... prices in Pakistan, the fifth most populous and developing country. Design/methodology/approach This study has been conducted in Punjab province, which shares about 53% of the Pakistan’s population. Hedonic price analysis was carried out on all new mobile phone attributes sold in Punjab’s markets...

... international MI access services are derived from a literature review. They are empirically addressed by analyzing survey responses obtained for a sample of 496 German-speaking MCS users. Findings – Customers who actively seek for IR price information, consider IR services to be useful, exhibit high use...

... models are likely to be successful in the African context. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses data from nationally representative ICT household surveys conducted in 12 African countries in 2012. These data are complemented by an OECD broadband pricing methodology and data...

... regulations, of the market developments in the EU and beyond, and an identification of the policy and regulatory options. Findings The new Commission is constrained by the decision not to use a competition law approach and the lack of a robust market definition, and thus a further period of price...

... for telecommunications services, while competing with a cable firm in the market for video broadcasting services. Services may differ in quality. For the firms, the provision of high‐quality services is more costly than the provision of low‐quality services. Conversely, consumers have a greater reservation price...

.... This obfuscates the costs of the different services in an overall sunk cost. When deploying a new service over the network it is important to know the price that will cover the costs incurred by this service. This paper aims to investigate different approaches to calculate this price, to propose an optimal...

...Phillippa Biggs; Tim Kelly Purpose This article seeks to consider why broadband technologies have been so successful in reaching such a large number of new users so quickly, and what characteristics of its pricing have made this possible. Design/methodology/approach Examines...

... vary substantially in different regions of the country. Provides a preliminary exploration of the role of potential profit in explaining the extent of overall CLEC activity. Also considers the role of prices in explaining variation in CLEC operating mode, and discuss possible additional determinants...

.... This was done in an environment where the local exchange carriers (LECs) subject to price caps were earning a rate of return in excess of 22 percent, with the rate of return on an upward trend. By 2002, the average rate of return across all price cap LECs topped 35 percent. The question that is investigated...

...Rob Frieden Tracks the evolution of Internet interconnection and charging arrangements, drawing comparisons with telecommunication carriers’ arrangements. Focuses on how pricing arrangements could change ISP relationship’s nature from peer‐ to hierarchy‐based systems. Spotlights Internet basics...