Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/142157 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
DICE Discussion Paper No. 221
Publisher: 
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Düsseldorf
Abstract: 
Developments in the EU telecommunications markets require a recurrent redesign of the regulatory framework for telecommunications services. In this regard, the analysis of the substitution effects between different types of telephony is the cornerstone of market definition and therefore of effective regulation. This paper explores the access substitution between fixed-lines, mobiles, and managed VoIP in a unified EU cross-country framework. We employ a half-yearly dataset for 20 EU countries for the 2008-2011 period and apply dynamic panel data methods. Our analysis demonstrates strong access substitution between fixed-lines and mobiles and provides indicative evidence on the substitution between fixed-lines and VoIP. Overall, we find evidence in favor of access substitution and therefore of joint market definition. Regulatory obligations imposed on the market for access to fixed telephone networks might therefore be redundant.
Subjects: 
Fixed-mobile-VoIP substitution
Telecommunications markets
(De)regulation
Market definition
Dynamic panel data analysis
JEL: 
C23
L43
L51
L96
ISBN: 
978-3-86304-220-2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
542.62 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.