Economic factors and diffusion of IP telephony: Empirical evidence from an advanced market

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 197-211

  Constantiou, Ioanna D ^a   Kautz, Karlheinz ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diffusion process; IP telephony; Network effects; Residential market; Switching costs

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MARKETING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SWITCHING THEORY; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

ECONOMIC FACTORS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES; NETWORK EFFECTS; RESIDENTIAL MARKETS; SWITCHING COSTS; TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED MARKETS;

INTERNET TELEPHONY;

EID: 40949087255     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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