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A heated debate over the proposed regulation of rates for calls from landlines to wireless networks is taking place in Australia, Europe, Asia, and North America. In the United States, the cellular user pays regardless of whether he is initiating or receiving a call (mobile party pays or MPP). In Europe, someone who places a call from a fixed line to a mobile line is charged a mobile termination rate set by the recipient's mobile network (calling party pays or CPP).

At this event, Robert W. Crandall and J. Gregory Sidak will present their paper "Should Regulators Set Rates to Terminate Calls on Mobile Networks?," forthcoming in the Yale Journal on Regulation. In this detailed economic analysis, the authors discuss whether regulation is justified and what access charge scheme is best for consumers.