EC Electronic Communications and Competition Law |
Contents
The Object of Regulation | 9 |
Intrinsic Characteristics of the Communications Sector | 17 |
Conclusion | 39 |
Economic Objectives | 46 |
C | 52 |
CEN European Committee for Standardisation | 60 |
Societal Objectives | 69 |
d | 80 |
3 | 208 |
iii | 217 |
V | 233 |
The WTO Regime for Telecommunications | 245 |
FCC Federal Communications Commission | 252 |
GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services | 260 |
The WTO Law on Telecommunications and the | 273 |
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade | 277 |
Conclusion | 100 |
The Communications Regulation Toolkit | 106 |
Digital Versatile Disc | 108 |
EFD Essential Facilities Doctrine | 120 |
Conclusion | 122 |
European Community Competition Law | 130 |
EPG Electronic Programme Guide | 151 |
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute | 186 |
1 | 299 |
2 | 306 |
Conclusion | 313 |
3 | 322 |
5 | 328 |
Epilogue | 337 |
Common terms and phrases
abuse Access Directive Annex antitrust application Article 82 EC basic telecommunications CMLR communications markets Competition Policy competition rules consumer context convergence Council Court Damien Geradin Decision defined dominant position dynamic EC competition law economic electronic communications networks electronic communications sector ensure European Commission European Community European Parliament ex ante Framework Directive framework for electronic GATS goals Hoffmann-La Roche ibid Information Society infra infrastructure innovation interconnection International liberalisation market analysis market definition market shares Member Microsoft monopoly network effects network externalities Network Industries networks and services Nihoul and Peter NRAs objectives obligations paras Paul Nihoul Peter Rodford Pierre Larouche Reference Paper regard regime regulatory framework relevant market sector specific regulation SMP Guidelines SSNIP supra Chapter supra note supra note 16 Telecom telecommunications sector telecommunications services telephone Tetra Pak Trade Treaty unbundled undertakings Universal Service Directive



