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(7) Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 90/2011. Diffusion of Mobile Internet Services Antero Kivi. Doctoral dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Science in Technology to be presented with due permission of the School of Electrical Engineering for public examination and debate in Auditorium S1 at the Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering (Espoo, Finland) on the 4th of November 2011 at 12 noon.. Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering Department of Communications and Networking.

(8) Supervisor Professor Heikki Hämmäinen Instructor Professor Heikki Hämmäinen Preliminary examiners Professor Harry Bouwman, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Professor Dimitris Varoutas, University of Athens, Greece Opponent Professor Doctor Burkhard Stiller, University of Zürich, Switzerland. Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 90/2011 © Antero Kivi ISBN 978-952-60-4303-6 (pdf) ISBN 978-952-60-4302-9 (printed) ISSN-L 1799-4934 ISSN 1799-4942 (pdf) ISSN 1799-4934 (printed) Aalto Print Helsinki 2011 Finland The dissertation can be read at http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/.

(9) Abstract Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi. Author Antero Kivi Name of the doctoral dissertation Diffusion of Mobile Internet Services Publisher School of Electrical Engineering Unit Department of Communications and Networking Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 90/2011 Field of research Network Economics Manuscript submitted 10 August 2010 Date of the defence 4 November 2011 Monograph. Manuscript revised 28 August 2011 Language English. Article dissertation (summary + original articles). Abstract Mobile Internet is an outcome of the merging of two significant domains of technological innovation over recent years: mobile/wireless and the Internet. This merging will lead to new forms of end-user behaviour and also provide business opportunities for companies from the converging telecommunications, IT/Internet, and media industries. The diffusion of technological innovations is widely discussed in the literature. However, applications of the diffusion theory to mobile services have mostly concentrated on mobile telephony, and considered this diffusion to result from end-user adoption decisions that are made independently of other innovations. In contrast, the thesis of this dissertation is that the diffusion of mobile Internet services as systemic technological innovations depends on a cluster of separate but interrelated technology components that diffuse interdependently due to both demand-driven adoption and supply-driven dissemination. This research was conducted using quantitative research data on mobile handsets and services collected from Finland during the years 2005-2009. The diffusion of mobile Internet services was found to depend on the generic technology components of mobile services: devices, applications, networks, and content. These components form an interrelated cluster of technologies. Consequently, direct market actor influence over a specific technology component has indirect effects on the other generic components, and, thereby, also influences the diffusion of mobile Internet services. This dissertation contributes to the fields of innovation diffusion and mobile services research. Firstly, a general approach for planning and forecasting technology product evolution and new product feature diffusion was developed by isolating the previously unexplored phenomenon of product feature dissemination and linking it to the known phenomena of product category diffusion and product unit replacement. Secondly, observations on the diffusion of systemic technological innovations were made in the context of mobile Internet services related to component technology interdependence, market actor dissemination efforts, and end-user assimilation gaps. Thirdly, the fundamental differences of alternative methods to measure mobile service usage as well as the data provided by them were identified, and a holistic framework for analysing the usage of mobile services was developed. Fourthly, novel research methods and data were utilised. Keywords Diffusion, mobile, Internet, dissemination, technology cluster, systemic innovation. ISBN (printed) 978-952-60-4302-9 ISBN (pdf) 978-952-60-4303-6 ISSN-L 1799-4934 Location of publisher Espoo Pages 200. ISSN (printed) 1799-4934. ISSN (pdf) 1799-4942 Location of printing Helsinki Year 2011 The dissertation can be read at http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/.

