increased price competition in the market for bundles. Absent bundling, each firm can exploit its limited market power and …

high concentration, and ultimately monopoly. However, current economic theory and empirical evidence is insufficient to … Pricing Game - to identify when competition between communications networks is a sustainable market outcome. The Network … results of The Network Pricing Game show that the sustainability of competition between networks is influenced by initial …

structure, competition intensity, penetration rate and the level of technical advancement which determine a target amount of …. Competition promotes the incentives to invest and increases the target amount of investment, but, at the same time, it reduces the … margin. As long as the target amount is achieved, competition has a positive impact on investment; otherwise it has a …

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 …

the successful introduction of competition in the telecommunications sector. The main reason behind this success is that … telecommunications is in line with micro-economic theory, which predicts an increase in efficiency and lower prices when markets are … opened up to competition. The success in the telecommunications sector is often used as an argument for opening up other …

the successful introduction of competition in the telecommunications sector. The main reason behind this success is that … telecommunications is in line with micro-economic theory, which predicts an increase in efficiency and lower prices when markets are … opened up to competition. The success in the telecommunications sector is often used as an argument for opening up other …

We introduce a flexible model of telecommunications network competition with non-uniform calling patterns, which … previous predictions, jointly profit-maximizing access charges are set above termination cost in order to dampen competition …

reduces entry barriers and can increase competition. Using data from US markets from 1995 to 2004, we estimate the effects of … competition. However, controlling for actual competition, ISR authorization causes an average reduction in prices of 32.7 percent … promotes potential competition and lower prices in markets where the threat of hit-and-run entry is more credible …