Controlling Market Power : Balancing Antitrust and Sector Regulation in Telecoms

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...

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Main Authors: Kerf, Michel, Neto, Isabel, Geradim, Damien
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11216
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Summary: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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