Universal telecommunication service: A world perspective

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 495-512

  Garbacz, Christopher ^a   Thompson Jr , Herbert G ^b  

^a Mississippi Public Utilities Staff   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand models; Mobile; Universal service

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE TELEPHONE EXCHANGES; PUBLIC POLICY;

DEMAND MODELS; MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICES; UNIVERSAL SERVICE;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; SERVICE PROVISION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 25144498499     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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