co-Investment
JEL: 
L96
L51
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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