Mobile termination rate, degree of asymmetry, and degree of substitutability are the elements which mostly characterise the mobile telecommunication market complexity. However, if mobile termination rate is considered as a primary item to be examined and regulated, the degrees of asymmetry and substitutability which characterise and define the structural aspects of the market are often not considered as strategic variable for the market competition. In this paper, a model has been defined to analyse the strategic consequences of the regulatory interventions on modalities about the adoption of mobile termination rates. The analysis of the results obtained by the model, based on numerical simulations, has been focused on retail price strategies, market shares erosion, and profit allotment of real and virtual mobile operators under variations of economic and structural characteristics, in the attempt of providing suggestions for decision, strategic and regulatory process.

Grimaldi, M., Cricelli, L., LEVIALDI GHIRON, N. (2013). Regulation of competition and access of mobile virtual network operators. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT, 13(3), 207-225 [10.1504/IJTPM.2013.054877].

Regulation of competition and access of mobile virtual network operators

LEVIALDI GHIRON, NATHAN
2013-01-01

Abstract

Mobile termination rate, degree of asymmetry, and degree of substitutability are the elements which mostly characterise the mobile telecommunication market complexity. However, if mobile termination rate is considered as a primary item to be examined and regulated, the degrees of asymmetry and substitutability which characterise and define the structural aspects of the market are often not considered as strategic variable for the market competition. In this paper, a model has been defined to analyse the strategic consequences of the regulatory interventions on modalities about the adoption of mobile termination rates. The analysis of the results obtained by the model, based on numerical simulations, has been focused on retail price strategies, market shares erosion, and profit allotment of real and virtual mobile operators under variations of economic and structural characteristics, in the attempt of providing suggestions for decision, strategic and regulatory process.
2013
Pubblicato
Rilevanza internazionale
Articolo
Esperti anonimi
Settore ING-IND/35 - INGEGNERIA ECONOMICO-GESTIONALE
English
Asymmetry among networks; Competitionmodel; Mobile termination rate; Mobile virtual network operator; Regulatory intervention; Substitutability among network
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Grimaldi, M., Cricelli, L., LEVIALDI GHIRON, N. (2013). Regulation of competition and access of mobile virtual network operators. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT, 13(3), 207-225 [10.1504/IJTPM.2013.054877].
Grimaldi, M; Cricelli, L; LEVIALDI GHIRON, N
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