Wireless Internet accesss: 3G vs. WiFi?

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 351-370

  Lehr, William ^a   McKnight, Lee W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3G; Access; Broadband; Economics; Ethernet; Indu stry structure; Internet; Spectrum; Wireless; WLAN

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; INTERNET; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

MOBILE OPERATORS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0038756104     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-5961(03)00004-1     Document Type: Article

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