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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0186-7202</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Estudios Económicos (México, D.F.)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Estud. Econ. (México, D.F.)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0186-7202</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[El Colegio de México A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S0186-72022020000200331</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24201/ee.v35i2.406</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Saturation levels of mobile telecommunication markets and optimal termination rates]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Niveles de saturación de los mercados de telecomunicación móvil y tasas de terminación óptimas]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ventosa-Santaulària]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daniel]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Elbittar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alexander]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Matías]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aguilar Huerta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>35</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>331</fpage>
<lpage>355</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0186-72022020000200331&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0186-72022020000200331&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0186-72022020000200331&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This paper analyzes the how the two main mobile telecommunication payment regimes, receiving party pays (RPP) and calling party pays (CPP), impact mobile telecommunication diffusion patterns; and provides evidence that a quadratic and concave relationship exists between mobile termination rate and the level of penetration of mobile telecommunications. We also find significant evidence that competition, political regime and internet use affect the saturation rate as well. Finally, we find that the global behavior of telecommunication markets has contributed to a reduction in the gap between the optimal and actual mobile termination rates in most countries.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Se analiza el impacto en los patrones de difusión de telefonía móvil de los dos principales regímenes de pago, receptor paga (RPP) y emisor paga (RPP y CPP, por sus siglas en inglés), y proporciona evidencia de que existe una relación cuadrática y cóncava entre la tasa de terminación móvil y la penetración del móvil telefonía. Encontramos también evidencia de que el impacto en la tasa de saturación de la competencia, el régimen político y el uso de internet es significativo. Además, en la mayoría de los países, el comportamiento global de los mercados de telecomunicaciones ha contribuido a reducir la brecha entre la tasa de terminación móvil óptima y la real.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[mobile markets and diffusion]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[saturation levels]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[mobile termination rate]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[L1]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[L5]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[L96]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[mercados de telefonía móvil y difusión]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[nivel de saturación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tasa de terminación móvil]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[L1]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[L5]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[L96]]></kwd>
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