Is disruption the second time around harder to do? The entry of Iliad into the Italian telecommunications market

Konferenzbeitrag

Although market entry has been a longstanding feature of mobile telecommunication markets, relatively few entrants have transformed the market(s) that they have entered. One such company is CK Hutchison, while another is Iliad, whose entry into the French mobile market profoundly and irrevocably changed it. This paper explores whether Iliad has been able to repeat this initial 'success' of disrupting the French market when it entered a second large European market, namely, Italy. We begin by outlining the circumstances that led to the entry of Iliad into the Italian market, and then chart is development as a new entrant. Through adopting such a longitudinal approach, we are able to demonstrate how Iliad has encountered numerous challenges and has adopted a different approach to that which was so success in France. We conclude that disruption the second time around is more difficult to achieve.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: 31st European Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS): "Reining in Digital Platforms? Challenging monopolies, promoting competition and developing regulatory regimes", Gothenburg, Sweden, 20th - 21st June 2022

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Iliad ; disruption ; Italy ; mobile telecommunications

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Yang, Shengxing ; Vialle, Pierre ; Whalley, Jason
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): International Telecommunications Society (ITS)
• (where): Calgary
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/265674
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET