Access regulation and infrastructure investment in the mobile telecommunications industry

Kim, Ji‐Hwan; Kim, Yun-Hee; Gaston, Noel; Lestage, Romain; Kim, Yeonbae; Flacher, David

doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2011.08.004

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“…As a result, there is an inverted U relationship between competition and investment in the telecommunication industry. This relationship highlighted by (Aghion, Bloom, Blundell, & gri¢ th, 2005) between competition and innovation has been extended between competition and investment in several empirical studies (Friederiszick, Grajek, & Röller), (Kim, Kim, Gaston, Lestage, & Kim Y & Flacher, 2011).…”

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Static and Dynamic Causes of the Decline in the Price of Mobile Telecommunication Services

Jeanjean

2013

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Abstract Telecommunication industry is characterized by a sharp fall in unit price which highly bene…ts to consumers. This article aims to identify the main parameters that lead to such a fall. Using a 13-countries wireless market dataset, it shows that investment actually drives the exponential growth of tra¢ c. As the growth of revenues are much lower, the price of MByte decreases sharply.Telecom operators need some margin to invest. The increased margin increases subscription price, however, in the same time, it also increases investment. The paper shows that the impact on investment highly outweighs the impact on subscription price. As a result, the overall impact of increased margin is the fall of Mbyte price. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 75%

Static and Dynamic Causes of the Decline in the Price of Mobile Telecommunication Services

Jeanjean

2013

SSRN Journal

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“…The negative effect of MNS implementations can best be measured qualitatively. Previous studies have identified several problems with network sharing [5], [10], [11], [14], [21]. Four competition-harm factors measure the negative effect of MNS implementations in this study, including the suppression of FBC, increased government regulation, reduced QoS, and hindered service innovation.…”

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Multi-criteria Evaluation of Mobile Network Sharing Policies in Korea

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Ciganek³

2014

ETRI J

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Mobile operators in saturated markets increasingly favor mobile network sharing (MNS) over facility‐based competition. Previous research examining MNS primarily focused on its positive effects, while the negative effects were largely overlooked. This study proposes a decision‐making model using an analytic hierarchy process technique to evaluate decision‐making criteria among various types of MNS policies. The decision‐making model was applied to Wireless Broadband services in Korea to determine the relative importance of both positive and negative evaluation criteria and preference among multiple types of MNS policies. Positive evaluation criteria (that is, efficiency) were far greater in importance than negative evaluation criteria (that is, competition harm). The preference for adopting MNS among five alternative approaches was also revealed. The study findings offer immediate policy insights in Korea and provide a decision‐making framework for policy makers in other countries to utilize.

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“…Offering services based on ownership of network operations requires access to spectrum, which is a scarce resource [36]. In recent years, some national regulatory bodies have allowed mobile operators that do not possess their own frequency spectrum and infrastructure to lease the network facilities from Mobile Network Operators or MNOs [19]. MVNOs are a current ad hoc market solution for limited supply of spectrum, high demand for mobile services and regulatory desire for increased competition.…”

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“…Using MVNOs to empirically examine whether a regulatory policy promoting competition undermines the dynamic efficiency of the sector in terms of investment, [19] finds that granting market access to MVNOs may have unwanted consequences. In particular, it may lead to smaller infrastructure investment by incumbent MNOs, which may lead to undesirable results in the long-term, such as as delayed deployment of advanced networks, poor service quality, and slow technological advances.…”

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Hierarchical spectrum market and the design of contracts for mobile providers

Carvalho

Gupta

Kar

2013

SIGMOBILE Mob. Comput. Commun. Rev.

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In this paper, we propose a hierarchical market structure and contracting mechanisms that could be used by wireless/mobile service providers to trade spectrum and spectrum-derived services with each other. This market advances beyond the current contracting mechanisms between service providers that, due to availability of only long-term contract choices, do not lead to efficient utilization of spectrum resources and service innovation for the customers. We describe the spectrum market structure in terms of the role of the providers and the different spectrum contract types that could be traded in the marketplace. Finally, the role and function of present day mobile virtual networks operators (MVNO) and the mobile network operators (MNO) are discussed from the context of the proposed market structure.

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Access regulation and infrastructure investment in the mobile telecommunications industry

Cited by 34 publications

References 41 publications

Static and Dynamic Causes of the Decline in the Price of Mobile Telecommunication Services

Static and Dynamic Causes of the Decline in the Price of Mobile Telecommunication Services

Multi-criteria Evaluation of Mobile Network Sharing Policies in Korea

Hierarchical spectrum market and the design of contracts for mobile providers

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