Mobile number portability in Turkey: An Empirical analysis of consumer switching behavior

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 572-585

  Durukan, Tülin ^a   Bozaci, Ibrahim ^a   Doǧan, Taylan Taner ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

GSM and Competition; Mobile Number Portability; Mobile Telecommunication Market

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955394397     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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