Multipurpose community telecenters for rural development in Pakistan

Electronic Library

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 204-220

  Mahmood, Khalid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Information centres; Public libraries; Rural areas; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMPUTERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; RURAL AREAS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

INFORMATION-AND-COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTS); MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY TELECENTERS (MCTS); PAKISTAN; PUBLIC LIBRARIES;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 18144374843     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470510592906     Document Type: Review

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