In this paper I analyze the impact of regulatory policy on prices and demand for mobile telecommunications services across the European Union. I estimate a reduced form model of the mobile industry using panel data for the EU countries from 1998 to 2002. Among others, I find the following effects: liberalization of fixed telephone lines has a negative impact on prices and a positive impact on the demand for mobile services, and the introduction of mobile number portability has a negative impact on prices.

Regulation of mobile telephony across the European Union: an empirical analysis

In this paper we analyze determinants which affect the selection of mobile carriers in a post-conflict environment - Bosnia and Herzegovina. We apply relevant probability modelling to test perceptions of individual respondents on different network effects obtained through a targeted representative survey. Furthermore, we explore whether some non-traditional influences might affect costumers, focusing on the role of demographic characteristics. Our results confirm that conventional network effects have a role in carrier selection, although they are different across carriers. However, we identify that the ethnicity of respondents overwhelms the traditional network effects by having the highest magnitude in the model. Our findings show that the “ethnic affiliation” of mobile carriers, attributed by the users, remains a persistent factor in attracting and keeping telecommunication costumers in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Mobile Carrier Selection In A Post-Conflict Environment – The Primacy Of Ethnicity Over Conventional Network Effects

This article presents a review of the current state of an important financial indicator as well as some national intrinsic factors that drive money investment in the telecommunications sector in Ecuador. The review aims at analyzing and understanding those factors in the context of the upcoming presidential elections (February 19th 2017, and a possible second round of elections in April 2nd 2017). This project intends to give a general idea of whether the telecommunications sector will remain attractive for the investors or not depending on the economic and regulatory visions of the person taking office next May 2017. The financial analysis considers the calculation of the weighted average cost of capital over the last seven years and the national factors include political and social status of the nation to this date. Both will give a broad outlook of the profits earned by the telecommunication companies lately and aid interpret likely future changes in the sector. The findings give a high possibility of the telecommunications market to continue in full swing and become more open and inviting to new foreign investments.

Investing in the Telecommunications Sector in Ecuador: An Outlook Before the Upcoming Presidential Elections

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate different effects of three network externality factors, i.e. local network size, network strength, and total network size, on online messenger, online community, chat room and e‐mail services.Design/methodology/approach – In the paper hypotheses are tested with a regression model using a survey data collected from 107 MBA students at a business school in South Korea.Findings – The paper finds that the three network externality factors have different effects on the users' future usage intention for the four Internet services. Local network size is significant for online messenger services, local network size and network strength are significant for online community services, and total network size is significant for chat room services. For email services, none of the network externality factors are significant.Research limitations/implications – The paper shows that a total network size is an important network externality factor affecting the success of...

Network externality and future usage of Internet services

........................................................................................................................................... II TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................... III LIST OF FIGURES .............................................................................................................................. VII LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................................ IX LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................ XIV ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................................................................................... XV DECLARATION................................................................................................................................ XVI CHAPTER 1: Introduction and Overview .............................................................................................. 1 1.1. Foreword ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Motivations ................................................................................................................................... 2 1.3. Research Aim and Objectives ...................................................................................................... 2 1.4. Original Contributions to Knowledge .......................................................................................... 3 1.5. Published Papers ........................................................................................................................... 4 1.6. Structure of the Thesis .................................................................................................................. 4 CHAPTER 2: Literature Review and Background.................................................................................. 6 2.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina Telecommunication Sector Outlook