What Rules for IP-Enabled
Next Generation Networks?
23-24 March 2006
Geneva, Switzerland
New Regulatory Approaches Fostering Innovation Dynamics in
the Telecommunication Sector: How to deal with
“emerging markets” and investment incentives?
Drs. Robert Stil
Head of the Economic Analysis Team
OPTA, The Netherlands
Abstract: In this presentation Robert Stil addresses the question whether NRA's can
adequately deal with emerging markets within the European Regulatory Framework (NRF),
and if an alternative approach might be more suitable. The NRF principle of technological
neutrality and focus on service markets seems unsuitable for the All-IP case. Instead, it
may be more effective to focus regulatory attention on the non-replicable aspects of
infrastructure, regardless of the services delivered on that infrastructure. In order to
determine replicability, it is necessary to be forward looking, with a time horizon that can
extend beyond the usual 2 to 3 years used in the current Regulatory Framework. It is then
questioned whether the suggested approach may already be workable within the NRF and
the presentation closes with several recommendations for the upcoming review of the
Regulatory Framework.