Multi-Level Regulation in the Telecommunications Sector: Adaptive Regulatory Arrangements in Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands and Switzerland

317 Pages·2014·5.95 MB·English

by  David Aubin

Multi-Level Regulation in the Telecommunications Sector
Multi-Level Regulation in
the Telecommunications
Sector
Adaptive Regulatory Arrangements
in Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands
and Switzerland
Editedby
David Aubin
AssociateProfessorofPoliticalScience,UniversitécatholiquedeLouvain,Belgium
Koen Verhoest
ResearchProfessor,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,UniversityofAntwerp,Belgium
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Contents
ListofTables,FiguresandBoxes vii
Acknowledgements xi
NotesonContributors xiii
ListofAbbreviations xvi
1 Aim,CentralClaimsandStructureoftheBook 1
KoenVerhoestandDavidAubin
2 AssessingtheRegulatoryArrangements:Concepts,
TheoriesandMethods 12
DavidAubin,EmmanuelleMathieu,JoeryMatthys
andKoenVerhoest
3 RegulationofTelecommunicationsinBelgium:
OrganizationalComplexityandRegulatoryEffectiveness 45
EmmanuelleMathieuandDavidAubin
4 InformalRelationshipsandDeFactoIndependence
oftheRegulatorintheIrishTelecommunications
RegulatoryArrangement 78
MuirisMacCarthaigh
5 ToMergeorNottoMerge:TheInstitutionalRe-Designof
TelecommunicationsRegulationintheNetherlands 108
KutsalYesilkagit
6 RegulationoftheTelecommunicationsinSwitzerland:
ANetworkApproachtoAssesstheRegulatoryAgencies’
Independence 137
KarinIngoldandFrédéricVarone
7 AutonomyandDecision-MakingPowerofIndependent
RegulatoryAgenciesinMulti-LevelArrangements 162
KoenVerhoest,DavidAubin,JoeryMatthys
andEmmanuelleMathieu
v
vi Contents
8 EvolutionaryMulti-LevelRegulatoryArrangements:The
ImpactsoftheResolutionofIncoherencies 203
DavidAubinandKoenVerhoest
AppendixA:SocialNetworkAnalysisCalculationsforSwitzerland 235
AppendixB:AutonomyofSectorRegulatorsintheFourCountries 238
AppendixC:StandardCalculationoftheProceduralCoordination
IndicesfortheFourCountries 243
AppendixD:ExtendedCalculationoftheProceduralCoordination
IndicesfortheFourCountries 255
References 274
Index 286
Tables, Figures and Boxes
Tables
2.1 Proceduralandnon-proceduralcoordination
instruments 23
2.2 Mainmacro-structuraldifferencesbetweenBelgium,
Ireland,theNetherlandsandSwitzerland 34
2.3 OECDindicatorsofregulationinenergy,transportand
communications(ETCR)fortelecommunicationsin
Belgium,Ireland,theNetherlandsandSwitzerland 35
2.4 Scaleforthemeasurementofactors’influencein
individualdecisions 38
2.5 Equationstocalculatetheprocedural
coordinationindices 39
3.1 Relationshipbetweenregulatorygovernancemodels
andproblemsofregulatoryeffectivenesswithcausal
mechanisms 70
4.1 ExpressionsofinformalityintheIrishtelecoms
regulatoryarrangement 105
5.1 Costsofregulatorycoordinationandregulatory
coherenceforpolicymakersandmarketparties 116
6.1 MarketsharesofSwisstelecomsoperatorsby31
December2010(in%) 146
6.2 CliquesintheSwissnetworkofstrongcontacts(min.
size:5) 153
6.3 DegreecentralityofinfluencerelationsinSwisstelecoms
regulatoryframework(mean10,7) 156
6.4 Overviewoftheactors’networkintheSwiss
telecommunicationssector 158
7.1 CapacitiesofthesectorIRAinthetelecommunications
sectorinthefourEuropeancountries 167
7.2 ComparisonofGilardiindicesforthetelecomsIRAs,
measuringtheformalautonomyofagencies 170
7.3 Comparisonofqualitativescoresconcerningperceived
defactoautonomyofthetelecomsIRAs 172
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viii ListofTables,FiguresandBoxes
7.4 Verticalspecializationandcoordinationinthe
telecommunicationssectorinthefour
Europeancountries 175
7.5 Horizontalspecializationandcoordinationinthe
telecommunicationssectorinthefour
Europeancountries 179
7.6 Competitionversussectorregulationinthe
