Critical success factors in mobile communications: A comparative roadmap for Germany and India

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-101

  Fraunholz, Bardo ^a   Unnithan, Chandana ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Data services; Diffusion; Germany; GSM; Historical comparative research; India; Mobile communications; Open coding; SMS

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; SPEECH CODING; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS; DATA SERVICES; GERMANY; HISTORICAL COMPARITIVE RESEARCH; INDIA, ASIA; MOBILE TELEPHONY; OPEN CODING; SMS;

GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 2942535951     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2004.004489     Document Type: Review

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