Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 02:42:21 +0900 From: IKEDA Nobuo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: The Unbundling of Network Elements: Japan's Experience To: Dave Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This is my detailed report on "Japan's miracle" in broadband. I think you are interested in it.
http://www.rieti.go.jp/jp/publications/summary/03110001.html
> With the advent of the Internet, the emphasis of communication policies > has moved from the regulation of telephone networks to the unbundling > regulation to enforce sharing of network elements. Since unbundling is > often impeded by the renegotiation by incumbents over the control of > essential facilities, it would be advisable to separate the company that > owns local loop (LoopCo). Recently the number of subscribers of DSL in > Japan has grown phenomenally due to the unbundling regulation. This > suggests that unbundling can accelerate the proliferation of broadband, > but this lesson cannot be easily generalized to other countries, because > the success depends on the special conditions such as extremely low > pricing of entrants and strategic mistakes of NTT that neglected DSL. If > the unbundling regulation succeeds in increasing competition, the > telecommunications industry in the narrow sense will shrink, making the > universal services of telephone network increasingly difficult.
-- Ikeda, Nobuo Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) http://www.rieti.go.jp/it/index.e.html
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