One emerging business model for Internet service providers (ISPs) is to allow content providers (CPs) to subsidize Internet access for end consumers. In the present study, we develop a game-theoretical model to analyze the effects of this sponsorship of consumer data usage. The findings indicate...

We analyze firms' incentives to bundle and tie in the telecommunications industry. As a first step, we develop a discrete-choice demand model where firms sell products that may combine several services in bundles, and consumers choose assortments of different types of products available from...

We study bilateral cross-licensing agreements among N( 2) firms that engage in competition after the licensing phase. It is shown that the most collusive cross- licensing royalty, i.e. the one that allows the industry to achieve the monopoly pro.t, is sustainable as the outcome of bilaterally...