(A scientific/theoretical analysis of) Policy approaches to overcome the digital divide (role of pub

Zajicek, Miroslav

Current regulatory policies in network industries in general and in telecommunications in particular are wrongly rooted and ill-conceived. All justifications for them turns out to be false - esp. historical record, alleged abuse of dominant position, inefficient duplication etc. The only results are mainly as follows: lower investments, wrongly placed investments, higher interest rates and resulting crowding-out effect, slower technological progress and greater "digital divine" than necessary. The only way out is to overturn current regulatory policies, not to improve them - one cannot improve unimprovable.