Telecommunications and Post

In the telecommunications and postal industries, established providers are faced with tremendous challenges and opportunities because of the emergence of new technologies. We support you with our proven industry and methodological knowledge in mastering challenges and help you to adapt to changing competitive and regulatory conditions in order to succeed in the market.

Assistance in procedures. Our services range from comprehensive economic consulting, including expert reports and studies, to the informal assessment of antitrust issues.

Access and pricing regulation. We assist you in complying with price and access regulation. We calculate key regulatory figures, such as access prices, price caps and WACC.

Market design and basic services. Based on established economic concepts and quantitative methods, we conduct regulatory impact assessment, describe incentives and effects on the relevant market players, and demonstrate how innovative market design can be employed to design efficient communication markets.

Strategy and pricing in multi-sided markets. Digital communication technologies represent major challenges for traditional telecom, postal and media operators. We help you to find the optimal pricing strategy in highly complex, often multi-sided markets with strong network effects, especially if regulatory requirements have to be met.

Contact

Michael Funk is a Principal with Swiss Economics.

Eva Zuberbühler is a Senior Economist with Swiss Economics.

Selected Projects

  • Support in antitrust procedures in the telecommunications, media and postal industry
  • Support of postal and telecomunication operators in the legisaltive process
  • Calculation of net costs of the universal service of a postal operator
  • Regulatory impact assessment

Publications

Book chapter on the microeconomic foundation of different business strategies in parcel markets

Book chapter in Postal Strategies (2023). Parcu P., Brennan T., Glass V. (eds). Springer, Cham.

Book chapter in The Postal and Delivery Contribution in Hard Times (2023). Parcu P., Brennan T., Glass V. (eds). Springer, Cham.

Book chapter in "The Economics of the Postal and Delivery Sector" (2022). Parcu P., Brennan T., Glass V. (eds). Springer, Cham.

Baseline study on universal services and public service provision for the Liechtestein Think Tank "Zukunft.li"

Book chapter in "The Changing Postal Environment. Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy." Parcu P., Brennan T., Glass V. (eds). Springer, Cham.

Study on the significance of climate change for infrastructures in Switzerland commissioned by the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (UVEK)

Presentation by Christian Jaag

An article in Neue Zürcher Zeitung

In: The Changing Postal and Delivery Sector. Edited by M. Crew, P.L. Parcu and T. Brennan, Springer, pp 271-28

In: The Future of the Postal Sector in a Digital World. Edited by M. Crew and T. Brennan, Springer, Chapter 8

Study for Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Berggebiete (SAB) and Schweizerischer Gemeindeverband (SGV)

Network Industries Quarterly, vol. 17(3), pp. 10-13

In: Postal and Delivery Innovation in the Digital Economy. Edited by M. Crew and T. Brennan, Springer, pp. 155-168

In: Postal and Delivery Innovation in the Digital Economy. Edited by M. Crew and T. Brennan, Springer, pp. 301-312

Utilities Policy 31, pp. 266-277

Study for the U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission

In: The Role Of The Postal And Delivery Sector In A Digital Age. Edited by M. Crew and T. Brennan, Edward Elgar, pp. 204-213

In: The Role Of The Postal And Delivery Sector In A Digital Age. Edited by M. Crew and T. Brennan, Edward Elgar, pp. 227-239

Review of Law and Economics 9(1), pp. 125-150

In: Reforming the Postal Sector in the Face of Electronic Competition. Edited by M. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer, Edward Elgar, pp. 294-305

In: Reforming the Postal Sector in the Face of Electronic Competition. Edited by M. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer, Edward Elgar, pp. 277-293

In: Reforming the Postal Sector in the Face of Electronic Competition. Edited by M. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer, Edward Elgar, pp. 241-26

Study on behalf of German Federal Parliament

In: Multi-Modal Competition And The Future Of Mail. Edited by M. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer, Edward Elgar, pp. 236-246

Wirtschaftsdienst - Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, 92(1), 4-5

Study for the European Commission

Study for the Universal Postal Union

Journal of Regulatory Economics 39(1), 89-110

Die Volkswirtschaft 04-2011, 43-46

In: Reinventing the Postal Sector in an Electronic Age. Edited by M. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer, Edward Elgar, 267-280

Research into the development of competition in the letter market

Journal for Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, Vol. 4, 382-397

Postal Technology International: 2011 Annual Showcase, 41-43

In: Heightening Competition in the Postal and Delivery Sector, edited by M.A. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar

In: Heightening Competition in the Postal and Delivery Sector, edited by M.A. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar

Study for Sunrise

Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften, ISBN 3838107888

Die Volkswirtschaft 11-2009, 46-50

Study for Swisscom

Study for Swiss Post

Revue d'économie industrielle 127(3)

Network Industries Quarterly 11(4), 6-18

Network Industries Quarterly 11(3), 3-6

In: Aktuelle Entwicklungen des Europäischen und Internationalen Wirtschaftsrechts, Band XI, C. Baudenbacher (Hrsg.), Helbing und Lichtenhahn, 337-424

In: Fallstudien zur Netzökonomie, G. Knieps und H.-J. Weiss (Hrsg.), Wiesbaden: Gabler, 87-110

In: Handbook of Worldwide Postal Reform, M. A. Crew, P. R. Kleindorfer und J. I. Campbell Jr. (Hrsg.), Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 80-97

Network Industries Quarterly 10(1), 18-19

In: Competition and Regulation in the Postal and Delivery Sector, Michael A. Crew und Paul R. Kleindorfer (Hrsg.), Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 136-149

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 143(3), 261-282

Die Volkswirtschaft 5-2007, 10-13

In: Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector, edited by M. A. Crew and P. R. Kleindorfer, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 91-101

In: Progress toward Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector, M. A. Crew and P. R. Kleindorfer (Hrsg.), Springer, 267-280

In: Regulatory and Economic Challenges in the Postal and Delivery Sector, M. A. Crew and P. R. Kleindorfer (Hrsg.), Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 53-72