CASE is well known for its expertise in communications and its economists have been involved in regulatory and competition investigations in all areas of the communications sector. We have assisted operators to respond to regulators and competition authorities, assisted counsel in legal proceedings, and helped develop strategies for management.
CASE economists have assisted a large number of fixed, mobile and cable operators on a range of competition issues arising out of regulatory investigations regarding competitive abuses, pricing and cost analysis, price squeeze allegations, predation, access regulation, and other regulatory issues.
CASE economists have represented clients and made submissions to the European Commission (DG Infosoc and DG Comp), as well as National Regulatory Authorities including Ofcom (UK), ComReg (Ireland), OPTA (Netherlands), BIPT (Belgium), RTR (Austria), FICORA (Finland), BnetzA (Germany), AGCOM (Italy), OFTA (Hong Kong), Commerce Commission (New Zealand), the BTRC (Bangladesh), ATRA (Afghanistan) and the ACA and ABA (Australia).
Assignments include:
• assessing competition in telecoms mergers
• regulation of IP interconnection
• competition law assessment of network sharing agreements
• regulation of wholesale broadband access
• functional and structural separation of fixed operators
• international roaming charges
• reciprocity of termination rates
• retail minus and ECPR pricing rules
• price squeeze assessments
• regulation of national and international leased lines
• local loop unbundling (LLU) regulation and pricing
• review of spectrum liberalisation and trading,
• 3G refarming and licence conditions
• liberalisation of international gateway services
• number portability cost benefit analysis
• development and assessment of mobile LRIC models
• calculation of efficient spectrum pricing
• line of business restrictions in video services
• regulated access to national roaming services
• international benchmarking
• Universal Service Obligation (USO) policy
• valuation of 3G licences and bidder support
• cash bid TV franchise licence applications
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