Evaluation of the welfare impact of regulating mobile termination rates in Portugal
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Data de Publicação: | 2014 |
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Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
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Resumo: | Following the European Commission’s 2009 Recommendation on the Regulatory Treatment of Fixed and Mobile Termination Rates in the EU, the Portuguese regulatory authority (ANACOM) decided to reduce termination prices in mobile networks to their long-run incremental cost (LRIC). Nevertheless, no serious quantitative assessment of the potential effects of this decision was carried out. In this paper, we adapt and calibrate the Harbord and Hoernig (2014) model of the UK mobile telephony market to the Portuguese reality, and simulate the likely impact on consumer surplus, profits and welfare of four different regulatory approaches: pure LRIC, reciprocal termination charges with fixed networks, “bill & keep”, and asymmetric termination rates. Our results show that reducing MTRs does increase social welfare, profits and consumer surplus in the fixed market, but mobile subscribers are seriously harmed by this decision. |
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Evaluation of the welfare impact of regulating mobile termination rates in PortugalTelecommunicationsMobile termination ratesRegulationWelfareFollowing the European Commission’s 2009 Recommendation on the Regulatory Treatment of Fixed and Mobile Termination Rates in the EU, the Portuguese regulatory authority (ANACOM) decided to reduce termination prices in mobile networks to their long-run incremental cost (LRIC). Nevertheless, no serious quantitative assessment of the potential effects of this decision was carried out. In this paper, we adapt and calibrate the Harbord and Hoernig (2014) model of the UK mobile telephony market to the Portuguese reality, and simulate the likely impact on consumer surplus, profits and welfare of four different regulatory approaches: pure LRIC, reciprocal termination charges with fixed networks, “bill & keep”, and asymmetric termination rates. Our results show that reducing MTRs does increase social welfare, profits and consumer surplus in the fixed market, but mobile subscribers are seriously harmed by this decision.NSBE - UNLHoernig, SteffenRUNGomes, Ana Margarida Lemos2015-06-30T00:30:07Z2014-052014-05-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/15056TID:201531399enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T03:50:38Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/15056Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:22:15.777011Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Evaluation of the welfare impact of regulating mobile termination rates in Portugal |
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Evaluation of the welfare impact of regulating mobile termination rates in Portugal |
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Evaluation of the welfare impact of regulating mobile termination rates in Portugal Gomes, Ana Margarida Lemos Telecommunications Mobile termination rates Regulation Welfare |
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Evaluation of the welfare impact of regulating mobile termination rates in Portugal |
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Evaluation of the welfare impact of regulating mobile termination rates in Portugal |
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Evaluation of the welfare impact of regulating mobile termination rates in Portugal |
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Evaluation of the welfare impact of regulating mobile termination rates in Portugal |
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Evaluation of the welfare impact of regulating mobile termination rates in Portugal |
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Gomes, Ana Margarida Lemos |
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Gomes, Ana Margarida Lemos |
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Hoernig, Steffen RUN |
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Gomes, Ana Margarida Lemos |
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Telecommunications Mobile termination rates Regulation Welfare |
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Telecommunications Mobile termination rates Regulation Welfare |
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Following the European Commission’s 2009 Recommendation on the Regulatory Treatment of Fixed and Mobile Termination Rates in the EU, the Portuguese regulatory authority (ANACOM) decided to reduce termination prices in mobile networks to their long-run incremental cost (LRIC). Nevertheless, no serious quantitative assessment of the potential effects of this decision was carried out. In this paper, we adapt and calibrate the Harbord and Hoernig (2014) model of the UK mobile telephony market to the Portuguese reality, and simulate the likely impact on consumer surplus, profits and welfare of four different regulatory approaches: pure LRIC, reciprocal termination charges with fixed networks, “bill & keep”, and asymmetric termination rates. Our results show that reducing MTRs does increase social welfare, profits and consumer surplus in the fixed market, but mobile subscribers are seriously harmed by this decision. |
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