Tele-centres as a way of achieving universal access - The case of Ghana

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 21-39

  Falch, Morten ^a   Anyimadu, Amos ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Rural communication; Tele centres; Telecommunications and development; Universal service

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; TELEPHONE LINES;

TELE-CENTRES;

TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0037321894     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-5961(02)00092-7     Document Type: Article

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