telecommunicationssectorinthefour
Europeancountries 182
7.7 Inter-sectoralspecializationandcoordinationinthe
telecommunicationssectorinthefourEuropean
countries 185
7.8 Comparisonofthetelecommunicationsregulatory
arrangementsinthefourcountries,basedonthe
standardcalculationoftheproceduralcoordination
indices(2010) 189
8.1 Comparisonofthetelecommunicationsregulatory
arrangementbetween2004and2010,based
ontheextendedcalculationoftheprocedural
coordinationindices 205
8.2 Perceivedincoherenciesandtheirresolutioninfour
countries 209
A.1 SectoralIRA,electedauthorities,regulateesand
co-regulatorsinSwisstelecommunicationspolicy 235
A.2 GilardiindexforSwisstelecommunications(in2010,
owncalculation) 237
B.1 Comparingthedefactoautonomyofsectorregulatorsin
thefourcountriesbasedonCOBRAdimensions 238
C.1 Calculationoftheproceduralcoordinationindicesfor
Belgium(in2010,standardcalculation) 243
C.2 Calculationoftheproceduralcoordinationindicesfor
Ireland(in2010,standardcalculation) 247
C.3 Calculationoftheproceduralcoordinationindicesfor
theNetherlands(in2010,standardcalculation) 250
C.4 Calculationoftheproceduralcoordinationindicesfor
Switzerland(in2010,standardcalculation) 253
D.1 Calculationoftheproceduralcoordinationindicesfor
Belgium(in2004,extendedcalculation) 255
D.2 Calculationoftheproceduralcoordinationindicesfor
Belgium(in2010,extendedcalculation) 258
ListofTables,FiguresandBoxes ix
D.3 Calculationoftheproceduralcoordinationindicesfor
Ireland(in2004,extendedcalculation) 261
D.4 Calculationoftheproceduralcoordinationindicesfor
Ireland(in2010,extendedcalculation) 264
D.5 Calculationoftheproceduralcoordinationindicesfor
theNetherlands(in2004,extendedcalculation) 266
D.6 Calculationoftheproceduralcoordinationindicesfor
theNetherlands(in2010,extendedcalculation) 269
D.7 Calculationoftheproceduralcoordinationindicesfor
Switzerland(in2004and2010,extendedcalculation)–
nochanges 272
Figures
1.1 Analyticalframeworkofregulatoryarrangements 6
2.1 Asimplemodelofautonomyandregulatory
decision-makingpower 25
2.2 Fouridealtypesofregulatoryarrangements 27
2.3 Asimplemodelofregulatoryarrangementandregulatory
(in)coherence 29
2.4 OECDindicatorsofregulationinenergy,transportand
communications(ETCR)fortelecommunicationsin
Belgium,Ireland,theNetherlandsandSwitzerland 36
3.1 MappingoftheregulatoryarrangementintheBelgian
telecommunicationssector 56
4.1 FixedrevenuemarketsharesinIreland(Q.3,2010) 86
4.2 Eircom’sshareofmarket(Q.3.2008–Q.1.2012) 86
4.3 ComRegexecutivestructure 88
4.4 MappingoftheregulatoryarrangementintheIrish
telecommunicationssector 98
5.1 MappingoftheregulatoryarrangementintheDutch
telecommunicationssector 122
6.1 MappingoftheregulatoryarrangementintheSwiss
telecommunicationssector 142
6.2 InfluencerelationsamongregulatorsinSwisstelecoms
policyimplementation 155
7.1 Relationshipbetweenautonomyandrelative
decision-makingpower 163
7.2 Methodsusedtoanalyseformalautonomy,perceived
autonomyandrelativedecision-makingpowerofthe
sectorIRAintheregulatoryarrangement 165
x ListofTables,FiguresandBoxes
7.3 PositioningthefourEuropeancountriesaccording
totheproceduralcoordinationindices(standard
calculation–2010) 192
8.1 PositioningofthefourEuropeancountries
accordingtotheproceduralcoordinationindices
(extendedcalculation) 206
Boxes
8.1 TheHappyTimecaseinBelgium 211
8.2 TheopeningupoftheDutchcablemarket 212
8.3 2GlicencesextensioninBelgium 213
8.4 IncumbentdelaysinLLU:EircominIreland 215
8.5 UnbundlingthelastmileinSwitzerland 215
8.6 Regulationofaninternationaloperatorbyanational
regulator:BSkyBinIreland 217
8.7 TheFTTHcaseinSwitzerland 217
8.8 RegionalizationofGSMantennas’regulationinBelgium 220
8.9 BroadcastingofMuzzikchannelintheNetherlands 220
8.10 RejectionofthefullSwisscomprivatization 221