Controlling Market Power : Balancing Antitrust and Sector Regulation in Telecoms

Among the countries fully liberalizing their telecommunicationssector, some have chosen to rely mainly on sector-specific rules,often applied by sector-specific institutions, while others havedepended on economywide antitrust rules and institutions to controlmarket power. This Note describes the choices made by five notablereformers: Australia, Chile, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and theUnited States. Drawing on their experiences, it then assesses whetherantitrust or sector-specific processes have dealt more quickly andeffectively with key regulatory issues.

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Main Authors: Kerf, Michel, Neto, Isabel, Geradim, Damien
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2005-06
Subjects:ANTITRUST, ANTITRUST AUTHORITIES, ANTITRUST AUTHORITY, ANTITRUST LAW, ANTITRUST LEGISLATION, ANTITRUST REGULATION, AUTHORIZATION, COMPETITION LAW, ECONOMIC REGULATION, INNOVATIONS, JUDGES, LEGISLATURE, LICENSES, MARKET CONDITIONS, MARKET POWER, MARKET SEGMENTS, MONOPOLIES, PHONES, PRESIDENCY, PRICE REGULATION, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROVISIONS, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC RESOURCES, PUBLIC SUBSIDIES, REGULATOR, REGULATORS, REGULATORY AGENCY, REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS, REGULATORY INTERVENTION, REGULATORY REGIMES, RETAIL, RETAIL PRICES, SPREAD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATOR, TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, TELECOMS, UNBUNDLING, UNIVERSAL SERVICE, UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBJECTIVES,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6040141/controlling-market-power-balancing-antitrust-sector-regulation-telecoms
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11216
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