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Date: October 2024 | Sector: Communications, media & payment systems | Expertise: Competition economics & appeals
Mobile takeaway: trick or treat?
The relationship between market concentration and investment is complex, especially telecoms. According to some, rising concentration may unleash scale economies and bolster investment, increase outputs and bolster rivalry enhanced efficiencies. On the other hand, as industries become more concentrated, market power rises and upward pressure on prices increases. These are the issues the Competition and Market Authority in the UK has been grappling with in its assessment of the merger between the mobile firms Vodafone UK and 3 UK.
Chris Doyle, a telecoms expert and senior advisor at CEPA has prepared a briefing note, which is available to download here. The note sets out the competition issues that mobile telecoms markets face, the concerns and potential remedies of the UK Competition and Markets Authority and a brief analysis of them.
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