An Examination of Numerical Portability in Mobile Communication in Uruguay
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Keywords
Mobile number portability; telecommunications; Competition; Switching costs;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2025-02-03 (Industrial Competition)
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