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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011778001
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...
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Developments in the EU telecommunications markets require a recurrent redesign of the regulatory framework for … telecommunications services. In this regard, the analysis of the substitution effects between different types of telephony is the …
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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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Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are of particular interest for telecommunication companies that can significantly affect the interaction of economic agents. As a result of the growth in the number of connected devices, the introduction of cloud services and business applications it became...
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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...
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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 …
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particular in the telecommunications sector. Regulatory reforms and technological innovation fuelled expectations of robust …
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