Market Configuration and the Success of Mobile Services

2009 ◽  
pp. 696-711
Author(s):  
Jarkko Vesa
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Mobile Services ◽  
Industry Evolution ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Mobile Industry ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

This chapter introduces a novel analytical framework called Mobile Services Matrix (MOSIM), which is used as the basis of a comparative analysis between the Japanese and the Finnish mobile services markets. The results indicate that as the mobile industry shifts from highly standardized voice services towards more complex mobile data services, the vertical/integrated market configuration (i.e., the Japanese model) appears to be more successful than the horizontal/modular configuration (i.e., the Finnish model). A brief overview of the UK market shows that the leading UK mobile network operators are transforming the industry towards a more vertical, operator-driven market configuration. The role of national regulatory framework in this industry evolution process is discussed.

Market Configuration and the Success of Mobile Services

2011 ◽  
pp. 253-269
Author(s):  
Jarkko Vesa
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Mobile Services ◽  
Industry Evolution ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Mobile Industry ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

This chapter introduces a novel analytical framework called Mobile Services Matrix (MOSIM), which is used as the basis of a comparative analysis between the Japanese and the Finnish mobile services markets. The results indicate that as the mobile industry shifts from highly standardized voice services towards more complex mobile data services, the vertical/integrated market configuration (i.e., the Japanese model) appears to be more successful than the horizontal/modular configuration (i.e., the Finnish model). A brief overview of the UK market shows that the leading UK mobile network operators are transforming the industry towards a more vertical, operator-driven market configuration. The role of national regulatory framework in this industry evolution process is discussed.

Known by the Network

2003 ◽  
pp. 171-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart James Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Strategic Issues ◽  
Data Services ◽  
Asset Tracking ◽  
The Media ◽  
Revenue Streams ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

The use of mobile telecommunications devices for commercial transactions, coined mobile (m-) commerce, has been an emerging trend since the late 1990s. As the phenomenal growth of the Internet and mobile devices has continued unabated, the inevitable convergence of these two streams of technologies has occurred, promising a plethora of mobile data services to the handset user. Although these services have been considerably hyped in the media, and adoption has been somewhat patchy and limited, it does signal the emergence of a range of innovative value added services. With further developments in technology and markets, further services will appear, bringing new revenue streams. One potential area of m-commerce development is in location-based services (LBS). LBS are heralded as the next major class of value added services that mobile network operators can offer their customers. Using a range of network- and handset-based positioning techniques, operators will be able to offer entirely new services and improvements on current ones. Popular examples cited include emergency caller location, people or asset tracking, navigation, location-based information, or geographically sensitive billing. The purpose of this chapter is to examine the technologies, applications and strategic issues associated with the commercialisation of LBS. The chapter concludes with some predictions on the role of LBS in m-commerce.

Mobile Services in the UK

2011 ◽  
pp. 178-193
Author(s):  
Jarkko Vesa
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Network ◽  
Mobile Services ◽  
Mobile Telephony ◽  
Number Portability ◽  
Specific Regulation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Telecom Sector ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
Mobile Network Operators ◽  
Mobile Market

On New Year’s Day 1985, Ernie Wise made Britain’s first cellphone call. Now, less than two decades later, most people in this country have a mobile and every sixth person in the world owns one. They have launched revolutions, saved lives, destroyed relationships and, of course, spawned a whole new genre of utterly pointless communication. (The Guardian, November 11, 2002) The UK mobile market is one of the most advanced — if not the most advanced — mobile market in Europe. This is understandable when keeping in mind the long tradition of wireless communications in the country already in the analog era of mobile telephony. The UK was also among the first countries in Europe to open up the competition for mobile services, and to implement mobile number portability, which was introduced in early 1999 (Oftel, 2001). Mobile telephony services are also widely adopted in the UK. According to official statistics, more than 70 percent of the population used mobile phones in 2002. However, according to more recent estimates, mobile phone penetration is almost 100 percent in the UK (M-Commerce Chasm, Sept 27, 2004, p. 1). The competition in the UK is extremely intense as the five mobile operators (Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, mmO2, and the 3G-only operator Hutchison Whampoa) are trying to attract both new customers and to entice customers away from their current operators (Olla and Patel, 2002). Even Oftel, the regulatory authority in the UK, decided to remove the last remaining mobile telecom sector specific regulation in fall 2003, as there was no longer a need for regulation to promote competition in the mobile market: Consumers (due to the intensifying competition) got increasingly better deals and none of the five mobile network operators had significant market power in the UK market. Therefore, Octel removed the restrictions that were imposed on Vodafone and O2 to provide interconnection services (http://www.cellular.co.za, October 15, 2003).

