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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2014
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
25th European Regional Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS): "Disruptive Innovation in the ICT Industries: Challenges for European Policy and Business" , Brussels, Belgium, 22nd-25th June, 2014
Verlag: 
International Telecommunications Society (ITS), Calgary
Zusammenfassung: 
This paper provides an empirical analysis how tariff diversity affects broadband uptake, utilizing a new data set with 1497 fixed-line and 2158 mobile broadband tariffs from 91 countries across the globe. An instrumental variable approach is applied to estimate the demand for fixed broadband internet access, controlling for various industry and socio-economic factors. The empirical results indicate that, first, in addition to lower prices and higher income, more tariff diversity additionally increases broadband penetration. Secondly, inter-platform competition and mobile broadband prices are not found to have a significant effect on fixed-line broadband penetration. This suggests that low prices, higher incomes and the diversity of broadband offerings are more important drivers of fixed broadband adoption than competition between various technologies (cable networks, fixed-line telephone networks, mobile networks).
Schlagwörter: 
Broadband prices
Tariff diversity
Broadband demand
Broadband penetration
Broadband uptake
Price discrimination
Inter-platform competition
JEL: 
L86
L96
Dokumentart: 
Conference Paper

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