I have analyzed 4-3 mobile mergers for many years across the world.
I have described the cases that the EU’s DG Competition has rejected and the cases that have been approved outside the EU. I have observed that competition authorities have limited understanding of the impact of technological development on competition in the telecommunications world.
Many countries in Asia have a history of very competitive mobile markets and very low prices. This is immediately obvious on the streets of Bangkok, Hong Kong or Bangalore. Mobile…
Consolidation is a key topic in the mobile industry. With successive levels of technology, players enter, exit, and evolve in the market. Strand Consult has studied this process for some…
It is not news to say that the EU faces a €150 billion network investment gap to reach its 2025 connectivity goals. The more interesting question is why European Commission…
The media is full of redundant, uninformed stories about the T-Mobile/Sprint deal in the United States. Most journalists, regulators, and analysts are rational, critical thinkers, but when it comes to…