Telecommunication Markets Drivers and Impediments
Telecommunication markets are characterized by a dynamic development of technology and market structures. The specific features of network-based markets, convergence of previously separate spheres and the complex task of market regulation put traditional
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Brigitte Preissl
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Justus Haucap
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Peter Curwen
Editors
Telecommunication Markets Drivers and Impediments
Physica-Verlag A Springer Company
Editors Dr. Brigitte Preissl ZBW Neuer Jungfernstieg 21 20354 Hamburg Germany [email protected]
Professor Justus Haucap University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Deparment of Economics Lange Gasse 30 90403 Nürnberg Germany [email protected]
Professor Peter Curwen Strathclyde Business School Department of Management Science Graham Hills Building 40 George Street Glasgow G1 1QE Scotland, UK [email protected]
ISBN: 978-3-7908-2081-2
e-ISBN: 978-3-7908-2082-9
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2082-9 Springer Series in Contributions to Economics
ISSN 1431-1933
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Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................... Brigitte Preissl, Justus Haucap, and Peter Curwen
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Part I Theoretical Perspectives General Access Payment Mechanisms ......................................................... Izak Atiyas, Toker Doganoglu, and Martin Reichhuber
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Competition and Cooperation in Internet Backbone Services.................. Margit A. Vanberg
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A Behavioral Economic Interpretation of the Preference for Flat Rates: The Case of Post-paid Mobile Phone Services ................................................................................................ Hitoshi Mitomo, Tokio Otsuka, and Kiminori Nakaba Regulation of International Roaming Charges – The Way to Cost-Based Prices? ................................................. Morten Falch, Anders Henten, and Reza Tadayoni Part II
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Internet Issues
Substitution Between DSL, Cable, and Mobile Broadband Internet Services ........................................................................ Mélisande Cardona, Anton Schwarz, B. Burcin Yurtoglu, and Christine Zulehner Search Engines for Audio-Visual Content: Copyright Law and Its Policy Relevance .................................................... Boris Rotenberg and Ramón Compañó
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