Tight oligopoly mobile markets in EU28 in 2016
December 2016
Update of the Tight oligopoly 2015 report (
link).
Fixed-line broadband interest, zero-rating video and big telco ownership impedes competition in mobile markets
- Fixed-centric operators sell 8 times less gigabytes for €30 than mobile-centric operators
- Operators that zero-rate video sell 8 times less gigabytes for €30 than operators that do not zero-rate video
- Operators that are owned by EU’s big telcos (Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Orange and Telefonica) sell 4 times less gigabytes for €30 than operators that are not owned by big telcos
- The gap between the gigabytes sold for an affordable price by mobile-centric operators versus fixed-centric operators has grown considerably during 2016
- The gap between the gigabytes sold for an affordable price by operators that do not zero-rate video versus operators that do has grown considerably during 2016
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2016
spectrum
networkeconomics
pricing
merger
mobile-first
zero-rating
Germany
DeutscheTelekom
Vodafone
Telefonica
Orange