Termination-discriminatory pricing, subscriber bandwagons, and network traffic patterns: The Taiwanese mobile phone market

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-22

  Fu, W Wayne ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bandwagon effects; Mobile networks; Taiwan; Termination

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; PUBLIC POLICY; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BANDWAGON EFFECTS; MOBILE NETWORKS; TAIWAN; TERMINATION;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0842289948     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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