A FACTORIAL ANALYSIS ON THE MOBILE TELECOM SECTOR AT THE EU LEVEL.

Over the past decade, the mobile telecommunication sector has changed radically. In most EU countries, the public telecom operator has been fully or partially privatized while national telecom regulators have been empowered to monitor and control ex-ante the functioning of the market. The impact on mobile market efficiency is due to both micro and macroeconomic indicators. This paper is focused on the regression analysis to test the differences between Romania and other countries from EU regarding the telecom sector, based on macroeconomic indicators across 28 EU countries. Panel data was used over the period of time 2005-2014. The main conclusion of the analysis points out that Romania is one of the leaders in the hierarchy of countries according to the number of subscription rates per 100 inhabitants, with a significant potential growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]