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NUMBER PORTABILITY, REGULATION AND THE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD: AN EMERGENT POLICY HETERODOXY?
Doug Pitt. John Huntley. Niall Levine.
Original Articles
Number portability has rapidly ascended the regulatory agenda of contemporary telecommunications public policy. As a techno-regulatory device for facilitating competition, number portability is in good currency. The experiences of the United States, Britain and Europe suggest, however, that the implementation of portability remains essentially contestable. The analysis reveals the continuing presence of stakeholder interests in this instalment of the telecommunications de-regulatory game.
