The Mobile Phone Market in Bangladesh

Competition Matters

Bibliographic Data

ID2308066
AuthorsMohammad Abu Yusuf, Mohammad Abu Yusuf Mohammad Abu Yusuf (Monash University), Quamrul Alam (0000-0003-4167-9200, Monash University), Ken Coghill (0000-0002-6823-5223, Monash University)
Year2010
Volume45
Issue6
Pages610-627
Publication date2010-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0021909610373905
OpenAlexW2107192136
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited40

This article examines the role of regulation, competition and market structure on the success of mobile phone sector liberalization. The findings of the study suggest that deregulation of the telecommunications sector has generated competition and changed the market structure which has had a significant influence on mobile phone service pricing. However, limited liberalization, a concentrated market and a weak regulatory regime during 1997-2004 allowed mobile phone firms to keep mobile tariffs high. Since 2005, full liberalization of the mobile phone sector including the launching of a mobile phone service by a state-owned mobile firm and a strong rival as well as the emergence of an effective regulator brought stiff competition in the sector

Business · Competition (biology · Deregulation · Economics · Industrial organization · Liberalization · Market economy · Mobile phone · Mobile telephony · Phone · Telecommunications · Digital Platforms and Economics · Engineering · ICT Impact and Policies · Merger and Competition Analysis

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