Roaming and investments in the mobile internet market

Stühmeier, Torben

doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2012.03.006

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“…These authors go on to say that such collaboration among value network companies is critically important in enabling the acquisition of assets and the provision of any complementary services needed to meet the needs along the value network (Al-Debei & Avison 2007). Stuhmeier (2012) argues that the rollout of long-term evolution (LTE), also known as fourth generation (4G), has caused MNOs to embrace collaboration on infrastructure building or use the infrastructure or network sharing approach. Lange (2012) views 4G as the highly advanced mobile technology.…”

Section: Literature Review Cost In the Telecommunication Industrymentioning

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A supply chain cost reduction framework for the South African mobile phone industry

Mpwanya

Heerden

2017

SAJEMS

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Background: The costs incurred in the provision of products and services across the supply chain are on the rise in many industries, including the mobile phone industry. Despite this, there is limited information in South Africa on the perceptions of supply chain players regarding cost reduction in the mobile phone industry. Furthermore, there is currently no framework for reducing supply chain costs in the South African mobile phone industry.Aim: The purpose of this study is to explore supply chain costs in the South African mobile phone industry, and to develop a supply chain cost-reduction framework for the South African mobile phone industry.Setting: This study explores supply chain costs in four mobile phone companies operating in the South African mobile phone industry, of which three mobile network operators and one mobile retailing group. It uses semi-structured interview data collected in 2011.Method: This study adopted a qualitative case study design to understand supply chain costs and develop a supply chain cost-reduction framework for the South African mobile phone industry. Eight semi-structured interviews with managers of mobile phone companies were conducted. The data were analysed with the help of Atlas.ti, using an adapted three-phased analytical framework as suggested by Miles and Huberman (1994) and O’ Dwyer (2004).Results: The study found that consolidation of strategic relationships through collaboration and strategic alliances between MNOs and other supply chain players is one of the ways to drive costs down across the supply chain. Outsourcing of some of the support activities and retailers’ direct purchasing transactions from device manufacturers were also found to be other avenues for reducing supply chain costs in the industry.Conclusion: The study suggests that mobile network operators (MNOs) need to consolidate their strategic relationships by increasing the share of the network infrastructure, and emphasising the need to strive for operational efficiencies. This combined effort should result in significant cost reductions across the supply chain. The findings of this study provided some avenues that managers of mobile-phone companies could consider to drive costs down supply chain-wide and service end-users at lower rates. The findings of this study could also help regulating authorities to get insights into supply chain cost reduction and develop appropriate mobile phone policies in South Africa.

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Section: Literature Review Cost In the Telecommunication Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

A supply chain cost reduction framework for the South African mobile phone industry

Mpwanya

Heerden

2017

SAJEMS

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“…Operators are not cost-efficient when constructing their own networks, and services saturate the markets. Operators in developed countries are challenged to invest in [7]. Saturated telecommunication markets must consider diverse competitive solutions tailored to each country's unique communication environment.…”

Section: Competition Models In Telecommunications Marketmentioning

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“…Demand for shared LTE networks has increased as the need for greater efficiency in network building and operations increased. Spain, Sweden, and Germany have considered MNS to develop their LTE networks [7].…”

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Multi-criteria Evaluation of Mobile Network Sharing Policies in Korea

Song¹,

Zo²,

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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“…To our knowledge, a very limited amount of research work exists on the analysis of the enforcement of free roaming, and even on roaming in general. We can cite [7], but it is rather focusing on national roaming of customers and cooperation among operators. Recently, we have designed and analyzed in [4] a model looking at a single ISP optimizing its pricing strategies, both in case of paid and free roaming, and comparing them.…”

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How does imposing free roaming in EU impact users and ISPs' relations?

Maillé

Tuffin

2017

2017 8th International Conference on the Network of the Future (NOF)

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Starting in June 2017, roaming within Europe will become free for mobile phone users, as an enforcement of the European parliament. The goal being to obtain a unified digital market: this seems at first sight to largely benefit to users, who will not have to worry about their usage abroad. We design in this paper a model analyzing the impact of free roaming enforcement on users and ISPs' pricing strategies, with respect to paid roaming to verify this assumption. We particularly focus on the strategies on transit payments between ISPs in different countries. We highlight that scrutiny is required since, depending on parameters, consumer surplus or subscription penetration are not necessarily maximized if free roaming is enforced.

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Roaming and investments in the mobile internet market

Cited by 14 publications

References 35 publications

A supply chain cost reduction framework for the South African mobile phone industry

A supply chain cost reduction framework for the South African mobile phone industry

Multi-criteria Evaluation of Mobile Network Sharing Policies in Korea

How does imposing free roaming in EU impact users and ISPs' relations?

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