Competition law and regulation in the Turkish telecommunications industry: Friends or foes?

Toward a wider market definition in broadband: The case of Turkey

“…Bundle effects create a slippery slope 1 As a result, competition policy may take a more prominent role in telecommunications markets. While we do not deal with this issue in this paper, there is an extensive literature on the relationship between competition policy and regulation in telecommunications (e.g., Ardıyok and O guz, 2010;Hovenkamp, 2006;and Shelanski, 2006). 2 The definition of 'substitute' seems quite clear in economics jargon.…”

The Regulation of National Roaming

“…77,78 It has been complicated by the troubled relationship between the Competition Board and the Telecommunications Authority, compounded by Council of State being unwilling or unable to resolve matters and by periodic political interference. 79,80,81 Nominally, it has aspired to implement the EU acquis communitaire, though implementation has been somewhat selective.…”

Regulation and Competition in the Turkish Telecommunications Industry

“…In short, then, it can be said that the ECL does not provide for a clean divide between the jurisdiction of ITCA on the one hand and the CA on the other. There have been instances where the degree of cooperation between the two agencies has been low and there has been some disputes regarding the respective scopes of the two agencies (Atiyas 2005;Ardıyok and Oğuz 2010).…”