Triple Play Time

Claude Hollander and Abraham Hollander
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Claude Crampes

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: Abstract: Digital convergence thrusts telephony, television and the internet into the socalled 'triple play' offerings, creating new forms of rivalry between cable operators and telephone companies. Markets participants feel compelled to enter new industries to survive, even though their core competencies are limited to their primary market. The outcome of triple play competition is likely to depend on the speed of the development of new technologies and the adaptation of the regulatory environment. In the short run, telephone companies will enjoy an advantage attributable to switching costs. However, this advantage will erode as younger subscribers switch to telephony on the internet.

Keywords: triple play; bundling; digital convergence; broadband access; television and telephone (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H41 K23 L82 L86 L88 L96 O14 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-09
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Published in International Journal of Digital Economics 63 (2006): pp. 51-71

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