The Diffusion of Mobile Telecommunications Services in the European Union

Harald Gruber and Frank Verboven

No 2054, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: We study the determinants of the diffusion of mobile telecommunications services in the European Union in a logistic model of technology diffusion. We find that the transition from the analogue to the digital technology during the early nineties, and the corresponding increase in spectrum capacity, has had a major impact on the diffusion of mobile telecommunications. The impact of introducing competition was also significant, during both the analogue and the digital period, though the effect was proportionately smaller. Finally, we find that countries which granted first licenses at later points in time, show a significant catching-up effect, though international convergence may be expected only by the year 2006. The empirical results remain robust when other possible determinants of diffusion are included, such as the size of the fixed network and GDP per capita.

Keywords: Mobile Telecommunications; Technology Diffusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L1 L86 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-01
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (15)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=2054 (application/pdf)
CEPR Discussion Papers are free to download for our researchers, subscribers and members. If you fall into one of these categories but have trouble downloading our papers, please contact us at subscribers@cepr.org

Related works:
Journal Article: The diffusion of mobile telecommunications services in the European Union (2001)
Working Paper: The Diffusion of Mobile Telecommunications Services in the European Union (1998)
Working Paper: The Diffusion of Mobile Telecommunications Services in the European Union (1998)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:2054

Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from
http://www.cepr.org/ ... ers/dp.php?dpno=2054

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Centre for Economic Policy Research, 33 Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DX.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by ().