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Eircom a monopoly?

  • 08-10-2014 6:46pm
    #1
    nofuss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi,
    I am a new boardsie and new to economics - so I have a question ...
    Can Eircom be considered a (former state owned) monopoly for fixed line telephone services in Ireland?
    And the mobile telephone market an oligopoly?
    Thanks!
    N...


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  • #2
    Swaine55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭Swaine55


    Eircom is not a monopoly as other services providers are offered on the market- UPC. Iarnród Éireann would be an example of monopoly in Ireland

    The mobile market in ireland however is Oligopoly .


  • #3
    Voltex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭Voltex


    Id say the OP is correct. The ownership of the fixed line infrastructure would be a monopoly. However are the monopoly rents skewed by Government intervention or policy?
    Other examples could be ESB networks.


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