Telecommunication Markets

- Theoretical Perspectives

- General Access Payment Mechanisms

- Competition and Cooperation in Internet Backbone Services

- A Behavioral Economic Interpretation of the Preference for Flat Rates: The Case of Post-paid Mobile Phone Services

- Regulation of International Roaming Charges - The Way to Cost-Based Prices?

- Internet Issues

- Substitution Between DSL, Cable, and Mobile Broadband Internet Services

- Search Engines for Audio-Visual Content: Copyright Law and Its Policy Relevance

- Search Engines, the New Bottleneck for Content Access

- E-Commerce Use in Spa

- Broadband Issues

- The Diffusion of Broadband-Based Applications Among Italian Small and Medium Enterprises

- Drivers and Inhibitors of Countries' Broadband Performance - A European Snapshot

- The Telecom Policy for Broadband Diffusion: A Case Study in Japan

- Mobile Drivers

- IV Mobile Drivers Mobile Termination Carrier Selection

- Countervailing Buyer Power and Mobile Termination

- National Roaming Pricing in Mobile Networks

- Can Competition Be Introduced Via the Issue of New Mobile Telephony Licences: The Experience of 3G Licensing in Europe

- Does Regulation Impact the Entry in a Mature Regulated Industry? An Econometric Analysis of MVNOs

- Business Strategy

- Exploring Technology Design Issues for Mobile Web Services

- Business Models for Wireless City Networks in the EU and the US: Public Inputs and Public Leverage

- Managing Communications Firms in the New Unpredictable Environments: Watch the Movies

- Shareholder Wealth Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Telecommunications Industry

- Emerging Markets

- Next Generation Networks: The Demand Side Issues

- Technical, Business and Policy Challenges of Mobile Television

- A Cross-Country Assessment of the Digital Divide

- Russian Information and Communication Technology in a Global Context

- New Perspectives on the Regulatory Framework

- The

From the reviews:

"In this constantly evolving field, it is helpful to find in a single volume research that covers regulatory, economic and legal aspects of telecommunications markets. ... this book is recommended to anyone who aims to have a profound understanding of many of the major ongoing debates that are being conducted within the policy-making, academic and industry communities regarding the development of telecommunications markets. The studies presented in the volume ... makes the book attractive to both beginners and experts in the field." (Juan Rendon Schneir, Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 35, 2011)