Telecommunications, liberalization, and the growth of the internet in Turkey

Information Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-141

  Wolcott, Peter ^a   Çaǧiltay, Kursat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Internet; Internet service provider; Liberalization; Privatization; Telecommunications; Telecommunications policy; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035533273     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019722401750175685     Document Type: Article

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