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- Title
Value of Number Portability on Internet Phones.
- Authors
Jung Eun Ku; Sang Woo Lee; Tchanghee Hyun
- Abstract
Even though Internet phone service (IPS) continues to evolve in terms of quality and competitive pricing compared with the public switched telephone network (PSTN), the number of Internet phone subscribers is still low in South Korea. The Korean government decided to apply number portability to the IPS market in 2008. This study expresses its value in monetary terms with a contingent valuation approach. With this methodology, this study investigates the willingness of 316 current PSTN subscribers to pay for IPS, using a specific survey method called double-bounded dichotomous choices, to obtain more accurate data. The results show that the calculated value of Internet phone number portability positively impacts consumer welfare.
- Subjects
INTERNET; TELEPHONE systems; TELECOMMUNICATION systems; WIDE area networks; COMPUTER networks; ELECTRONIC systems; TELECOMMUNICATION; MOBILE communication systems
- Publication
ETRI Journal, 2010, Vol 32, Issue 1, p169
- ISSN
1225-6463
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4218/etrij.10.0209.0356