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Regulating competition in the Malaysian telecommunication sector: a need for a new approach?

Abstract: The objective of a competition law is to protect the process of competition between firms in the market by preventing any anti-competitive behaviour such as cartel, abuse of dominant position and mergers that have the effect of lessening competition. However, it is often argued that networ...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin, Ahamat, Haniff, Abdul Jalil, Juriah
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Language:English
Published: Inderscience Publishers 2014
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K Law (General)
KPG Malaysia
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spelling my.iium.irep.38881 http://irep.iium.edu.my/38881/ Regulating competition in the Malaysian telecommunication sector: a need for a new approach? Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin Ahamat, Haniff Abdul Jalil, Juriah K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Abstract: The objective of a competition law is to protect the process of competition between firms in the market by preventing any anti-competitive behaviour such as cartel, abuse of dominant position and mergers that have the effect of lessening competition. However, it is often argued that network industries such as telecommunication should be excluded from the application of the generic competition law, as it has particular characteristic such as natural monopoly, the existence of high entry barriers and absence of effective competition in the market which requires continuous monitoring of the market in the form of access regulation and price control. This paper aims to analyse the existing regulatory and institutional framework overseeing competition in the Malaysian telecommunications sector. The main focus of this paper is to analyse the manner in which competition is pursued through specific sector regulation and whether specific rules on competition are effectively and rigorously enforced. This paper then explains the benefits that will arise from the application of the generic competition law to the telecommunication sector and from increasing the role of the competition authority to regulate the same. Inderscience Publishers 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38881/1/IJPLAP040407_RAHMAN.pdf Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin and Ahamat, Haniff and Abdul Jalil, Juriah (2014) Regulating competition in the Malaysian telecommunication sector: a need for a new approach? International Journal of Public Law and Policy, 4 (4). pp. 403-419. ISSN 2044-7663 http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=65214 0.1504/IJPLAP.2014.065214
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KPG Malaysia
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KPG Malaysia
Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin
Ahamat, Haniff
Abdul Jalil, Juriah
Regulating competition in the Malaysian telecommunication sector: a need for a new approach?
description Abstract: The objective of a competition law is to protect the process of competition between firms in the market by preventing any anti-competitive behaviour such as cartel, abuse of dominant position and mergers that have the effect of lessening competition. However, it is often argued that network industries such as telecommunication should be excluded from the application of the generic competition law, as it has particular characteristic such as natural monopoly, the existence of high entry barriers and absence of effective competition in the market which requires continuous monitoring of the market in the form of access regulation and price control. This paper aims to analyse the existing regulatory and institutional framework overseeing competition in the Malaysian telecommunications sector. The main focus of this paper is to analyse the manner in which competition is pursued through specific sector regulation and whether specific rules on competition are effectively and rigorously enforced. This paper then explains the benefits that will arise from the application of the generic competition law to the telecommunication sector and from increasing the role of the competition authority to regulate the same.
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author Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin
Ahamat, Haniff
Abdul Jalil, Juriah
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Ahamat, Haniff
Abdul Jalil, Juriah
author_sort Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin
title Regulating competition in the Malaysian telecommunication sector: a need for a new approach?
title_short Regulating competition in the Malaysian telecommunication sector: a need for a new approach?
title_full Regulating competition in the Malaysian telecommunication sector: a need for a new approach?
title_fullStr Regulating competition in the Malaysian telecommunication sector: a need for a new approach?
title_full_unstemmed Regulating competition in the Malaysian telecommunication sector: a need for a new approach?
title_sort regulating competition in the malaysian telecommunication sector: a need for a new approach?
publisher Inderscience Publishers
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/38881/1/IJPLAP040407_RAHMAN.pdf
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