Cross-border rent shifting in international telecommunications

Article Abstract:

Countries have usually associated bilaterally their termination prices for international telephone calls. This association can be explained as a mutually beneficial restriction on rent seeking. Linkage becomes more difficult to sustain with telecommunications liberalization, competition and the increase in alternatives for terminating traffic. An examination of the potential policy strategies to such developments indicates that restricting cross-border rent shifting will be a key transitional difficulty in attempts to liberalize international services.

COMMUNICATION, Communications, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Intnl Economic Policy, International aspects, International economic relations, Trade policy, Commercial policy

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Regulating prices for shifting between service providers

Article Abstract:

An investigation of the competitive processes between service providers is presented, with particular focus on the long-distance telephone services of the United States. It is seen that factors such as customer switching costs can assist to inform price regulation.

United States, Competition (Economics), Prices and rates, Telecommunications, Telecommunication

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Regulating prices for shifting between service providers

Article Abstract:

The competitive process is considered based on US long-distance telephone services, with regard to customer acquisition costs and customer switching costs.

Price Maintenance & Prodn Controls, Research, Price control, Price regulations

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