Tag: Telecommunications
Italy: Watchdog gives Vivendi a year to cut stake in Telecom...
AGCOM said on Tuesday France's Vivendi had one year to cut its stake in either Telecom Italia or broadcaster Mediaset to comply with Italian...
Spain: Price increases by telcos concerns watchdog
In the space of a few weeks, the three main telcos in Spain have increased their prices, causing concern from the market and competition...
Philippines: Court keeps watchdog from probing PLDT-Globe deal
This week Court of Appeals denied the Philippine Competition Commission petition to proceed with its investigation on PLDT and Globe Telecom's acquisition of a...
Coordinating Policies To Realize Benefits From The Digital Economy: The Case...
By Martin E. Cave & Ernesto Flores-Roux -
The degree to which digitization has penetrated most sectors of the economy makes it extremely difficult to quantify...
The Good, Bad And Ugly In Competition Law Enforcement: Observations From...
By Timothy Cowen & Stephen Dnes -
This article identifies what works well in competition law enforcement, and what drives and distinguishes good performance from less...
CPI Talks: Interview with Commissioner Maria Elena Estavillo, Mexican Telecom Regulator
In this interesting interview, Commissioner Estavillo addresses questions concerning the telecom reforms in Mexico, the asymmetric regulation applied to incumbents to introduce competition in...
Mobile Fixation? A Review of Recent EC Decisions in the Telecoms...
By Sascha Schubert -
The EU telecoms sector has gone through several years of intense M&A activity, characterized by horizontal 4:3 mobile consolidation on the one...
Telecoms Mergers under the EU Merger Regulation: A New Frame of...
By Antonio Bavasso & Dominic Long -
The Commission has developed a rich decisional practice in response to a wave of consolidation in the telecoms sector....
Engineering Competition Through Spectrum Policy: Previous Approaches and Why 5G Needs...
By Martin Cave & William Webb -
This paper reviews recent developments in “marketizing” spectrum, but it also addresses new approaches to spectrum management based...
The Advent of 5G: Should Technological Evolution Lead to Regulatory Revolution?
By Peter Alexiadis & Tony Shortall -
A question which the authors seek to address is whether the broad political commitment to fulfilling 5G objectives across...