Has Portugal gone wireless? : looking back, looking ahead

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Autor(a) principal: Botelho, Anabela
Data de Publicação: 2000
Outros Autores: Pinto, Lígia
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/2035
Resumo: This paper analyses the pattern and rate of adoption of mobile telephones by the Portuguese population. It is shown that the pattern of diffusion is S-shaped and is consistent with a logistic function, which describes a symmetrical growth process. Furthermore, it is found that about 67 percent of the population will likely adopt mobile phones, and that the levelling-off process in the diffusion of mobile phones has already begun. The analysis is intended to inform the larger discussion of managing the communications service, as well as to assist analysts concerned about assessing the impact of public policies in the evolution of communications sectors.
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spelling Has Portugal gone wireless? : looking back, looking aheadTechnology diffusionMobile telecommunicationsThis paper analyses the pattern and rate of adoption of mobile telephones by the Portuguese population. It is shown that the pattern of diffusion is S-shaped and is consistent with a logistic function, which describes a symmetrical growth process. Furthermore, it is found that about 67 percent of the population will likely adopt mobile phones, and that the levelling-off process in the diffusion of mobile phones has already begun. The analysis is intended to inform the larger discussion of managing the communications service, as well as to assist analysts concerned about assessing the impact of public policies in the evolution of communications sectors.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)Universidade do Minho. Núcleo de Investigação em Microeconomia Aplicada (NIMA)Universidade do MinhoBotelho, AnabelaPinto, Lígia2000-122000-12-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/2035engBOTELHO, Anabela ; PINTO, Lígia - "Has Portugal gone wireless? : looking back, looking ahead" [Em linha]. Braga : UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO. Núcleo de Investigação em Microeconomia Aplicada, 2000. [Consult. 8 Jun. 2005]. Disponível em http://nima.eeg.uminho.pthttp://nima.eeg.uminho.pt/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:29:52Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/2035Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:24:57.604891Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Has Portugal gone wireless? : looking back, looking ahead
spellingShingle Has Portugal gone wireless? : looking back, looking ahead
Botelho, Anabela
Technology diffusion
Mobile telecommunications
title_short Has Portugal gone wireless? : looking back, looking ahead
title_full Has Portugal gone wireless? : looking back, looking ahead
title_fullStr Has Portugal gone wireless? : looking back, looking ahead
title_full_unstemmed Has Portugal gone wireless? : looking back, looking ahead
title_sort Has Portugal gone wireless? : looking back, looking ahead
author Botelho, Anabela
author_facet Botelho, Anabela
Pinto, Lígia
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author2 Pinto, Lígia
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Botelho, Anabela
Pinto, Lígia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Technology diffusion
Mobile telecommunications
topic Technology diffusion
Mobile telecommunications
description This paper analyses the pattern and rate of adoption of mobile telephones by the Portuguese population. It is shown that the pattern of diffusion is S-shaped and is consistent with a logistic function, which describes a symmetrical growth process. Furthermore, it is found that about 67 percent of the population will likely adopt mobile phones, and that the levelling-off process in the diffusion of mobile phones has already begun. The analysis is intended to inform the larger discussion of managing the communications service, as well as to assist analysts concerned about assessing the impact of public policies in the evolution of communications sectors.
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