Discussion Papers: WIK - Wissenschaftliches Institut für Infrastruktur und Kommunikationsdienste GmbH

10/26/2010

New Discussion Paper

Current developments and strategies of German cable industry

10/12/2010

Summary

Since full opening of the German postal market, the universal service obligation (USO) is on the market as a whole and no longer on one…

10/08/2010

Summary

A number of initiatives are under way that will either greatly lower Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs) or else eliminate them altogether. The…

10/07/2010

Summary

This paper analyses economic incentive structures related to investment in NGA before the background of a limited investment in NGA in…

09/21/2010

Author: Christine Müller

Summary

As per the incentive regulation ordinance, the second regulatory period gas (2013-2018) includes the implementation…

09/08/2010

Summary

Governments around the world have announced plans for ultra-fast National Broadband Networks (NBN). While these plans typically involve the…

08/05/2010

Summary

The objective of this study is to analyse the developing market for hybrid mail services. Furthermore, is analyses implications of hybrid…

06/10/2010

Summary

The present study focuses on the business model of call-by-call and preselection (C(P)S) providers and addresses several issues. First, the…

04/29/2010

Summary

As from 1 January 2009, incentive regulation has replaced cost-plus regulation in the German electricity and gas sector. This system change…

04/23/2010

Authors: Ralf G. Schäfer, support: Volker Köllmann

Summary

Value added telephony services including directory assistance (VATS) represent an…

04/06/2010

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We analyze the German market for tertiary electricity reserves in 2008. The cost of tertiary reserves of about € 200 million accounted for…

03/30/2010

Summary

To date two models of competition have emerged in letter post markets: In case of downstream access, competition has emerged for preparation,…

Discussion Papers

Current developments and strategies of German cable industry (No. 347)

Postal retail outlets from a cross-sectoral perspective (No. 346)

The effects of lower Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs) on mobile retail price and demand (No. 345)

Investment, competition and access to NGA networks (No. 344)

Quality in grid-bound gas supply (No. 343)

No. 342 Structural models for NBN deployment

Hybrid Mail in Germany: Market Trends, Business Models and Regulatory Implications (No. 341)

Carrier (pre)selection in a changing market environment: challenges and opportunities (No. 340)

Incentive Regulation and Network Investment (No. 339)

International comparison of regulatory approaches for value added telephony services (No. 338)

Market Power on the German Balancing Power Market (No. 337)

Downstream Access and Delivery Competition in the Letters Markets (No. 336)