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Abstract The UK Government has proposed national roaming to ensure that consumers may use rival networks in areas where their own operator does not offer (network) coverage (these are known as partial not-spots). The proposed policy aimed at increasing the likelihood of callers being able to...
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This paper deals with the relevance of mobile media in shaping online activities and patterns of interaction and its relation with industrial stakeholders and individual users' perspectives on the technology. The concepts of mediation and mediatization, as well as the processes of belonging and...
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As the development of mobile internet bring convenient for people, the openness and variety of services make its security issues more complicated than those of traditional network. Firewall and intrusion detection focuses on external aggression, and cannot prevent revealing of internal...
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This paper explores the reasons millions of people use stand-alone, task-oriented software programs designed for use on mobile devices, commonly known as “apps.” This study uses a survey with a probability sample of 576 app users. Consistent with the uses and gratifications approach,...
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The push services provide an incredibly efficient and reliable way of sending information to mobile device users. However, very little is known about how push service providers implement their services. This understanding is valuable as a guideline for building well-performing mobile...
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to go beyond satisfaction as an indicator of customer loyalty and propose a holistic model of service switching in a mobile internet setting. The model, which reflects both barriers and inducements of switching, is developed based on the “mooring” and...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the determinants affecting the stock prices of telecommunications firms in both developed and developing countries around the world. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical analysis is performed using panel data from 160 countries and 45...
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Abstract We study the impact of central clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) transactions on counterparty exposures in a market with OTC transactions across several asset classes with heterogeneous characteristics. The impact of introducing a central counterparty (CCP) on expected interdealer...
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Abstract This article deals with current developments concerning the regulation of telecommunication in Europe (e. g …. Mobile Termination Rates, Roaming). It argues that current regulation is led by political aims and less by economic theory …
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Abstract: The introduction of the DRG system in 2003/04 can be considered the last real hospital reform. Although the latest reform was called Hospital Structure Act due to its insufficient structural components it is sometimes referred to as missed reform. Essential aspects of the institutional...
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