Broadband between public intervention and the market

Abstract

The essay shows the steps of the Italian policy for the broadband: they have been characterized by the difficult competitive interactions among the economic operators. This circumstance certifies the need for a proper activity of regulation, which is even more necessary in consideration of the decision of Agcm of 2020 regarding the private company Tim, who has been penalised for abuse of a dominant position. The invoked perspective is the collocation of the fast connection services among the universal ones, and this is extremely urgent when considering the extraordinary demand for digital services caused by the pandemic crisis.