Mobile operators' business models in the mobile data service market

2003

Masteroppgave i informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi 2003 - Høgskolen i Agder, Grimstad In the mobile data service market there are several different actors. The main actors are the operator, the content provider, the aggregator and the sub-contractor. The operator is often in control of the market and has the content providers and aggregators connected to them. The sub-contractors are connected to the operator via the aggregators. All operators have a business model towards their content providers, and are in this area often referred to as content provider access (CPA). The model is the connection between the operator and a content provider or aggregator. The CPA agreement contains a l…