Mobile entertainment services: a study of consumer perceptions towards games delivered via the wireless application protocol

International Journal of Services and Standards

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-171

  Shchiglik, Clarry ^a   Barnes, Stuart J ^a   Scornavacca, Eusebio ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

consumers; games; mobile entertainment; perceptions; services; standards; WAP; wireless access protocol

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344445566     PISSN: 17408849     EISSN: 17408857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSS.2004.005694     Document Type: Article

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