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Measuring prices in the electronic communications market: some thoughts about non-linear tariffs for mobile phone calls
2011
Cuadernos Económicos de ICE
In this paper we show how two apparently similar ways to report mobile call prices: the average expenditure per minute and the average revenue per minute can differ in a striking way. The non-linearities of mobile tariffs, especially the widespread use of two part tariffs which consist of a minimum expenditure and call connection fees, underlie the difference between the two types of price proxies. Whilst average revenue per minute informs about operators yields, average expenditure per minute
doi:10.32796/cice.2011.81.6010
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