Mobile gaming: Industry challenges and policy implications

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 212-221

  Feijoo, Claudio ^a   Gómez Barroso, José Luis ^b   Aguado, Juan Miguel ^c   Ramos, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gaming industry; Mobile content and applications; Mobile ecosystem; Mobile gaming

Indexed keywords

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOBILE CONTENT; MOBILE GAMES; MOBILE GAMING; PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; POLICY OPTIONS; TECHNO-ECONOMICS;

ECOSYSTEMS; INDUSTRY; MOBILE DEVICES;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84857042378     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2011.12.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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