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(11) Tiivistelmä Aalto-yliopisto, PL 11000, 00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi. Tekijä Antero Kivi Väitöskirjan nimi Mobiilin Interneting palveluiden diffuusio Julkaisija Sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu Yksikkö Tietoliikenne- ja tietoverkkotekniikan laitos Sarja Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 90/2011 Tutkimusala Tietoverkkotalous Käsikirjoituksen pvm 10.08.2010 Väitöspäivä 04.11.2011 Monografia. Korjatun käsikirjoituksen pvm 28.08.2011 Kieli Englanti. Yhdistelmäväitöskirja (yhteenveto-osa + erillisartikkelit). Tiivistelmä Mobiili Internet on seurausta liikkuvuuden/langattomuuden ja Internetin, kahden merkittävän viimeaikaisen teknologisen innovaation alueen yhdistymisestä. Tämä yhdistyminen johtaa uusiin kuluttajakäyttäytymisen muotoihin ja tarjoaa liiketoimintamahdollisuuksia yrityksille lähentyviltä tietoliikenteen, tietotekniikan, ja median toimialoilta. Teknologisten innovaatioiden leviämistä yhteisöissä, eli niin kutsuttua diffuusion ilmiötä on tutkittu laajalti. Diffuusioteorioiden sovellukset mobiilipalveluihin ovat kuitenkin pääasiassa keskittyneet puhepalveluihin ja käsitelleet tällaisten palveluiden diffuusiota erillisenä ilmiönä, joka on riippumaton loppukäyttäjien muista omaksumispäätöksistä. Tämän työn väite sitä vastoin on, että mobiilin Internetin palveluiden diffuusio systeemisinä teknologisina innovaatioina riippuu ryppäästä erillisiä mutta toisiinsa liittyneitä teknologisia komponenteja, jotka leviävät toisistaan riippuvasti sekä kysyntäpohjaisen loppukäyttäjien omaksumisen että tarjontapohjaisen komponenttien levittämisen seurauksena. Tässä tutkimuksessa käytettiin matkapuhelimista ja matkapuhelinpalveluista Suomessa vuosina 2005-2009 kerättyä kvantitatiivista tutkimusaineistoa. Mobiilin Internetin palveluiden diffuusion havaittiin riippuvan mobiilipalveluiden yleisistä teknologisista komponenteista, jotka ovat: päätelaitteet, sovellukset, verkot, ja sisällöt. Nämä komponentit muodostavat toisiinsa liittyneiden teknologioiden ryppään. Siten markkinatoimijoiden suora vaikutus yhteen teknologiseen komponenttiin vaikuttaa epäsuorasti myös muihin komponentteihin, ja myös mobiilin Internetin palveluiden diffuusioon. Tämä väitöskirja kontribuoi innovaatioiden diffuusion ja mobiilipalveluiden tutkimusaloihin. Ensiksi, työssä kehitettiin yleinen menettelytapa teknologiatuotteiden evoluution ja uusien tuoteominaisuuksien diffuusion ennustamiseen eristämällä aiemmin tutkimaton tuoteominaisuuksien levittämisen ilmiö ja yhdistämällä se tunnettuihin tuotekategorioiden diffuusion ja tuoteyksilöiden korvaamisen ilmiöihin. Toiseksi, työssä tehtiin havaintoja systeemisten teknologisten innovaatioiden diffuusiosta mobiilipalveluiden tapauksessa liittyen komponenttiteknologioiden keskinäisiin riippuvuuksiin, markkinatoimijoiden levittämispyrkimyksiin, ja loppukäyttäjien omaksumiskuiluihin. Kolmanneksi, työssä tunnistettiin vaihtoehtoisten aineistonkeruumenetelmien ja niiden tuottaman aineiston perustavanlaatuiset eroavaisuudet, ja kehitettiin holistinen viitekehys mobiilipalveluiden käytön analysointiin. Neljänneksi, työssä käytettiin uusia tutkimusmenetelmiä ja -aineistoja. Avainsanat Diffuusio, mobiili, Internet, levittäminen, teknologiarypäs, systeeminen innovaatio. ISBN (painettu) 978-952-60-4302-9 ISBN (pdf) 978-952-60-4303-6 ISSN-L 1799-4934 Julkaisupaikka Espoo Sivumäärä 200. ISSN (painettu) 1799-4934 Painopaikka Helsinki. ISSN (pdf) 1799-4942 Vuosi 2011. Luettavissa verkossa osoitteessa http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/.

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