Fixed-to-mobile substitution : effects of mobile broadband subscription on fixed broadband termination

Supanika Leurcharusmee, Jirakom Sirisrisakulchai, Komsan Suriya, Chutipong Keesookpun, Pratompong Srinuan

Motivation, background and problem statement: Fixed and mobile broadband substitutability has recently been a debate in the telecom industry as the issue affects infrastructure investment decisions of service providers and service obligation regulation decision of telecom authorities. Previous studies have debated over both the definition of substitutability, measurement and the conclusions. Theoretically, substitution is the demand side concept measured using the cross-price elasticity. With a unique dataset, this study takes a simpler approach to examine the fixed-to-mobile substitution. Instead of examining the problem through the estimation of cross-price elasticity, this study estimates the impact of users’ mobile broadband subscription on their decision to terminate fixed broadband subscription...

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Year of publication:	2017
Authors:	Supanika Leurcharusmee ; Jirakom Sirisrisakulchai ; Komsan Suriya ; Keesookpun, Chutipong ; Srinuan, Pratompong
Published in:	Mapping ICT into transformation for the next information society : the 14th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference : June 24-27, 2017 : Kyōto, Japan
Publisher:	Kyōto, Japan : International Telecommunications Society
Subject:	Fixed to mobile substitution \| fixed broadband termination \| endogenous switching regression \| Breitbandkommunikation \| Broadband communications \| Mobilkommunikation \| Mobile communications \| Netzregulierung \| Access regulation \| Substitutionsgüter \| Substitute goods \| Telekommunikationspolitik \| Telecommunications policy \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| Telekommunikationsnetz \| Telecommunications network \| Telekommunikationspreis \| Telecommunications price