... telecommunications Vodafone Operator structure Telecommunication Telecommunication services Mobile communication systems Mobile phones are arguably one of the great socio‐economic success stories of the last three decades. There are now more than five billion mobile subscribers, vastly more than...

... investment Mobile roaming Interconnection Mobile communication systems Regulation Broadband networks Euro‐sclerosis was the term coined in the 1970s and 1980s to describe the inability of European economies to generate the kind of growth that led to significant improvements in productivity...

... Innovation Thailand Mobile communication systems Developing countries The number of cellular telephone subscribers reached 1.2 billion globally in 2002, exceeding the number of fixed line subscribers (1.1 billion) (ITU, 2010). This extraordinary growth in mobile telephony has been due to several...

... of levels of all attributes of interest. Shahrokh Nikou can be contacted at: snikou@abo.fi © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Conjoint analysis Mobile rich communication service Consumers' preferences Service attributes Mobile communication systems Consumer behaviour...

... communication systems The proliferation of mobile telecommunications technology has made mobile phones increasingly common and available for users even in the remotest part of the world. The introduction of pre‐paid tariffs, rapid diffusion and cheap handsets from China has contributed significantly...

... vouchers and pre‐paid cards. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Transaction cost theory Mobile phones Micro‐trading Developing countries Development Mobile communication systems Ghana There has been a tremendous growth in mobile phone ownership and use globally. Statistics...

... basis – the USA favours 2.5 GHz, Asia‐Pacific countries favour 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz and Europe and Latin America favour 3.4‐3.6 GHz. Mobile communication systems Telecommunication networks Mobile networks Mobile technology is constantly evolving and it therefore comes as no surprise...

.... Switching costs Mobile number portability Roaming network Willingness to pay Thailand Mobile networks Mobile communication systems Mobile communications services were introduced in Thailand in 1986 by the state‐owned enterprises Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) and Communications...

... this for the UK for mobile subscribers per 100 inhabitants and MTRs in US cents. Christoph Stork can be contacted at: christoph.stork@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Benchmarking Regulation Mobile communication systems Africa Namibia The debate over the regulation...

... overseas migrants. Nirmali Sivapragasam can be contacted at: nirmali@lirneasia.net © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Low pay Mobile communication systems Electronic funds transfer systems Migrant workers Asia Growing ownership of mobile phones across developed...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Mobile communication systems Telecommunication Turkey The development of the mobile telephony since the early 1990s has attracted strong interest from policymakers and students of industrial organisation and market regulation (Bouwman et al...

..., via SMS, the prices of international mobile roaming upon arrival in the visited country. Ewan Sutherland can be contacted at: 3wan@3wan.net © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Mobile communication systems International pricing The high level of charges for international...

... be contacted at: pjcurwen@hotmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Mobile communication systems Africa Economic development It has long been argued that one of the major factors holding back economic development in African countries has been the poor state of its communications...

... communication systems Brazil Finding regulatory tools that promote network extension without distorting markets continues to be a key challenge for regulators worldwide. The challenge is even greater as technological convergence amplifies opportunities for market entry and yet questions the service...

... more diverse content, and content providers are less constrained by demands from the operators. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Governance Mobile communication systems Innovation All around Europe, mobile internet walled gardens have been collapsing. Until recently...

... Communications Technology led strategy Mobile communication systems In academic literature, a business model is described as an abstract concept, a typification, or as a specific conceptualization (Osterwalder et al., 2005). According to Pateli and Giaglis (2004) , research on business models...

... type and the presence of a landline broadband Internet access at home were selected as three factual MI use circumstances which may affect customers' MI use behavior. Mobile communication systems Consumer behaviour Perception Internet Considering these adoption and use gaps it should...

... roaming. Originality/value There appear to be two retail markets, one for IMR as part of a post‐paid mobile service and the other a pre‐paid offer. Ewan Sutherland can be contacted at: 3wan@3wan.net Mobile communication systems Telecommunications Caribbean For several...

... Group Publishing Limited 2010 Telecommunication networks Internet Mobile communication systems Cost estimates The ITU‐T standardized the H.323 architecture, which defines the protocols, procedures and components of devices for the provisioning of real‐time audio, video and data...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 European Union Pricing Wireless Mobile communication systems Regulation The European Commission (EC) opened its first dossier on International Mobile Roaming (IMR) in 1996. A decade later, Commissioner Reding proposed wholesale and retail...