RT Monograph
SR 00
A1 Aimene, Louise
A1 Guiffard, Jean-Baptiste
A1 Ivaldi, Marc
A1 Liang, Julienne
T1 Welfare Cost of Mobile Spectrum (Mis)allocation
YR 2023
FD 2023-02
VO 23-1407
SP 31
K1 spectrum allocation
K1 network investment
K1 market structure
K1 investment and
K1 competition
AB Conditions under which spectrum is allocated are significant in determining the market structure in the telecom sector which in turn affects the prices and the quality of mobile services. In a more concentrated market, the quantity of spectrum is less diluted, and operators can offer higher quality to their customers; In a more competitive market, consumers can benefit from a lower price but at the expense of less quality for each operator. To address this trade-off, we first fit a demand model of mobile telecommunications services on a unique panel database of 23 European MNOs; we then conduct counterfactual simulations to measure the effect on consumer surplus of different schemes of spectrum allocation in Germany. Reallocating additional spectrum to three instead of four operators is consumer welfare improving as increasing prices is compensated by larger improvement in quality.
T2 TSE Working Paper
PB TSE Working Paper
PP Toulouse
AV Published
LK https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/46779/
UL http://tse-fr.eu/pub/127828