Where unduly applied, certain conditions used to promote competition, can have other effects; for example, radio spectrum caps and reservations can create artificial scarcity, wholesale access obligations can unduly constrain business models in the absence of market power, and limits on transfers can impede the development of secondary markets.
I gcás ina gcuirtear coinníollacha áirithe a úsáidtear chun iomaíocht a chur chun cinn i bhfeidhm go míchuí, is féidir éifeachtaí eile a bheith aige sin; mar shampla, is féidir ganntanas saorga teacht as caidhpeanna agus forchoimeádais speictrim raidió, is féidir oibleagáidí maidir le rochtain mhórdhíola laincis mhíchuí a chur ar shamhlacha gnó cheal cumhacht sa mhargadh, agus is féidir teorainneacha le haistrithe bac a chur ar fhorbairt margaí tánaisteacha.