Factors influencing the usage of 3G mobile services in Taiwan

Online Information Review

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 759-774

  Liao, Chun Hsiung ^a   Tsou, Chun Wang ^b   Huang, Ming Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mobile communication systems; Perception; Taiwan; User studies

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TAIWAN; USER INTERFACES;

MOBILE SERVICES; RESEARCH MODELS; USER STUDIES;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 36448982102     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520710841757     Document Type: Article

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