Competition in the Fixed Telecommunication Market Segment: Challenges and Theories

Ben Dkhil, Inès (2014): Competition in the Fixed Telecommunication Market Segment: Challenges and Theories.

Abstract

The persistence of the market power in the fixed telecommunication markets in both developed and developing economies is due to the technical and economic features of this industry. This paper provides an overview of these characteristics and changes. It also suggests a comparative critical survey of the access pricing theories that are “the key” to the transition to the competition in the fixed telecommunication segment. Through this overview, we aim to underline among that the central role that the regulation should play to ensure the establishment of sustainable competition in the fixed telecommunication markets.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Essential facilities, bottleneck, local loop, network externalities, economies of scale and scope, sunk costs, the marginal rule, the margin rule, the Ramsey pricing, the Price Caps policy.
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L4 - Antitrust Issues and Policies > L43 - Legal Monopolies and Regulation or Deregulation; L - Industrial Organization > L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy > L51 - Economics of Regulation

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