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The roam-like-at-home regulation (RLAH) eliminated all mobile roaming surcharges to Eu-ropean consumers travelling … within the European Economic Area (EEA). We measure the causal impact of the regulation on EEA roaming traffic, using the … revenues. To evaluate the welfare effects of the regulation, we develop a framework that includes consumer surplus, retail and …
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wholesale roaming charges can be sensitive to this regulatory regime. Since introducing a fair use clause in roaming regulation …
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We evaluate the welfare effects of the Roam-Like-At-Home regulation, which drastically re-duced the price of accessing … impact of the regulation on different user segments. We estimate that around half of the gains stem from a reduction in … deadweight loss, i.e., new users accessing the mobile internet. We further show that the impact of the regulation varies with …
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The distinguishing feature of two-sided markets is that the pricing structure, that is, the relative prices charged to each side, matters. Regulators need to understand and account for the interdependence of prices in both sides. Some interventions that lower the prices on one side can result in...
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The European Court of Justice upheld the Roaming Regulation (717 2007), rejecting the challenge by the four largest … of proportionality and subsidiarity. The European Commission’s interim report on the second Roaming Regulation (544 2009 …
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and network effects. It argues that the regulation of mobile termination rates based on fully allocated costs, or “long …
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externalities and network effects. It shows that the regulation of mobile termination rates based on "long-run incremental costs …
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International mobile roaming has been subject to market interventions since the 1990s, first requiring operators to be provide customers with roaming, then trying to limit the increasing prices, that were seemingly immune to the effects of competition. The European Commission, in trying to...
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telephone calls, sending text messages, or using data services in other EEA countries. The regulation was designed to create a … digital domestic market without adversely affecting consumers. The regulation raises the expectation of changes in mobile …
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encourages infrastructure investments. The investment incentive of this regulation scheme has been multiply proven in the … lowers the investor’s termination rates but increases (in the absence of regulation), reduces (with LRIC regulation) or keeps … the competitors’ termination rates constant (with standard cost-based or price-cap regulation). Employing data for the …
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