Diffusion of digital mobile telephony: Are developing countries different?

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-63

  Rouvinen, Petri ^a  

^a Elinkeinoelaman Tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Gompertz model; Mobile telephony; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKETING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CROSS-COUNTRY CONVERGENCE; GOMPERTZ MODEL; MOBILE TELEPHONY; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 31044448667     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2005.06.014     Document Type: Article

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