Broadband investment and regulation: A literature review

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 10-11, 2009, Pages 559-574

  Cambini, Carlo ^a   Jiang, Yanyan ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b DEFAP Graduate School in the Economics and Finance of Public Administration   (Italy)

Author keywords

Access regulation; Incentive regulation; Investment; Local loop unbundling; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

ACCESS REGULATION; BROADBAND COMMUNICATION; ECONOMY AND SOCIETY; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HIGH SPEED INTERNET; INCENTIVE REGULATION; INCUMBENT OPERATORS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LOCAL LOOP UNBUNDLING; NEXT GENERATION NETWORK; POLICY MAKERS; REGULATORY INCENTIVES; REGULATORY INTERVENTIONS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS;

ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 70350568154     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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