Narrowing the ‘digital divide’: The role of complementarities between fixed and mobile data in South Africa

Type Working Paper
Title Narrowing the ‘digital divide’: The role of complementarities between fixed and mobile data in South Africa
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2019
URL https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331564080_Narrowing_the_'digital_divide'_the_role_of_comple​mentarities_between_fixed_and_mobile_data_in_South_Africa
Abstract
We study substitution between fixed and mobile broadband services in South Africa using survey data on 134,000 individuals between 2009 and 2014. In our discrete-choice
model, individuals choose fixed or mobile voice and data services in a framework that allows them to be substitutes or complements. We find that voice services are complements on average but data services are substitutes. However, many consumers see data services as complements. Our results show that having a computer and access to an internet connection at work or school are more important than reducing mobile data prices by 10% in driving broadband penetration.

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