Mobile Money and Mobile Technologies: A Structural Estimation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Dong ◽  
Sining Song ◽  
Sriram Venkataraman ◽  
Yuliang Yao
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Social Good ◽  
Mobile Money ◽  
The Past ◽  
Market Shares ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

Mobile money is a service bundled with mobile technology and a social good that promotes financial inclusion for the under-served populations. Although the effect of mobile money has been examined in the past, we look at the supply side effects as it is important for managers to understand the role of mobile money in both providing social good and making a profit. From 1G to 4G mobile technologies, mobile money consistently serves as a competitive advantage for mobile network operators (MNOs). However, this does not mean that the effect stays unchanged over the generations of mobile technology. Instead, when the 3G technology allows web browsing as a major upgrade of mobile functionality, MNOs with mobile money have a substantially larger set of options to differentiate from those without mobile money; and as a result, mobile money implemented with 3G and 4G leads to larger market shares than that with 1G and 2G.

scholarly journals Poverty as a Political Choice: a Comparative Analysis of Reports of the UN Rapporteur’s Visits to the UK and Spain

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Cummins ◽  
Emilio José Gómez-Ciriano
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis paper presents a comparative analysis of two reports by the UN Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, one for Spain and one for the UK. In both countries, austerity policies were introduced following the banking crisis of 2008. The UN Rapporteur reports highlight the damage that was done by welfare retrenchment. In particular, the reports document the impact of austerity on the most vulnerable individuals and communities. The paper uses Somers' (2008) conceptual model of citizenship as the basis for a comparative analysis of two reports. Somers' (2008) model of citizenship is a triadic one which sees the state, market and civil society as competing elements. Each one can serve to regulate and limit the influence or excesses of the other two. Somers argues that neoliberalism has seen the dominance of the market at the expense of the role of the state and the institutions of civil society. Austerity policies saw the market dominating. Having examined the context of the two reports and their conclusions, the paper discussed the implications for individual social workers’ practice and the role of social work as a profession in tackling poverty and marginalisation.

scholarly journals Auditors and regulatory work (1987–2013)

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 2088-2113
Author(s):  
David Collins ◽  
Ian Dewing ◽  
Peter Russell
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Financial Regulation ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Intensive Reading

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the jurisdictional expansion of audit into the area of UK financial regulation. The paper draws on the analytical framework of new audit spaces (Andon et al., 2014, 2015), which built on the concept of regulatory space (Hancher and Moran, 1989), and characterises this new audit space as regulatory work. Design/methodology/approach Through an intensive reading of a variety of publicly available documentary sources, the paper investigates the role of auditors and accountants in the reporting accountants’ and skilled persons’ regimes in the UK under the Banking Act 1987 and the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Findings The paper identifies a new audit space characterised as regulatory work, which is made up of three distinct phases (and suggests the recent emergence of a fourth phase), and considers the extent to which these phases of regulatory work share common themes across new audit spaces identified by Andon et al. (2015) as independence, reporting, accreditation and mediating. Originality/value The paper identifies a further jurisdictional expansion of audit into a new audit space, characterised as regulatory work.

Economic Framework of Tariffs’ Determination in Telecommunication Services: a Digital Business in an "Analogue" Environment?

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (6) ◽  
pp. 79-98
Author(s):  
Natalya Pavlova ◽  
Andrey Shastitko ◽  
Karina Ionkina
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Network ◽  
Telecommunications Industry ◽  
Mobile Services ◽  
Fixed Costs ◽  
Telecommunication Services ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
Economic Framework ◽  
Antitrust Legislation ◽  
Abuse Of Dominant Position ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

The article analyses the economic aspects of the application of antitrust legislation in the context of abuse of dominant position prohibition (primarily in the form of setting excessive prices) in industries that are characterized by a complexity of services both on the production side and on the demand side. Evidence from several recent antitrust cases against mobile network operators in Russia has shown that the analysis of prices for individual mobile services is incorrect outside the context of complex pricing under high joint fixed costs. The aim of this article is to explain the economic basis for changing the tariffs of telecommunication services in terms of antitrust legislation requirements. The article presents a direction for assessing the state of competition and the corresponding behavior of market participants (for example, attributes of determining excessive prices) taking into account the characteristics of the telecommunications industry, specially, the mobile services industry. Moreover, it is shown that mobile services exhibit the effects of active competition: a high quality of communication, high rates of innovative activity in the industry as a whole, as well as low prices.

The Role of Shariah Law in Islamic Financial Contracts in the UK and the US : A Comparative Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-255
Author(s):  
Apnizan Abdullah ◽  
Shahrul Mizan Ismail ◽  
Halila Faiza Zainal Abidin
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Financial Contracts ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals Independence and Fairness Analysis of 5G mmWave Operators Utilizing Spectrum Sharing Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mothana L. Attiah ◽  
A. A. M. Isa ◽  
Zahriladha Zakaria ◽  
M. K. Abdulhameed ◽  
Mowafak K. Mohsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spectrum Sharing ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Base Stations ◽  
Spectrum Utilization ◽  
Selection Scheme ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
Network Functionality ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

The spectrum sharing approach (SSA) has emerged as a cost-efficient solution for the enhancement of spectrum utilization to meet the stringent requirements of 5G systems. However, the realization of SSA in 5G mmWave cellular networks from technical and regulatory perspectives could be challenging. Therefore, in this paper, an analytical framework involving a flexible hybrid mmWave SSA is presented to assess the effectiveness of SSA and investigate its influence on network functionality in terms of independence and fairness among operators. Two mmWave frequencies (28 GHz and 73 GHz) are used with different spectrum bandwidths. Various access models have been presented for adoption by four independent mobile network operators that incorporate three types of spectrum allocation (exclusive, semipooled, and fully pooled access). Furthermore, an adaptive multi-state mmWave cell selection scheme is proposed to associate typical users with the tagged mmWave base stations that provide a great signal-to-interference plus noise ratio, thereby maintaining reliable connections and enriching user experience. Numerical results show that the proposed strategy achieves considerable improvement in terms of fairness and independence among operators, which paves the way for further research activities that would provide better insight and encourage mobile network operators to rely on SSA.

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