Should telecoms liberalization stop at call termination?

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 39-58

  Crocioni, Pietro ^a  

^a Case Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; TELECOMMUNICATION CONTROL; TELEPHONE ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS;

CALL COMPLETION; CALL TERMINATION;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035254113     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-5961(00)00078-1     Document Type: Article

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