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Applications such as iMessage, KakaoTalk, LINE, Signal, Skype, Snapchat, Threema, Viber, WhatsApp and WeChat have become an increasingly popular means of personal and business interaction. Surprisingly little academic effort has gone into understanding the nature and origin of these...
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Mobile-only users are usually considered as a consequence of fi xed-mobile substitution. Via a unique dataset based on a a large European country survey and consumers invoice data, this study reveals heterogeneous preferences for fixed services among consumers. The data is fitted in a mixed...
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This study evaluates the impact of competition on quality, innovation and price in Europe's mobile communications market during the 4G era (2011-18). Our results indicate that European mobile users in more concentrated markets benefitted the most from higher network quality, particularly with...
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). While the latter step is criticized as being in conflict with the deregulation decision, the nature of the remedy being on … philosophy of market regulation and deregulation: (i) First, does the regulator have a responsibility to pursue a regular … driving role for deregulation of fixed access and calling markets, which are freed from regulation including margin squeeze …
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This paper aims to investigate the main determinants of Telecommunications demand for European countries (EU). For this reason, a panel data set is used consisting of 19 EU countries over the period 1991-2010 capturing the years before and after the liberalization process. The goal is to clarify...
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To give the exchange of goods and services between the European Union (EU) and the United States (U.S.) new momentum the two parties are currently negotiating the transatlantic free trade agreement Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The aim is to create the largest free trade...
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