Mobile service innovation: A European failure

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 469-480

  Weber, Arnd ^a   Haas, Michael ^b   Scuka, Daniel ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Shinjuku Nomura Building ^*  (Germany)

^c Shinjuku Nomura Building   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competition; Convergence; Europe; Innovation; Internet; Japan; Mobile telecommunications; Network effects; Service quality; Spectrum regulation; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EUROPE; JAPAN; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS; NETWORK EFFECTS; SERVICE QUALITY; SPECTRUM REGULATION; STANDARDISATION;

COMPETITION; INTERNET; POPULATION STATISTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 79954613087     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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