Configuring the mobile user: Sociological and industry views

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 146-156

  Green, N ^a   Harper, R H R ^a   Murtagh, G ^a   Cooper, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer; Consumption; Mobile telecommunications; Telecommunications industry

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; HARDWARE;

CONSUMER; CONSUMPTION; MOBILE INDUSTRY; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE TELEPHONY; SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH; TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY;

TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

EID: 64949149666     PISSN: 16174909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007790170017     Document Type: Article

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