CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Tóth, Bence |
|---|---|
| Title | Assessing network sharing agreements: why competition concerns are outweighed by efficiency benefits? |
| Summary | In this paper I examine why network sharing agreements are prevalent in the mobile telecommunication industry, and specifically how they should be assessed from the competition point of view. For this, I briefly sum up the general features of the industry and identify the factors that incentivize operators to engage in network sharing agreements. Furthermore, I also discuss competition concerns and analyze the competition investigations from the UK, Germany, Denmark and Austria. I present, how competition policy can mitigate the possible problems even in case of an extended sharing agreement, thus ensuring the equal chances for deploying new networks. Although, competition policy was rather lenient towards sharing agreements, it also often use remedies in order to keep the wholesale market open, which can be regarded as unnecessary, if the general efficiency arguments are valid. |
| Supervisor | Ádám Török |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/toth_bence.pdf |
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