The key success to mobile internet in the Middle East: Wireless set to take the lead

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-488

  Khasawneh, Ahmad M ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Developing countries; ICTs; Information and communication technologies; Internet; Jordan; M commerce; Middle East; Mobile internet; Technology diffusion; User motivations

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949203204     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2009.024507     Document Type: Article

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