MMS (Multimedia Message Service) Service Adoption Rates in Algeria

This thesis tries to analyze the factors that affect the intention to adopt Multimedia message service (MMS) among users in Algeria. Innovation diffusion theory was chosen as the basis of framework to better explain customer's acceptance of this new mobile service. MMS provides more multimedia...

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Main Author: Rochdi, Debili
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Published: 2010
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spelling my-uum-etd.21252013-07-24T12:14:31Z MMS (Multimedia Message Service) Service Adoption Rates in Algeria 2010-05 Rochdi, Debili Abdullah, Shahmir Sivaraj College of Business (COB) College of Business TK6570 Mobile Communication System. This thesis tries to analyze the factors that affect the intention to adopt Multimedia message service (MMS) among users in Algeria. Innovation diffusion theory was chosen as the basis of framework to better explain customer's acceptance of this new mobile service. MMS provides more multimedia communication with entertainment effects than current text base short message service (SMS). The main purpose of this thesis is to investigate the occurrence of MMS from a user's perspective, to present a definition of this new message service and provide a deeper understanding of the phenomenon. The main objective is to present a theoretical framework regarding MMS usage and to empirically investigate which user related factors to consider, when developing services adapted for mobile message use. Survey was chosen to gather the data. The measures and hypotheses were analyzed using SPSS. Results show that Ease of use, perceived enjoyment and perceived media richness significantly influence passenger's intention towards adopting MMS in Algeria. At last, the implications of the findings are discussed. 2010-05 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/2125/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/2125/1/Debili_Rochdi.pdf application/pdf eng validuser https://etd.uum.edu.my/2125/2/1.Debili_Rochdi.pdf application/pdf eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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language eng
eng
advisor Abdullah, Shahmir Sivaraj
topic TK6570 Mobile Communication System.
spellingShingle TK6570 Mobile Communication System.
Rochdi, Debili
MMS (Multimedia Message Service) Service Adoption Rates in Algeria
description This thesis tries to analyze the factors that affect the intention to adopt Multimedia message service (MMS) among users in Algeria. Innovation diffusion theory was chosen as the basis of framework to better explain customer's acceptance of this new mobile service. MMS provides more multimedia communication with entertainment effects than current text base short message service (SMS). The main purpose of this thesis is to investigate the occurrence of MMS from a user's perspective, to present a definition of this new message service and provide a deeper understanding of the phenomenon. The main objective is to present a theoretical framework regarding MMS usage and to empirically investigate which user related factors to consider, when developing services adapted for mobile message use. Survey was chosen to gather the data. The measures and hypotheses were analyzed using SPSS. Results show that Ease of use, perceived enjoyment and perceived media richness significantly influence passenger's intention towards adopting MMS in Algeria. At last, the implications of the findings are discussed.
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title MMS (Multimedia Message Service) Service Adoption Rates in Algeria
title_short MMS (Multimedia Message Service) Service Adoption Rates in Algeria
title_full MMS (Multimedia Message Service) Service Adoption Rates in Algeria
title_fullStr MMS (Multimedia Message Service) Service Adoption Rates in Algeria
title_full_unstemmed MMS (Multimedia Message Service) Service Adoption Rates in Algeria
title_sort mms (multimedia message service) service adoption rates in algeria
granting_institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department College of Business (COB)
publishDate 2010
url https://etd.uum.edu.my/2125/1/Debili_Rochdi.pdf
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