M. R. Narayana
SUBSTITUTABILITY BETWEEN MOBILE AND FIXED TELEPHONES: EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIA
Institute for Social and Economic Change
substitutability mobile fixed phones become important consequence telecom sector deregulation india since 1991 paper estimates socioeconomic determinants household demand mobile fixed phones tests substitutability mobile fixed phones based binary logit model using small sample survey data karnataka state south india results show nature magnitude determinants different mobile fixed phones estimated cross price elasticity offers empirical evidence substitutability rather complementarity fixed mobile phone services evidence symmetric mobile fixed phone models empirical results shown implications policy discussion subsidization access deficit charge bases universal service obligation view rapid changes telecom market periodic nationally representative survey may necessary generalize conclusions implications paper