Avregleringen av telekommarknaden i Sverige
Fallstudie
The purpose of the thesis is to increase the knowledge of the deregulation of the mobile telecom market in Sweden, with focus on the time after the Electronic Communications Act (EkomL), by: (1) Describing the thought behind the Electronic Communications Act. (2) Assess how the National Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) has acted. (3) Assess how the operators have reacted. (4) Investigate the regulation?s effects upon competition. The conclusion is that the competition on the mobile telecom market is tough. The vague legislation can be interpreted in various ways, which has made the ?flexible regulation? inflexible. Several complicated disputes wander several years through courts of law. The larger operators want to diminish the regulation, while the smaller are dependent on the regulation for survival. The regulation of termination charges can have created an entry barrier. How it has contributed to decrease customer prices still remain to conclude. Consolidations are and will remain common in the telecom market, since the smaller actors have a difficult time growing. There is no optimal way to regulate the deregulated telecom market, which makes the heavy regulation questionable.