Tag: Telecom
Canadian Big Wireless Firms Must Sell Access To Competitors
Regulators in Canada issued new rules to bring down wireless costs, forcing large carriers including BCE and Rogers Communications to offer low-cost plans and...
Telecom Giant Urges Serbia To Launch Auction For 5G Frequencies
Serbia's SBB, part of Dutch-based telecommunications and media operator United Group, said on Wednesday it has filed a request with Serbia's Regulatory Agency for...
Ex Ante Regulation of Digital Platforms?: Cautionary Tales From Telecommunications
Whether there should be increased antitrust enforcement, and/or ex ante regulation of heretofore lightly-regulated major high-tech companies has attached considerable academic, policy, and popular...
Three Things You Might Not Have Known About The Sprint/T-Mobile Merger...
The merger between T-Mobile and Sprint is now complete. After receiving clearance from the DOJ and the FCC, the last significant hurdle it had...
Mr. Watson, Come Here. I Want To See You: A Message...
The “legacy” communications industries — plain old telephone service, fixed and mobile broadband access, cable and satellite video distribution — afford two useful teachings...
Rebooting Antitrust and Regulation for Digital Communications
This paper analyzes the development of a “tight oligopoly on steroids” in the communications sector. It uses Business Data Service as an example because...
Active Network Sharing in Belgium: Where Do We Stand?
The Belgian Competition Authority is investigating the active network sharing agreement between the two biggest Belgian mobile network operators, historic operator Proximus and Orange....
Indian Regulator Says Telecom Tariff Wars May Hurt 5G Launch
Spectrum allocation will be key to the rollout of 5G in the country, where the cost of radio airwaves is expensive compared to other...
EC Updates Its Recommendation On Relevant Markets
The European Commission has adopted a revised version of the Commission Recommendation on relevant product and service markets within the electronic communications sector susceptible...
EU Watchdog OKs Iliad’s $4B Polish Telecoms Deal
French telecom operator Iliad won EU antitrust clearance for its €3.5 billion (US$4.14 billion)acquisition of Polish mobile group Play as it stepped up its...
