Challenges of Competition and Regulation in the Telecom Sector
Challenges of Competition and Regulation in the Telecom Sector, Smriti Parsheera. Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 53, Issue 38, 22 September 2018.
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The telecommunications sector has come a long way from its perceived status as a natural monopoly to a competitive multiplayer industry. As competitive forces, both from within the telecom industry and the surrounding digital ecosystem, continue to redefine the sector’s dynamics, it creates new challenges for regulation and competition enforcement. Calling for fresh thinking on the respective roles of the sectoral regulator, the competition authority and the need for greater synergies between them, a model for voluntary cooperation between the authorities is suggested. Links |