電信業結合管制之研究:以電信法與競爭法的雙元管制為中心

Abstract

競爭主管機關及電信主管機關對於電信結合案皆有管制權限。競爭主管機關在市場結構、市場競爭方面，具有跨產業的競爭分析專業能力，可確保電信事業相互結合時不會實質減少市場上之競爭或造成獨占；電信主管機關則擁有電信管制、電信政策方面之專業能力，可以確保結合案的確符合與通訊相關之公眾利益。 電信新科技快速持續的變化，因而對於電信市場競爭產生決定性的影響。本研究主要探究在產業快速變動下，競爭主管機關與電信主管機關對於結合規範是否能夠相互協同，進行一致或互補的審查。並且進一步就結合審查競爭面向上的核心要素，例如對整體經濟可能帶來的利益、對限制競爭可能造成的不利益，以及許可時所附加的各種附帶條件等，探討是否可能有更為明確的參考指標。最後本文嘗試對於現行的雙元管制制度提出改革建議，並且分析結合審查的範圍、電信管制的程度、執行附加條件的能力等，討論一元管制的可能性。

Both antitrust agencies and telecommunication regulatory agencies have the authorities to review telecommunication mergers. Antitrust agencies focus on market structure/power analysis to prevent transactions from “substantially lessening competition “or “tending to create a monopoly” for any merger. Telecommunication regulatory agencies focus on industry-wide development oversight to assert transactions severing the public interest for telecommunication mergers. This article studies whether the dual reviews of telecommunication mergers are consistent/redundant or discrepant/complementary at the remarkable technological progress of telecommunication markets. By revisiting the competition harm, public interest and merger remedies in the recent mergers, this article tries to suggest the reform of current dual reviews based on examination content, regulation intensity and enforcement ability of remedies.