Regulation and the evolution of the global telecommunications industry After decades of liberalization of the telecommunications industry around the world and technological convergence that allows for increasing competition sector specific regulation of telecommunications has been on the decline. As a result the telecommunications industry stands in the middle of a debate that calls for either a total deregulation of access to broadband infrastructures or a separation of infrastructure from service delivery. This book proposes new approaches to dealing with the current and future issues of regulation of telecommunication markets on both a regional and a global scale pt. 1. Regulation versus investment: the balance between static and dynamic efficiencies and the main issues of regulatory policy pt. 2. Technology convergence and the future role of competition and regulation pt. 3. Access regulation and performance in the deployment of NGNs: international experiences pt. 4. Structural separation and regulation of the telecommunications industry pt. 5. Interdependent innovations and regulatory policies: mobile network deployment and mobile internet developments