Has Europe missed the endgame of telecommunications policy?

Ingo Vogelsang

Telecommunications Policy, 2019, vol. 43, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: The European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) is a major milestone in the EU's telecommunications policy. But is it such a step forward and are the technical and market developments such that the EECC is the endgame? An endgame would mean that sustainable competition is reached in all telecommunications markets. The current paper argues that the EECC's new policy goal of investment in very high capacity connectivity could actually lead to policies that end in sustainable infrastructure competition. The EECC's policies, however, are not courageous enough to reach this goal. This lack of courage also characterizes the EU's gatekeeper policies on call terminations and net neutrality. In both these areas an endgame with sustainable competition is possible.

Keywords: European Electronic Communications Code (EECC); Essential facility; Co-investment; Asset sharing; Call termination; Net neutrality; Three-criteria test (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2018.12.006

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