This paper pursues three goals. It first discusses why a mix of exclusive rights and open access regimes is the norm in many areas of resource allocation. Arguing that such coexistence can also be expected in spectrum, the paper identifies the determinants of the optimal mix of spectrum...

In the mid 1990s Mongolia has introduced competition in the telecommunications market by deregulating it and opening up its mobile communications market to foreign direct investments. Since this policy reform, mobile service penetration has grown fast, recently exceeding 100 % penetration rate...

This study explores the determinants of customer loyalty in the Korean mobile telecommunications market with the emphasis on customer satisfaction and switching costs as major predictors of customer loyalty. South Korea has now become one of the world’s most leading mobile service markets with...

This paper sets up a microeconomics model to analyze the market outcomes of two-part tariffs and three-part tariffs. Specifically, this paper compare the market outcomes of a single two-part tariffs to a single three-part tariffs under the assumptions that the market structure is monopolistic,...