Discussion Papers

Former established operators are losing market shares in favour of other providers. Tight oligopolies could characterized future telecommunication…

Margin squeezes applied by market-dominating companies are one of the main obstacles to competition for NGA based retail services.

Market analysis for OTT services is challenging and complex. Traditional concepts have to be modified. Instant messaging services are the most popular…

WIK publishes a discussion paper investigating the likelihood of "dirt road" effects in the Best Effort Internet. Moreover, approaches that are…

Data are by no means the new oil. WIK’s Discussion Paper No. 414 describes the actual impact of data collection, analysis and usage on competition,…

4.6 million Connected Cars are on the German streets. Every second new car features this technology. The collected data enable new business models…

The delivery of e-commerce items from China in Germany at low transfer prices (called ‘terminal dues’), regulated by the Universal Postal Union, has…

With a systematic analysis we study the role of access regulation as well as supply and demand side factors on the individual market performance of…

Multi-sided markets create new challenges for competition and regulatory authorities. Traditional norms for competitive and welfare maximising prices…

Consumers‘ move to OTT service is less about like-for-like substitution than an evolution in their behaviour

The study examines empirically the changes in the voice traffic volume growth in mobile communications and between fixed and mobile networks due to…

German parcel operators are extending their parcel shop networks significantly. They compete for locations and operators, especially in rural areas.…