Competition Policy for Mobile Broadband Networks
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چکیده
INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................97 I. CENTRAL DIMENSIONS OF COMPETITION POLICY FOR MOBILE BROADBAND SERVICES................................................103 A. Market Definition for Advanced Mobile Services................103 B. Defining ‘‘Competitive’’ in the Context of the Mobile Broadband Market ................................................................106 C. Innovation and Competition in Mobile Broadband: Assessing Claims of Dynamic Tradeoffs ..............................108 D. Standard Setting in the Mobile Broadband Industry: Competing versus Common Platforms ................................111 E. Interconnection Among Competing Networks....................115 F. Summary ...............................................................................117 II. INSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS: WHO SHOULD IMPLEMENT COMPETITION POLICY FOR MOBILE BROADBAND?...............................................................................117 CONCLUSION .......................................................................................118
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عنوان ژورنال:
- JTHTL
دوره 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004