Title :
Investment in telecommunications markets
Author :
Yang Xiaohua ; Luo Yunfeng ; Wu Huiqiu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Control Sci. & Eng., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan
Abstract :
In liberalized telecommunications markets, the incumbent usually has to investment to improve the service quality. The incumbentpsilas incentives to invest in a network technology that increases consumerspsila willingness to pay for services is investigated in a model of a vertically integrated monopolist network provider who faces rival operators in the retail market. We find that different from the conclusion obtained before the spillovers have positive effect and regulation has negative effect on investment level.
Keywords :
investment; quality of service; telecommunication industry; integrated monopolist network provider; investment; retail market; service quality; telecommunications markets; Communication industry; Cost accounting; Cost function; Government; Investments; Monopoly; Narrowband; Pricing; Telecommunication control;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Circuits and Systems, 2008. ICCCAS 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Fujian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2063-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2064-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICCCAS.2008.4657728
