The 'poor man's mobile telephone: Access versus possession to control the information gap in India

Contemporary South Asia

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-102

  O'Neill, Peter D ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RURAL AREA; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

INDIA;

EID: 0344530955     PISSN: 09584935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958493032000123380     Document Type: Article

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