Evaluating mobile number portability policy in the Thai mobile telecommunications market

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pacharasut Sujarittanonta
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Telecommunications ◽  
Number Portability ◽  
Telecommunications Market

Mobile Number Portability in an Asymmetric Telecommunications Market

2010 ◽  
pp. 298-321
Author(s):  
Sang-Woo Lee ◽  
Myeong-Cheol Park ◽  
Dan J. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Regulatory Mechanisms ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications ◽  
Valuation Method ◽  
Number Portability ◽  
Telecommunications Market ◽  
Conclusion Section ◽  
Brand Effect

This study relies on a customer demand-based view to examine how mobile number portability affects competition in the Korean mobile telecommunications market. Using a contingent valuation method, we investigate 1,161 subscribers’ willingness to pay for mobile number portability. The findings show that there is a difference in demand for number portability among the subscribers to service providers. Unlike previous studies on number portability, the introduction of number portability to the market in which the brand effect of a dominant player exists would have an adverse effect on competition in the mobile telecommunications market. The study also shows that if the market structure is asymmetric with a strong, dominant player, some additional regulatory mechanisms are needed for the facilitation and the implementation of number portability in order to reduce the side effect of it. Implications and avenues for future research are discussed in the conclusion section of the chapter.

An empirical model of customer loyalty in the Jordanian Mobile Telecommunications Market

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamoun N. Akroush ◽  
Samer M. Al Mohammad ◽  
Majdy I. Zuriekat ◽  
Bayan N. Abu Lail
Keyword(s):  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Empirical Model ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications ◽  
Telecommunications Market

Investigating Switching Cost Roles in Determining Loyalty in the Mobile Telecommunications Market

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Qayyum ◽  
Do Ba Khang
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Switching Costs ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications ◽  
Perceived Service Quality ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Quality Value ◽  
Telecommunications Market

The paper evaluates various roles (direct antecedent, mediator or moderator) of perceived switching costs in determining customer loyalty in the mobile telecommunications market. Data were collected through a field survey of mobile phone users in Pakistan. Structural equation modelling was used to evaluate hypothesized relationships. Perceived switching costs were found to play all three roles. Findings suggest that perceived switching costs directly influence customer loyalty, mediate the impacts of perceived service quality, value, and trust on customer loyalty and negatively moderate the relationships of satisfaction and perceived service quality with customer loyalty. Implications of these findings are discussed.

China's Practice of Implementing a 3G Mobile Telecommunications Standard

2009 ◽  
pp. 140-151
Author(s):  
Mingzhi Li ◽  
Kai Reimers
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications ◽  
Economic Market ◽  
Political Market ◽  
Standardization Process ◽  
The Government ◽  
Telecommunications Market

This chapter analyses and evaluates the Chinese government’s 3G policy of supporting the creation and implementation of the country’s indigenous TD-SCDMA standard. On the supply side, the addition of a new standard has enriched choices available on the 3G mobile telecommunications market; however, on the demand side, the government had to force operators to adopt this standard due to their lack of interest in the new standard. Building on insights gained from North’s theory on the transaction costs of politics, the authors explain this standardization process as a result of interaction between the political market and the economic market which has ultimately been driven by ideology shifts that took place on multiple levels of China’s society in recent years. They contribute to the standardization literature by demonstrating how North’s theory can be used for integrating political and economic aspects in the analysis of standardization processes.

scholarly journals The tangled web of mobile telecommunication mergers: Hutchison Whampoa, Telefónica and BT

Info ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Curwen ◽  
Jason Whalley
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Mobile Telecommunication ◽  
Mobile Telecommunications ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Corporate Strategies ◽  
Telecommunication Companies ◽  
Telecommunications Market ◽  
The Uk

Purpose – This paper aims to demonstrate how consolidation within Europe’s mobile telecommunication markets requires willing buyers and sellers. Design/methodology/approach – After highlighting the resurgence in merger and acquisition (M & A) activity in mobile telecommunications, the paper draws on a variety of secondary sources to analyse the strategies of three companies. Findings – The paper highlights the interwoven nature of the strategies of three companies: BT, Hutchison Whampoa and Telefónica. BT has returned to the mobile telecommunications market in the UK, with the company it did not acquire being purchased by Hutchison. As Hutchison implements a “double or quits” strategy in Europe, it has acquired operations from Telefónica, which, in turn, has exited most of its non-Spanish European operations to focus on Latin America. Research limitations/implications – The paper relies on secondary data and thus highlights the challenges of doing so and the need for more information regarding M & As to be in the public domain. Practical implications – There is a need to adopt a sector-wide or regional approach for analysing the strategies of telecommunication companies. Originality/value – The paper uniquely provides an overview of three corporate strategies to show how they interact with one another.

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