Promoting New Telecom Infrastructures

Edited by Morten Falch, Center for Communication Media and Information Technology (CMI), Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark and Jan Markendahl, Wireless@KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

‘. . . the book is highly informative on a major contemporary issue in telecommunications: investments in the transition to next generation networks. The contributions provide a wide range of perspectives on the issues including novel approaches. The many empirical contributions provide a bridge between theory and practice.’

• Contents:Preface 1. IntroductionMorten Falch and Jan MarkendahlPART I: STRATEGIES FOR EXPANSION OF BROADBAND NETWORKS2. Regulation and Investment Incentives for Next Generation Broadband Access NetworksMario Pietrunti3. Lessons Learned from the Regulation of LLU for the Future Regulation of NGA Networks Martin Lundborg4. European Sector Regulation and Investment Incentives for Broadband Communication Networks Harald Gruber5. Promoting Network-Based Competition in UK Fixed-Line Markets: A Failed Policy Michael H. Ryan6. A Comparative Analysis of the Role of the State in Broadband Policy for Rural Areas: An Investigation of Telecommunications Policy in the United States and Canada Sheila S. Sager, Michael W.P. Fortuanto, Theodore R. Alter and William C. Shuffstall7. Strategic Options for Mobile Broadband Services: The Case of a Municipal WiMAX Network in The Netherlands Bert Sadowski, Mathijs Verheijen and Alberto NucciarelliPART II: PRICING IN NGN NETWORKS 8. Capacity-based Conveyance Pricing in an All-IP Environment Neil Marshall and Leo Borwick9. Risk Sharing for Next Generation Access Networks – Necessary Adjustments of the Present European Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communication Networks and Services Henning Never10. Priority and Internet Quality Jörn Kruse11. Switching Costs in Telecommunications: Conclusions from a Hungarian Survey László Lörincz and Péter Nagy PART III: DEVELOPMENT AND PRICING OF MOBILE SERVICES 12. The Reconfiguration of Mobile Service Provision: Towards Platform Business Models Pieter Ballon, Nils Walravens, Antonietta Spedalieri and Claudio Venezia13. Understanding Adoption of Mobile Service Bundles Harry Bouwman, Mark de Reuver and Alex Visser14. Analysing the Stickiness of Mobile Service Usage Hannu Verkasalo15. Using On-net / Off-net Price Differential to Measure the Size of Call Externalities and its Implications for Setting Efficient Mobile Termination Rates Jonathan Sandbach and Luke van Hooft16. Mobile Regulation and the ‘Waterbed’ Effect Christos Genakos and Tommaso VallettiIndex