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Standardization In The Wireless Internet Market: Lessons From Japan And Korea

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  • Jeong‐Yoo Kim
  • Taehun Jung
  • Nae‐Chan Lee

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The wireless Internet market has been growing rapidly since NTT DoCoMo first introduced the service in 1999. This paper provides a framework within which the wireless Internet market can be analysed so as to draw valuable policy implications. We show that if platforms are standardized: (i) social welfare is increased with the rational expectation of larger installed bases; (ii) the neutrality of a revenue-sharing ratio that is valid for non‐standardized network platforms is affected; and (iii) the collusive interconnection charge is lower than the social optimum insofar as the population mass of content providers is less dense than that of Internet users.

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  • Jeong‐Yoo Kim & Taehun Jung & Nae‐Chan Lee, 2010. "Standardization In The Wireless Internet Market: Lessons From Japan And Korea," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 15(5), pages 620-636, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:pacecr:v:15:y:2010:i:5:p:620-636
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