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Applying EC competition law to alliances in the telecommunications sector

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Ensuring the emergence of competition in the telecommunications sector is not an easy task. Liberalization should not be undermined by the anticompetitive behaviour of some of the biggest players. On the other hand, innovative services at low prices can only be achieved through economies of scale and scope. The paper analyses the positions taken by the EC Commission with regard to these issues and discusses: (1) Why some strategic alliances were permitted when others were prohibited? Have 'media' alliances received a stricter treatment than alliances confined to 'pure telecom' alliances? Why? (2) Do the positions adopted by the Commission in these decisions reflect a pure implementation of anti-trust rules or that industrial policy considerations have prevailed?

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  • Styliadou, Melpomeni, 1997. "Applying EC competition law to alliances in the telecommunications sector," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 21(1), pages 47-58, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:21:y:1997:i:1:p:47-58
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