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International Roaming of Mobile Services: The Need for Regulation

International Roaming of Mobile Services: The Need for Regulation

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This section discusses the need for regulation of international roaming charges. This is done through analysis of the EU experiences by a heavy handed price regulation of roaming services.

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  • International roaming
  • EU regulation
  • regulation of mobile services

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  1. CMI, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Morten Falch

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  1. Kios Research Center, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, 1678, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Antonis M. Hadjiantonis

  2. Institut für Informatik (IFI), Universität Zürich, Binzmühlestrasse 14, 8050, Zürich, Switzerland

    Burkhard Stiller

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Falch, M. (2012). International Roaming of Mobile Services: The Need for Regulation. In: Hadjiantonis, A.M., Stiller, B. (eds) Telecommunication Economics. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7216. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30382-1_4

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