Deregulating fixed voice services? Empirical evidence from the European Union

Amela Šaric and Mirjam Lange ()

25th European Regional ITS Conference, Brussels 2014 from International Telecommunications Society (ITS)

Abstract: This paper deals with the relationship between the traditional fixed-line, mobile and Voice over IP telephony in the EU.We estimate the supply and demand for fixed-line telephony using data on 25 EU member states for the 2006:Q2 - 2011:Q4 period. Employing instrumental variable approach, we obtain the following results. First, lower prices of Voice over IP and mobile reduce the demand for fixed-line telephony. This indicates some demand-side substitution. Second, we find no relationship between Voice over IP and fixed-line prices. Third, there is a positive and significant relationship between mobile and fixed-line prices. Estimated own- and cross-price elasticities are in the inelastic range. Hence, calls to deregulate fixed-line telephony may be too premature.

Keywords: Fixed networks; Mobile services; Market definition; Hypothetical monopolist test; (De)regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 L43 L51 L96 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-com, nep-eur and nep-reg
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