| Title: |
The impact of shared telecom infrastructure on digital connectivity and inclusion |
| Authors: |
Houngbonon, Georges Vivien; Ivaldi, Marc; Palikot, Emil; Strusani, Davide |
| Contributors: |
Unknown; Toulouse School of Economics (TSE-R); Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole); Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse)-Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE); Stanford University |
| Source: |
https://hal.science/hal-05212845 ; 2025. |
| Publisher Information: |
CCSD |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique: ProdINRA |
| Subject Terms: |
Mobile Telecommunications; Vertical Integration; Digital Technology Adoption; JEL: L - Industrial Organization/L.L1 - Market Structure; Firm Strategy; and Market Performance/L.L1.L14 - Transactional Relationships • Contracts and Reputation • Networks; JEL: L - Industrial Organization/L.L9 - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities/L.L9.L96 - Telecommunications; JEL: O - Economic Development; Innovation; Technological Change; and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development/O.O1.O14 - Industrialization • Manufacturing and Service Industries • Choice of Technology; [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance |
| Description: |
National audience ; A substantial number of individuals remains unconnected to the Internet despite an increasing emphasis on infrastructure-based competition. This paper investigates the impact of shared telecom infrastructure on digital connectivity and inclusion using a new dataset on mobile tower sharing transactions between 2008 and 2020, i.e., acquisitions of towers by independent companies from mobile network operators to be rented back to all operators. Estimates based on difference-in-differences with different timing of treatment suggest that these transactions resulted in a significant drop in the price of mobile connectivity as well as an increase in availability and uptake of mobile Internet, especially by rural households and women. Our findings suggest that increased competition intensity through reduced market concentration appears to be the main driver of these outcomes. |
| Document Type: |
report |
| Language: |
English |
| Availability: |
https://hal.science/hal-05212845; https://hal.science/hal-05212845v1/document; https://hal.science/hal-05212845v1/file/wp_tse_1427.pdf |
| Rights: |
https://about.hal.science/hal-authorisation-v1/ ; info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.51D89157 |
| Database: |
BASE |