Business Models for Content Distribution on Mobile Peer-to-peer Networks
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In this paper we look at business models for mobile peer-to-peer content distribution channel and discuss how different factors such as content type and pricing method affect the choice of business model. We identify and explain in more detail these environmental factors of business models. In effect, we try to find out if there is a profitable content business model that would suit the needs of different actors in the mobile networks of the digital economy.
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