Mobile content and service delivery platforms: A technology classification model

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Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 72-88

  Ghezzi, Antonio ^a   Cortimiglia, Marcelo Nogueira ^b   Balocco, Rafaello ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Mobile communications; Mobile content and service delivery platform; Technology classification model; Telecommunication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858419997     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636691211204879     Document Type: Article

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