Disruptive Activity in a Regulated Industry: The Case of Telecommunications

by Peter Curwen, Jason Whalley, Pierre Vialle

Overview

Theoretical and empirical work examining disruptive activity within industry has previously been restricted to the free market, even if an element of ad hoc government interference has occurred.  

In contrast, this book makes a unique evaluation of a situation that prevails across a significant part of the industrial sector where involvement is subject to the acquisition of an operating licence. Taking telecommunications as an illustrative industry, with a particular focus on mobile telecommunications, the book focuses on the regulatory bodies that are tasked with licence issuance. New entry is usually attempted by a single company, often with existing links within the telecommunications sector, and usually within a single country. This book provides detailed accounts of both the individual countries and international operators in question, while also including a case study of CK Hutchinson which has been associated with multiple country entries. It also examines how disruptive activity is evolving from its roots in the mobile sector to encompass so-called “quad-play” which includes fixed-wire broadband and pay-TV. 

Disruptive Activity in a Regulated Industry: The Case of Telecommunications will appeal to postgraduate researchers and academics in the fields of economics, innovation, regulation, and governance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789734744
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date:	07/11/2019
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter Curwen retired in 2017 to become a 'gentleman scholar'. He was previously Professor of Economics at Sheffield Hallam University, and Visiting Professor of Mobile Communications, first at Strathclyde Universityand subsequently at the Newcastle Business School.  
Jason Whalley is an international lecturer and consultant. Currently he is Professor of Digital Economy at the Newcastle Business School. He previously spent more than a decade at Strathclyde University.  
Pierre Vialle is Professor of Management at Institut Mines-Télécom Business School in France. He is Director of the School's Knowledge, Innovation & Network Dynamics (KIND) research group within the LITEM Lab.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Literature review 
Chapter 2. Case studies of disruptive activity 
Chapter 3. Mobile operator licensing in Europe: new entry and competition 
Chapter 4. European mobile: The doctrine of '4 networks good, 3 networks bad'  
Chapter 5. Multi-play as a disruptive strategy 
Chapter 6. Free Mobile: A disruptive new entrant shakes up the French market 
Chapter 7. India: A disruptive new entrant causes havoc 
Chapter 8. CK Hutchison: A disruptive force in mobile telecommunications 
Chapter 9. The multi-faceted nature of disruption

Editorial Reviews

This book uses case studies to analyze disruptive activity in telecommunications, focusing on the mobile sector, in various countries. After discussing the literature on disruptive behavior, it examines the document published by the UK telecommunications regulator Ofcom, and countries where disruption is occurring; mobile operator licensing in Europe; antitrust regulation in Europe; the issue of multi-play as a disruptive strategy; the disruption by Free Mobile in the French telecommunications market; disruption in the Indian mobile market; and the disruptor CK Hutchison.

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This book uses case studies to analyze disruptive activity in telecommunications, focusing on the mobile sector, in various countries. After discussing the literature on disruptive behavior, it examines the document published by the UK telecommunications regulator Ofcom, and countries where disruption is occurring; mobile operator licensing in Europe; antitrust regulation in Europe; the issue of multi-play as a disruptive strategy; the disruption by Free Mobile in the French telecommunications market; disruption in the Indian mobile market; and the disruptor CK Hutchison.

Annotation ©2019