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Competition in the German cellular market? Lessons of duopoly

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  • Stoetzer, Matthias-W
  • Tewes, Daniel

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By examining the empirical evidence of cellular market evolution in Germany, this paper evaluates the degree of intensity of competition at the level of network operation as well as service provision. Furthermore, the paper incorporates an analysis of the developments on the demand side. It is shown that operators have mainly concentrated their competitive efforts on qualitative service aspects, whereas price competition has been neglected. Following the entry of the third network operator, the hitherto collusive pricing behaviour has changed somewhat, but the operators yet avoid general price reductions in favour of price discrimination. On the level of service provision, the market turns out to be very competitive. Mergers and market exits on one side occur along with new entries on the other side.

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  • Stoetzer, Matthias-W & Tewes, Daniel, 1996. "Competition in the German cellular market? Lessons of duopoly," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 20(4), pages 303-310, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:20:y:1996:i:4:p:303-310
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    1. Joshua S. Gans & Stephen P. King & Julian Wright, 2005. "Wireless Communications," Monash Economics Working Papers archive-45, Monash University, Department of Economics.
    2. Bernd Skiera, 1998. "TACO: Eine neue Möglichkeit zum Vergleich von Mobilfunktarifen," Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, Springer, vol. 50(11), pages 1029-1047, November.
    3. Garcia-Vicente, Nicolas & Garcia-Swartz, Daniel D. & Campbell-Kelly, Martin, 2022. "What do we know about duopolies? Insights from the history of cellular phones," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(2).

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