Konferenzbeitrag

Mobile-only consumers arise from heterogeneous valuation of fixed services

Mobile-only users are usually considered as a consequence of fixed-mobile substitution. Via a unique dataset based on a a large European country survey and consumers' invoice data, this study reveals heterogeneous preferences for fixed services among consumers. The data is fitted in a mixed logit model and willingness to pay (WTP) for fixed communications services are estimated. Results show that mobile-only consumers have a WTP for fixed services of 15 € per month, while the WTP of users of both fixed and mobile services is thrice higher. Considering that a typical monthly fee for fixed services is around 30 € the heterogeneous preferences for fixed services constitute an alternative explanation for the existence of mobile-only users, despite the complementarity of fixed and mobile broadband.

Language
Englisch

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

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Wirtschaft
Legal Monopolies and Regulation or Deregulation
Regulation and Industrial Policy: General
Telecommunications
Subject
fixed mobile dependence
heterogeneous preferences
substitution versus complementarity
mobile only

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Petulowa, Marc
Liang, Julienne
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
International Telecommunications Society (ITS)
(where)
Calgary
(when)
2016

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  • Konferenzbeitrag

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  • Petulowa, Marc
  • Liang, Julienne
  • International Telecommunications Society (ITS)

Time of origin

  • 2016

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