BEREC REPORT ON IMPACT OF FIXED-MOBILE ... - berec - Europa

Table 1. Difference in offer characteristics between fixed and mobile services
Broadband - number of NRAs responding
to each category
Voice - number of NRAs responding to
each category
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Characteristic Option 0 Option 1 Option 2 Option 0 Option 1 Option 2 BB Voice
Difference in offer
characteristics
between fixed and
mobile services
1 2 19 1 4 17 19 19
Price (Level) 0 1 22 0 1 22 18 18
Price Structure 0 9 13 1 6 15 14 15
Downstream
bandwidth
0 2 20 N.A. N.A. N.A. 17 N.A.
Upstream bandwidth 2 11 9 N.A. N.A. N.A. 13 N.A.
Usage limitation
(Mb/minutes)
Limitation in the use of
applications (e.g.
Skype)
Inclusion of “free” fixed
minutes per month in
the offer
Inclusion of “free
mobile minutes per
month in the offer
Table 2. Market Structure & Strategy
0 8 15 9 9 4 15 3
6 14 3 N.A. N.A. N.A. 4 N.A.
15 5 1 6 11 5 0 6
14 5 1 5 12 6 1 7
Broadband - number of NRAs responding
to each category
Voice - number of NRAs responding to
each category
Already used
in retail
market
definition?
Characteristic Option 0 Option 1 Option 2 Option 0 Option 1 Option 2 BB Voice
Market structure &
Strategy
Do the major mobile
and fixed operators
belong to the same
group or have any kind
of agreement?
Competition level in
the fixed/mobile
services segment
Existence of an
aggressive strategy of
mobile/fixed operator
to gain critical mass in
the market
2 13 9 2 13 9 11 7
2 11 7 3 12 6 9 5
2 9 10 2 8 9 6 7
5 12 4 4 10 6 6 4
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