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Mobile Telecommunications Market Regulations and Carrier Performance: The Korean Case

  • Park, Chu-Hwan (Department of Economics and Finance, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Han, Sung-Soo (Technology Strategy Research Division, ETRI) ;
  • Seok, Wang-Hun (Department of Economics and Finance, Yeungnam University)
  • Received : 2009.03.19
  • Accepted : 2009.10.19
  • Published : 2010.02.28
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Abstract

This paper qualitatively and quantitatively examines the effectiveness of regulations currently in place in the Korean mobile telecommunications market by comparing their intended objectives with the actual outcome, particularly with respect to the performance of market participants. The results show that the regulations have generally been effective in lowering the average revenue per user of carriers. However, the managed competition efforts of the government have also resulted in increased revenues for the top two carriers in the market without significantly affecting their general business operations.

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