The state of 5G&4G pricing in 50 EU&OECD mobile markets - 1H2025
2025
5G
4G
mobile
monthly
prices
gigabytes
markets
Portugal
DIGI
US
merger
consolidation
T-Mobile
Sprint
oligopoly
OECD
EU
Euro
3 MNOs
4 MNOs
3-MNO
4-MNO
April 2025
In markets with only 3 mobile network operators (3-MNO markets) where monthly prices for 5G&4G voice-data plans are in average 2-3x higher than in 4-MNO markets consumers pay every year billions of Euros in excessive fees ‘oligopoly rents’. This is a massive wealth transfer from consumers to operator executives/shareholders.
Contrary to the claim made by ICLE, T-Mobile and Sprint - the US mobile mavericks - have undeniably constrained the prices of Verizon and AT&T the last 5 years
2019
pricing
US
Verizon
ATT
DeutscheTelekom
Sprint
merger
September 2019
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