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Fixed-mobile integration
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Resumo(s)
Often, fixed-line incumbents also own the largest mobile network. We consider
the effect of this joint ownership on market outcomes. Our model predicts that
while fixed-to-mobile call prices to the integrated mobile network are more efficient than under separation, those to rival mobile networks are distorted upwards,
amplifying any incumbency advantage. As concerns potential remedies, a uniform
off-net pricing constraint leads to higher welfare than functional separation and
even allows to maintain some of the efficiency gains.
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network competition on/off-net pricing integration call externality