Getting Connected: Competition and Diffusion in African Mobile Telecommunications Markets

Getting Connected: Competition and Diffusion in African Mobile Telecommunications Markets

The author studies the determinants of the diffusion of mobile telecommunications in Africa in a fixed effects model. He uses data from 1987-2000 on 41 African countries that have adopted cellular telecommunications technologies. He finds that comp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gebreab, Frew Amare
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
CAPITAL CITIES
COMPETITION POLICY
COMPETITIVE MARKETS
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRY CONTEXT
DUOPOLY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
INCOME
INEFFICIENCY
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES
MULTINATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
NATURAL MONOPOLY
NETWORK EXTERNALITIES
OIL
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
PER CAPITA INCOME
PHONES
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR MANAGEMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR
REAL GDP
REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
REGULATORY CAPTURE
REGULATORY REGIMES
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PENETRATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES
TRANSACTION COSTS
UNDERDEVELOPMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
URBANIZATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
MARKET COMPETITION
CELLULAR MOBILE PHONES
CELLULAR TELEPHONE
PREEMPTION
DIFFUSION OF TECHNOLOGY
DIFFUSION PROCESSES
DIGITAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
OPERATORS
MARKET PENETRATION
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
OWNERSHIP
SUBSCRIBERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/1953634/getting-connected-competition-diffusion-african-mobile-telecommunications-markets
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14261

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/1953634/getting-connected-competition-diffusion-african-mobile-telecommunications-markets
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14261

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