Law and Economics for Landlines Telecommunications

The aim of this book is to give an overview over the market for public landlines telecommunications in Germany. It focuses on past legal and economic development towards competition. Over the last few years this market has changed from state monopoly to a regulated, but highly competitive and diversified marketplace. This book evaluates the process of how the legal environment has been adjusted to establish sustainable competiton and how liberalisation has gained momentum since economic forces and technology have been given their full scope for market power. After considerable progress has been made in some submarkets it seems to be time to enter into deregulation.

Autorentext
The Author: Albrecht von Breitenbuch studied law and economics at the University of Freiburg and at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany. After his First State Examination in German Law he worked as a strategic management consultant. In 1999 he moved to England for postgraduate studies in managerial economics at the University of Durham. At present he is completing his Judical Clerkship with the Supreme Court of Berlin in Germany.

Inhalt

Contents: The Law for Telecommunications - The Market for Landlines Telecommunications - From Monopoly to Competition: Deutsche Telekom AG - Regulation and Deregulation in Telecommunications.