The effects of banning permanence clauses in mobile phone markets

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-23 DOI:10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103141

Renzo Clavijo

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Abstract

Permanence clauses are a widespread tool used by mobile operators to keep consumers subscribed to their network. This type of contract imposes switching costs on consumers, typically through a minimum contract duration before the subscriber can leave the network or a penalty to be paid by the user if leaving before the minimum permanence expires. A ban on permanence clauses was ruled by 2014-Q3 by the regulator in Colombia. This paper proposes a difference-in-differences approach to gather reduced-form evidence about the effect of the ban on the Colombian mobile voice market. Evidence shows that the average revenue per user significantly drops by 30.92% due to the ban.

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禁止手机市场永久性条款的影响

永久条款是移动运营商广泛使用的一种工具，以保持消费者订阅其网络。这种类型的合同将转换成本强加给消费者，通常是通过用户可以离开网络之前的最短合同期限，或者如果用户在最短永久期限到期之前离开，则需要支付罚款。2014年第三季度，哥伦比亚监管机构颁布了一项永久性条款禁令。本文提出了一种差异中的差异方法来收集有关禁令对哥伦比亚移动语音市场影响的简化证据。有证据表明，由于禁令，每用户平均收入显著下降了30.92%。

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来源期刊

Telecommunications Policy 工程技术-电信学

CiteScore

10.80

自引率

12.50%

发文量

122

审稿时长

38 days

期刊介绍： Telecommunications Policy is concerned with the impact of digitalization in the economy and society. The journal is multidisciplinary, encompassing conceptual, theoretical and empirical studies, quantitative as well as qualitative. The scope includes policy, regulation, and governance; big data, artificial intelligence and data science; new and traditional sectors encompassing new media and the platform economy; management, entrepreneurship, innovation and use. Contributions may explore these topics at national, regional and international levels, including issues confronting both developed and developing countries. The papers accepted by the journal meet high standards of analytical rigor and policy relevance.