India: A case of fragile wireless service and technology adoption?

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 376-389

  Pau, L F ^a,c,d   Motiwalla, J ^b,e  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Mobiapps   (Singapore)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics

^e Copenhagen Business School ^*

Author keywords

Adoption models; Developing countries; Economic growth; India; Infrastructure; Mobile services; Structural drivers; Telecommunication; Wireless communications

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RISK ANALYSIS;

ADOPTION MODELS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; MOBILE SERVICES; STRUCTURAL DRIVERS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 40749096902     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2008.017517     Document Type: Article

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