3-G wireless auctions as an economic barrier to entry: The western european experience

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 225-234

  Ozanich, Gary W ^a   Hsu, Chiung Wen ^b   Park, Han Woo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3 G; Barriers to entry; Spectrum auctions; Wireless

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND NETWORKS; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DECISION MAKING; INTERNET; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

AUCTION PROCESS; ELECTRO-MAGNETIC SPECTRUM; THIRD GENERATION; WIRELESS TELEPHONY;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 2342596397     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5853(03)00057-1     Document Type: Article

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