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Collaboration and Combination Due to 5G: Unlocking Investment or Reducing Competition?
23 August 2021
Dr. Will Taylor and Adrien Cervera-Jackson
Associate Directors Dr. Will Taylor and Adrien Cervera-Jackson discuss competitive analysis, economics of 5G investment, and technological developments in the US, Europe, and Australia in the recent Antitrust article “Collaboration and Combination Due to 5G: Unlocking Investment or Reducing Competition?” The authors:
- Discuss 5G’s benefits, costs, and trends in mobile network operators;
- Cover the impact of network sharing agreements on competition;
- Highlight lessons from Sprint/T-Mobile and VHA/TPG four-to-three mergers;
- Elaborate on 5G’s technological changes, such as virtualization, Open RAN, and BEREC; and
- Consider the impact that COVID-19 may have on the speed of 5G roll-out.
The article appears in the Summer 2021 issue of Antitrust Magazine (vol. 25, no. 3) and is reproduced with permission of the American Bar Association.