Telecom reform: progress and prospects

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-34

  Melody, William H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; TELECOM REFORM;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 0033076624     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-5961(98)00073-1     Document Type: Article

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