info: Volume 9 Issue 4

ICT for education and development

Carlos Rodriguez Casal

The purpose of this paper is to assess the contribution that information communication technology (ICT) can make in development and education, covering different application…

Mobile number portability

Ewan Sutherland

The purpose of this paper is to present a review of the experiences with the implementation of mobile number portability (MNP).

Number portability in Central America

Martha A. Garcia‐Murillo

The purpose of the paper is to identify policy strategies for the implementation of number portability in Central America. It attempts to determine why carriers have generally…

Mobile number portability on customer switching behavior: in the case of the Korean mobile market

Dong H. Shin, Won Y. Kim

This study seeks to investigate the effect of mobile number portability (MNP) on mobile subscribers in Korea by focusing on subscribers' perception and behavior related to MNP.

Tele2 and the strategic role of virtual operations

Peter Curwen, Jason Whalley

Although there has been some discussion of virtual operations, especially those of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), in the literature, there have been very few full‐scale…

Private sector influence in the International Telecommunication Union

Patricia McCormick

This paper aims to examine the influence of private corporations in the tripartite structure of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU): Telecommunications…

ITU World Telecom 2006 report

Rob Frieden

The aim of this paper is to report on the International Telecommunication Union Telecom World Symposium and Trade Show held in Hong Kong in December 2006.

Thumb Culture: The Meaning of Mobile Phones for Society

Simon Forge

Anatomy of a merger: Sprint Nextel

Peter Curwen