Title :
Balancing regulation and investment incentives in next-generation communication networks
Author :
Bauer, Johannes M.
Author_Institution :
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA
Abstract :
Policy-makers worldwide face the task of balancing the conditions that are most conducive to investment in next-generation infrastructures with traditional objectives of communications regulation. This short article elaborates on the major trade-offs faced by regulators and sketches a way forward.
Keywords :
investment; telecommunication networks; next-generation communication networks; regulation and investment incentives; Communication networks; Cost function; FCC; Instruments; Investments; Monopoly; Next generation networking; Oligopoly; Regulators; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Infrastructure Systems and Services: Building Networks for a Brighter Future (INFRA), 2008 First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rotterdam
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6887-4
DOI :
10.1109/INFRA.2008.5439682
