Text and voice: complements, substitutes or both?

Text messaging has become an important revenue component for most mobile operators. We develop a simple model of demand for mobile services incorporating dynamics of information exchange. We show that when incoming communication stimulate outgoing communication, services that initially may be percei...

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Published in:Industrial and corporate change 2009-12, Vol.18 (6), p.1231-1247
Main Authors: Andersson, K., Foros, Ø, Steen, F.
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Communication research
Estimates
Information economics
Mobile phones
Norway
Service introduction
Studies
Telecommunications
Telecommunications industry
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Estimates
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Mobile phones
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Service introduction
Studies
Telecommunications
Telecommunications industry
Text messaging
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