Effects of OTT services on consumer's willingness to pay for optical fiber broadband connection in Thailand

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Over-the-top (OTT) media and communications services are shifting internet consumption towards the increase of traffic over the internet. Since FTTH provides the highest capacity and speed of the broadband service, this paper attempts to examine the impact of OTT services to consumers to subscribe FTTH as an efficient off-load option from mobile broadband. Main research questions are whether and how OTT services affect and drive consumers to adopt optical fiber broadband. It uses fuzzy data to derive consumer's willingness to pay (WTP) for optical fiber broadband connection. The results of the study indicate that movie over internet service as an OTT service drives people to adopt and be willing to pay more for FTTH connection. The paper also discusses the policy implication on the promotion of optical fiber broadband adoption in Thailand.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: 27th European Regional Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS): "The Evolution of the North-South Telecommunications Divide: The Role for Europe", Cambridge, United Kingdom, 7th-9th September, 2016

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Optical fiber ; Willingness to pay ; OTT services ; Fuzzy data

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Sudtasan, Tatcha ; Mitomo, Hitoshi
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): International Telecommunications Society (ITS)
• (where): Calgary
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/148709
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET