Telecommunications Policy Review Panel

Comments of the
Commissioner of Competition

Telecommunications Policy Review
August 15, 2005

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Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

I. THE CHANGING TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT

Competition Issues in an ILEC vs. Cable Duopoly (A. 5)*

II. THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

Telecommunications Policy Objectives (B.1)

Economic Regulation

Re-imposition of Economic Regulation in Forborne Markets (B. 6)

Wholesale Regulation in Competitive Retail Markets (B. 8)

Wholesale Regulation as a Substitute for Retail Regulation (B.9)

Technical Regulation

Interconnection and Access to Facilities (B.17)

Social Regulation

Institutional Roles in Social Regulation (B.30)

III. REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS

Role of Competition Law in Telecommunications Regulation (C. 2)

Competition Law Principles and the Regulatory Framework (C.3)

IV. MAKING THE MOST OF TECHNOLOGY

Foreign Investment Restrictions (E. 6)

* The letter and number in parentheses denote the question in the Telecommunications Policy Review – Consultation Paper, dated June 6, 2005, to which the section relates