The digital divide and the competitive behaviour of Internet backbone

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Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 25-37

  Roseman, Daniel ^a  

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Author keywords

Developing countries; Internet; Telecommunication services

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); INTERNET;

EID: 14844356753     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636690310500439     Document Type: Article

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