Interconnection Disputes : Antitrust or Sector Regulation and the Case of New Zealand

Interconnection Disputes : Antitrust or Sector Regulation and the Case of New Zealand

Full liberalization of telecommunications markets provides scope for relying largely on general antitrust rules and institutions for economic regulation. But at least for a time after liberalization, sector-specific rules and institutions are...

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Main Authors: Kerf, Michel, Neto, Isabel, Geradin, Damien
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ANTITRUST LAW
BROADBAND
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
INTERCONNECTION
INTERCONNECTION CHARGES
MARKET POWER
MARKET SHARE
NETWORKS
PEERING
PRICE FIXING
SWITCHES
TELECOM
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELEPHONE
TELEPHONE SERVICE
TELEPHONE SERVICES
UNIVERSAL SERVICE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6040157/interconnection-disputes-antitrust-or-sector-regulation-case-new-zealand
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spelling okr-10986-112172021-04-23T14:02:54Z Interconnection Disputes : Antitrust or Sector Regulation and the Case of New Zealand Kerf, Michel Neto, Isabel Geradin, Damien ANTITRUST LAW BROADBAND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE INTERCONNECTION INTERCONNECTION CHARGES MARKET POWER MARKET SHARE NETWORKS PEERING PRICE FIXING SWITCHES TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONE SERVICES UNIVERSAL SERVICE Full liberalization of telecommunications markets provides scope for relying largely on general antitrust rules and institutions for economic regulation. But at least for a time after liberalization, sector-specific rules and institutions are likely to be needed in some areas, including interconnection. This Note draws lessons from the experience of New Zealand. After fully liberalizing its telecommunications market in the late 1980s, the country relied primarily on antitrust instruments to regulate interconnection until 2001, when it introduced a new regime putting heavier emphasis on sector-specific regulation. 2012-08-13T14:28:35Z 2012-08-13T14:28:35Z 2005-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6040157/interconnection-disputes-antitrust-or-sector-regulation-case-new-zealand Viewpoint.--Note no. 295 (June 2005) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11217 English Viewpoint CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific New Zealand
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topic ANTITRUST LAW
BROADBAND
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
INTERCONNECTION
INTERCONNECTION CHARGES
MARKET POWER
MARKET SHARE
NETWORKS
PEERING
PRICE FIXING
SWITCHES
TELECOM
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELEPHONE
TELEPHONE SERVICE
TELEPHONE SERVICES
UNIVERSAL SERVICE
spellingShingle ANTITRUST LAW
BROADBAND
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
INTERCONNECTION
INTERCONNECTION CHARGES
MARKET POWER
MARKET SHARE
NETWORKS
PEERING
PRICE FIXING
SWITCHES
TELECOM
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELEPHONE
TELEPHONE SERVICE
TELEPHONE SERVICES
UNIVERSAL SERVICE
Kerf, Michel
Neto, Isabel
Geradin, Damien
Interconnection Disputes : Antitrust or Sector Regulation and the Case of New Zealand
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
New Zealand
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description Full liberalization of telecommunications markets provides scope for relying largely on general antitrust rules and institutions for economic regulation. But at least for a time after liberalization, sector-specific rules and institutions are likely to be needed in some areas, including interconnection. This Note draws lessons from the experience of New Zealand. After fully liberalizing its telecommunications market in the late 1980s, the country relied primarily on antitrust instruments to regulate interconnection until 2001, when it introduced a new regime putting heavier emphasis on sector-specific regulation.
format Publications & Research :: Viewpoint
author Kerf, Michel
Neto, Isabel
Geradin, Damien
author_facet Kerf, Michel
Neto, Isabel
Geradin, Damien
author_sort Kerf, Michel
title Interconnection Disputes : Antitrust or Sector Regulation and the Case of New Zealand
title_short Interconnection Disputes : Antitrust or Sector Regulation and the Case of New Zealand
title_full Interconnection Disputes : Antitrust or Sector Regulation and the Case of New Zealand
title_fullStr Interconnection Disputes : Antitrust or Sector Regulation and the Case of New Zealand
title_full_unstemmed Interconnection Disputes : Antitrust or Sector Regulation and the Case of New Zealand
title_sort interconnection disputes : antitrust or sector regulation and the case of new zealand
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6040157/interconnection-disputes-antitrust-or-sector-regulation-case-new-zealand
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11217
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