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Unclassified DSTI/ICCP/CISP(2009)8/FINAL
Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
21-Dec-2009
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English - Or. English
DIRECTORATE FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY
COMMITTEE FOR INFORMATION, COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS POLICY
Working Party on Communication Infrastructures and Services Policy
INTERNATIONAL MOBILE ROAMING CHARGING IN THE OECD AREAJT03276450
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D S TI / I C CP / CI S P ( 2 0 0 9 ) 8 / F I NAL Un c l a s s i f i e d
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FOREWORD
The Working Party on Communication Infrastructures and Services Policy discussed this paper at itsmeeting in June 2009. The Working Party agreed to recommend the paper for declassification to theCommittee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy (ICCP). The ICCP Committee agreedto the declassification of the paper in October 2009.The paper was drafted by Mr. Sam Paltridge, Mr. Yasuhiro Otsuka and Mr. Agustín Díaz-Pinés, of theOECD’s Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry. It is published under the responsibility of theSecretary-General of the OECD.
©OECD 2009.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD .................................................................................................................................................. 2
INTERNATIONAL MOBILE ROAMING CHARGING IN THE OECD AREA ........................................ 5
Main Points ................................................................................................................................................. 5
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 8
How did we get to here? ........................................................................................................................ 14
Mobile markets and contestability ............................................................................................................ 17
Mobile technical standards and market contestability ........................................................................... 21
Mobile pricing structures and market contestability .............................................................................. 22
International roaming pricing and demand elasticity ............................................................................ 26
What different stakeholders are saying .................................................................................................. 34
Indicators, trade flows and international roaming ..................................................................................... 39
Tax treatment of roaming .......................................................................................................................... 46
Methodological issues for comparisons ................................................................................................. 46
When and where does tax apply to roaming? ........................................................................................ 46
Inconsistent tax treatment of roaming ................................................................................................... 50
Potential for double taxation .................................................................................................................. 52
Roaming prices across the OECD area ..................................................................................................... 52
Telephony .............................................................................................................................................. 53
Market developments in international roaming ......................................................................................... 80
Retail price competition and discount plans .......................................................................................... 80
Cross-borderless roaming market developments ................................................................................... 83
Potential substitutes and alternative calling procedures for roaming ........................................................ 85
Mobile or nomadic wireless alternatives ............................................................................................... 85
Fixed location alternatives ..................................................................................................................... 92
Satellite roaming .................................................................................................................................... 92
ANNEX. 1
METHODOLOGY FOR DATA COLLECTION ON INTERNATIONAL MOBILEROAMING CHARGES ................................................................................................................................ 94
ANNEX. 2
DATA ON INTERNATIONAL MOBILE ROAMING CHARGES ..................................... 95
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