Tariff structures and access substitution of mobile cellular for fixed line in South Africa

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 493-505

  Hodge, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Genesis Analytics   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cellular; South Africa; Tariff; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION LINES;

CELLULAR; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; SOUTH AFRICA; TARIFF;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 22344449749     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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