Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/89666 
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Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 4545
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Will telecommunications policy in the form of industry-specific regulation go away? A literature review of the five policy areas (1) termination monopoly, (2) local bottleneck access, (3) net neutrality, (4) spectrum management, and (5) universal service suggests that in some of them a move to competition policy will soon be the efficient state of the art, while regulation will remain efficient in others for some time. In particular, some regulation should persist for net neutrality in the form of transparency requirements, (quasi-) common carrier obligations and minimum quality standards. Also, spectrum management will continue to see regulators provide zoning and other services, in particular for unlicensed spectrum.
JEL: 
L43
L86
L96
L98
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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