The diffusion of Internet telephony among consumers and firms Current issues and future prospects

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 525-544

  Corrocher, Nicoletta ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion of new technologies; Internet telephony

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; SPEECH TRANSMISSION; TELEPHONE;

SERVICE PROVIDERS;

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

INTERNET; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 0038661665     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1625(02)00322-0     Document Type: Article

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