Mobile data service fuels the desire for uniqueness

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 89-94

  Hong, Se Joon ^a   Tam, Kar Yan ^b,c   Kim, Jinwoo ^d  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Department of Information Systems ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DEMOGRAPHIC DATA; MOBILE CONTENT EDITORS; MOBILE DATA SERVICE (MDS) BUSINESS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33748571880     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 00010782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1151030.1151034     Document Type: Review

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