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Estimating network effects and compatibility in mobile telecommunications
Grajek, Michal - European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) - 2007
effects and compatibility between networks. Network effects are measured by the dependence of consumer willingness to pay on … the installed base of subscribers. Compatibility is measured by the relative extent of cross- and own-network effects. I … network effects and—despite full interconnection of the mobile telephone networks—low compatibility. I also show that ignoring …
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Tariff-Mediated Network Effects versus Strategic Discounting: Evidence from German Mobile Telecommunications
Zucchini, Leon; Claussen, Jörg; Trüg, Moritz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Mobile telecommunications operators routinely charge subscribers lower prices for calls on their own network than for calls to other networks (on-net discounts). Studies on tariff-mediated network effects suggest this is due to large operators using on-net discounts to damage smaller rivals....
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Tariff-Mediated Network Effects versus Strategic Discounting: Evidence from German Mobile Telecommunications
Zucchini, Leon; Claussen, Jörg; Trüg, Moritz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Mobile telecommunication operators routinely charge subscribers lower prices for calls on their own network than for calls to other networks (on-net discounts). Studies on tariff-mediated network effects suggest this is due to large operators using on-net discounts to damage smaller rivals....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019344
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Tariff-mediated network effects versus strategic discounting: Evidence from German mobile telecommunications
Zucchini, Leon; Claussen, Jörg; Trüg, Moritz - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 31 (2013) 6, pp. 751-759
Mobile telecommunication operators routinely charge subscribers lower prices for calls on their own network than for calls to other networks (on-net discounts). Studies on tariff-mediated network effects suggest this is due to large operators using on-net discounts to damage smaller rivals....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011051627
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Satisfaction and protection of individual mobile telecommunications consumers: Need for regulation?
Gijón Tascón, Covadonga; Garín Muñoz, Teresa; … - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2012
Mobile telecommunications markets have been studied primarily from the perspectives of mobile telecom operators, market organization and regulators. However, there have been few studies from the perspective of the private consumer, which is the object of this research. This paper is part of an...
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Satisfaction and protection of individual mobile telecommunications consumers
perez-amaral, teodosio; Tascón, Covadonga Gijón; … - Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, … - 2012
The focus of this paper is to measure customer satisfaction among private individual consumers of mobile telecommunications in Spain and the factors associated with this. Two novelties found in this paper are a focus on individual consumers and the usage of rich data to convey high quality...
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Customer Service Quality and Incomplete Information in Mobile Telecommunications: A Game Theoretical Approach to Consumer Protection
perez-amaral, teodosio; Zorzano, Rafael López; … - Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, … - 2012
There is growing evidence that low-quality customer service prevails in the mobile telecommunications industry. In this paper we provide theoretical support to this empirical observation by using simple game theoretical models where inefficient low-quality service levels are part of an...
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Implementing the Serial Number Tracking model in telecommunications: a case study of Croatia
Polovina, Neven - In: Business Systems Research 3 (2012) 1, pp. 49-60
Background: The case study describes the implementation of the SNT (Serial Number Tracking) model in an integrated information system, as a means of business support in a Croatian mobile telecommunications company. Objectives: The goal was to show how to make the best practice of the SNT...
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First mover advantages in mobile telecommunications: Evidence from OECD countries
Muck, Johannes; Heimeshoff, Ulrich - Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), … - 2012
We explore the existence of first mover advantages in mobile telecommunications markets. Building on a data set comprising monthly penetration rates, market concentration, number of active operators, and market shares of 90 followers from 33 OECD countries, we estimate a dynamic growth model....
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Does one more or one less mobile opertor affect prices? A comprehensive ex-post evaluation of entries and mergers in European mobile telecommunication markets
Csorba, Gergely; Pápai, Zoltán - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2013
This paper estimates the impact of entries and mergers on the price of mobile voice services in a panel database of 27 European Member States between 2003 and 2010. Our difference-in-differences econometric methodology exploits the variance in different structural changes between countries to...
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