Accounting for ARPU: New evidence from international panel data

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 521-532

  McCloughan, Patrick ^a   Lyons, Sean ^b  

^a Indecon International Economic Consultants   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Average revenue per user (ARPU); Competition; Mobile telecommunications; Significant market power; Telecoms policy; Telecoms regulation

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMPETITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

AVERAGE REVENUE PER USER (ARPU); SIGNIFICANT MARKET POWER; TELECOMS POLICY; TELECOMS REGULATION;

TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

EID: 33751023286     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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