Analysis of the Factors of Mobile Broadband Adoption in OECD 34 All Member Countries and its Implication to Emerging Markets

摘要

The purpose of this paper is to analyze factors promoting mobile broadband adoption in OECD 34 all member countries and its implication to emerging markets. The data shows that since 2008 or 2009 when iPhone and Android firstly were launched, countries with low HHI in the mobile market tended to raise the mobile broadband adoption rate, while high HHI countires resulted in the lower adoption rate. Moreover, the mobile carriers firstly launched iPhone in each country gained the market share, while other carriers lost the share. As a result of panel data analysis, it is demonstrated that the mobile broadband adoption was promoted by launch of iPhone and Android via severer competition among mobile carriers. The estimation result also reveraled that the mobile broadband adoption was promoted by FTTH adoption ratio, which is the proxy of the potential availability of fiber backhauls between mobile center stations and mobile base stations. These results obtained by the analysis can provide important basis for broadband policy in emerging maeket, such as China and India.