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How Spectrum Policy Could (or Could Not) Achieve a Single Market for Electronic Communications…

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  • Alison BUNEL

    (Telecom Business School, Evry)

  • Denis LESCOP

    (Telecom Business School, Evry)

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Is a European spectrum policy a pre-requisite to the single market? Or, conversely, is the single market a pre-requisite to a European spectrum policy? The answer to this question leads to a different choice of regulatory system. Enforcing a European spectrum policy to build a single market should deeply change the institutional design of European Regulation: a transfer of power from the Member States to the Commission will be necessary to create a European Regulator. This choice can theoretically prevent fragmentation of the single market by ensuring a harmonised management of spectrum throughout Europe. Adopting a more liberal point of view will leave the power of structuring the single market to the market forces. However, reaching a single market means consolidation of the sector: either by mergers and acquisitions or by allowing some agreements between operators. This consolidation is anyway on its way. The strategic use of competition policy and a lighter sector-specific regulation can orientate the operators towards the creation of a single market. Once the single market will be mature enough, the operators will undeniably ask for a European-wide band of spectrum to facilitate their undertaking and to stabilize their business model.

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  • Alison BUNEL & Denis LESCOP, 2014. "How Spectrum Policy Could (or Could Not) Achieve a Single Market for Electronic Communications…," Communications & Strategies, IDATE, Com&Strat dept., vol. 1(93), pages 81-97, 1st quart.
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    1. Laurent BENZONI & Bruno DEFFAINS & Anh Tuc NGUYEN & Olivier SALESSE, 2011. "Competitive Dynamics Between MNOs in the Mobile Telecommunications Single Market: Lessons from the U.S. Experience," Communications & Strategies, IDATE, Com&Strat dept., vol. 1(82), pages 127-145, 2nd quart.
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    Keywords

    Single market; spectrum management; regulation; electronic communication.;
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    JEL classification:

    • L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
    • L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications

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