The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
The paper applies concepts of population dynamics on evolution of communication technologies. 'Lotka-Volterra' equations are applied to examine dynamics of the communication technologies in Slovakia and Czech Republic in 1948 - 2006. The fixed lines and mobile phones are considered predatory technologies hunting for their 'prey' - voice service subscribers. Cohabitation of two technologies is modeled within framework of full competition. Each technology squeezes out carrying capacity of its competitor. The mobile phones, however, exert considerable larger impact on the number of fixed telephone lines than vice versa. The paper also considers some limitations of the population dynamics approaches in economic modeling and discusses the different growth strategies by the particular types of technologies.