This paper empirically assesses the impact of the intensity of competition on investment in new technologies within the …-U relationship between competition intensity and investment. The intermediate level of competition intensity that maximizes … investment stands at 62 percent, whereby competition intensity is measured by 1-Lerner index at the firm level. This means that …

The impact of market structure on investment is an important topic in the mobile industry. However, previous literature … mobile operators to investigate its impact on investment, taking into account market share asymmetry and the adjustment cost … of investment. The empirical analysis is backed by a theoretical model that introduces vertical differentiation in a …

surplus in symmetric mobile markets. When mobile services are viewed as homogeneous products under Cournot competition, we … differentiated products under Salop competition, we find an inverted-U relationship between consumer surplus and the number of mobile …

In this paper, we design a theoretical model to analyze the impact of the number of firms on investment in the wireless … communications industry. Our model extends the Salop's framework by introducing investment in quality that either reduces the … their incentives to invest in quality. The impact on the aggregate industry investment can be non-monotone. These …

This paper presents an analysis of competition in wireless telecommunications that models the interdependence between … two-stage game of quality competition with required minimum infrastructure levels, and establish two distinct kinds of …

This article examines the effect of access obligation on mobile network investment. Access obligation is a form of … claimed that such regulation might lower investment incentives of MNOs, this assertion has not yet been assessed by … mobile network investment in Germany, where access obligation had been implemented for the 3G technology (but not for 4G and …

the state of competition in wireless services in Canada, until now. Those in favour of policies that will promote and …) as evidence that there is insufficient competition. The difficulty is that the facts are not consistent with this … competition of importance to Canadians is not just over price, but also over the quality of wireless networks. In any event, none …

literature suggest a negative effect of (price) competition on investments in mobile networks. To the best of our knowledge this … auctions may alter competition in the mobile market. …

We develop a model of competition in prices and infrastructure among mobile network operators. Consolidation can …

We study the dual relationship between market structure and prices and between market structure and investment in …. Furthermore, they also lead to higher investment per mobile operator, though the impact on total investment is not conclusive. Our … stress that competition and regulatory authorities should take seriously the potential trade-off between market power effects …