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Mobile Usage baskets to measure ICT Sector Performance

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  • Esselaar, Stephen
  • Stork, Christoph

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This paper aims to address two questions. Firstly, whether the OECD mobile usage baskets from December 2017 are suitable tools to measure ICT sector performance in developing countries and, secondly, to identify issues that require a regulatory or policy response. This paper uses prices collected in January 2018 from 100 countries, 547 mobile operators and 2560 prepaid products from the Global South to assess the suitability of the OECD basket methodology for ICT policy making and regulation. We propose a simple index that can be compiled using ITU data to measure the drivers of the separation of mobile access and service platforms.

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  • Esselaar, Stephen & Stork, Christoph, 2018. "Mobile Usage baskets to measure ICT Sector Performance," 22nd ITS Biennial Conference, Seoul 2018. Beyond the boundaries: Challenges for business, policy and society 190397, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
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    1. Oecd, 2012. "Methodology for Constructing Wireless Broadband Price Baskets," OECD Digital Economy Papers 205, OECD Publishing.
    2. Stork, Christoph & Esselaar, Steve & Chair, Chenai, 2017. "OTT - Threat or opportunity for African Telcos?," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 41(7), pages 600-616.
    3. Oecd, 2015. "Triple and Quadruple Play Bundles of Communication Services," OECD Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers 23, OECD Publishing.
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