Die Volksrepublik China ist, nach den USA, der zweitgrößte Markt für Mobiltelefone. Bereits heute nutzen 59,3 Mill. Chinesen die Möglichkeit der mobilen Kommunikation, und jeden Monat wird die Nutzerzahl um etwa zwei Millionen steigen, so dass am Jahresende rund 70 Mill. Mobiltelefonnutzer...

Der Ländervergleich zeigte, dass die Einführung und Stimulierung von Wettbewerb zu merkbaren Wohlfahrtsgewinnen in einzelnen Marktsegmenten - Fernverkehr und internationaler Verkehr - geführt hat. Erkennbar wurde auch, dass der Einsatz sektorspezifischer Regulierung tendenziell zu höheren...

Mobile commerce (m-commerce) is the latest innovation in the area of media-mediated commerce research. It is about the explosion of applications and services that will become accessible from internet-enabled mobile devices. One of the most popular applications for m-commerce is in financial...

Wireless penetration and the Indian economy have grown significantly over the past few years, but how robust and sustainable is the adoption of wireless services and products? Several papers have discussed India as a wireless service and product market, and sometimes tried to assess quantitative...

We analyse the international process of standardising the so-called third-generation (3G) mobile communications systems as well as China's 3G policy in order to shed light on the relationship between regulation and innovation. For this analysis, we propose a transaction cost-theoretic framework...

The paper presents an analysis of the detailed mechanisms and models implied in the actual development of communication and information technologies (CIT), as the main factors which determine the pace of (CIT) and its major consequences on Information Society (IS.) The main issues of analysis...

The aim of this study is to empirically examine the determinants of customer loyalty (CL) in mobile telecommunication services (MTS) from the Malaysian perspective. Service quality (SQ), perceived value (PV), trust and habit were examined as the determinants of customer loyalty. The currently...

People may use different kinds of mobile communication services depending on if they are communicating with, for instance, friends, acquaintances or strangers. Thus, in this paper bonding and bridging social capital is studied in the context of two mobile communication services, short message...

This survey paper analyses some of the fundamental economic and management science issues concerning the communications and information economy ,with special emphasis on mobile communications. Are first highlighted major trends such as the balkanisation of the communications networks , and the...

Wireless penetration and the Indian economy have grown significantly over the past few years, but how robust and sustainable is the adoption of wireless services and products? Several papers have discussed India as a wireless service and product market, and sometimes tried to assess quantitative...