Platform Competition in Telecommunications

Neil Gandal and Jeffrey Church

No 4659, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: In this Paper we consider the economics of platform competition in telecommunications. Platform competition occurs when different, sometimes incompatible, technologies compete to provide telecommunications services to end-users. Battles between competing technologies have been an important feature of telecommunications in the last twenty or so years. Examples of platform competition in telecommunications include wireless vs. wireline networks, competing wireless options, such as satellite vs. cellular, and, within cellular, different digital standards.

Keywords: Platform competition; Telecommunications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-10
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