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OTT-messaging and mobile telecommunication : a joint market? : an empirical approach
Wellmann, Nicolas - 2017
OTT-messenger such as facebook, WhatsApp have gained wide popularity among mobile users while traffic of text messaging has been in strong decline in several countries. This work is the first to provide an empirical analysis how consumption of OTT-messengers affects demand for text messaging and...
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The impact of Broadband quality standards on Internet services market structure in Colombia
Hidalgo, Julian; Oviedo, Juan D. - 2014
This paper develops a structural model which allows estimating the impact of regulatory decisions looking for the setting of download-speed standards on market structure and performance. We characterize a setting under which quality standards improve both service quality and availability. As to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010395753
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Upstream regulation in mature network industry : evidence from Nordic mobile telecommunications markets
Jun, Jooyong; Byun, Jeong Wook; Yeo, Eunjung - In: Applied economics letters 25 (2018) 17, pp. 1230-1236
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Satisfaction and protection of individual mobile telecommunications consumers : need for regulation? ; [prepared for presentation at the European Regional Conference of the Interna...
Gijón Tascón, Covadonga; Garín-Muñoz, Teresa; … - 2012
Mobile telecommunications markets have been studied primarily from the perspectives of mobile telecom operators, market … research questions of the project are whether, and to what extent, individual consumers of mobile telecommunications are … can increase the efficiency of the industry and the welfare of telecommunications consumers. The specific research …
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A model of international roaming regulation and competition in European mobile markets
Baranes, Edmond; Cuong Hung Vuong - 2021
This paper investigates the impacts of the current roaming rules on domestic competition and welfare. We consider a model for two countries in which each country has two operators that compete in the retail market for access services and also in the wholesale market for roaming. We first derive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012804890
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Competition and Regulation in China's 3G/4G Mobile Communications Industry - Institutions, Governance, and Telecom SOEs
Xia, Jun - 2015
regulatory imperatives in the Chinese telecommunications industry, currently there is no consistent pattern offered in the … China's SOE system in the telecommunications sector; and (3) original first attempt in identifying different roles of …'s formal and informal institutional environment in general and for telecommunications in particular. Measurements developed in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013037237
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Benefits of regulation vs. competition where inequality is high : the case of mobile telephony in South Africa
Hawthorne, Ryan; Grzybowski, Lukasz - 2019
We test for the distributional effects of regulation and entry in the mobile telecommunications sector in a highly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029118
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Competition vs. Regulation in Mobile Telecommunications
Stennek, Johan; Tangerås, Thomas - 2013
This paper questions whether competition can replace sector-specific regulation of mobile telecommunications. We show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014217206
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Mobile Termination, Network Externalities, and Consumer Expectations
Hurkens, Sjaak; Lopez, Angel Luis - 2010
We re-examine the literature on mobile termination in the presence of network externalities. Externalities arise when firms discriminate between on- and off-net calls or when subscription demand is elastic. This literature predicts that profit decreases and consumer surplus increases in...
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Impact of competition and regulation on prices of mobile services : evidence from France
Grzybowski, Lukasz; Nicolle, Ambre; Zulehner, Christine - 2017
hedonic price regressions using data on tariff plans offered by the main mobile telecommunications operator in France between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011774522