Beauty contest licensing lessons from the 3G process in Sweden

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 577-593

  Andersson, Per ^a   Hultén, Staffan ^a   Valiente, Pablo ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Auction; Licences; Mobile 3G; Sweden; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECONOMICS; INTERNET; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

DATA INTEGRATION; MOBILE LICENSING; MOBILE PHONES; SWEDEN; UMTS STANDARD;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 23144451166     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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