Current developments in the Internet industry in Botswana

Electronic Library

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 504-511+541

  Mutula, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b NONE   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; Electronic commerce; Information technology; Internet; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS (ISP);

INTERNET;

EID: 0036906360     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470210454056     Document Type: Article

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