Internet upstream connectivity and competition policy: Western Europe and Southern Africa

Information Technology Policy and the Digital Divide: Lessons for Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 35-60

  Giovannetti, Emanuele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 14844338566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781843769781.00008     Document Type: Chapter

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