A disconnect in stakeholders' perceptions from emerging realities of teledensity growth in Africa's least developed countries

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1-20

  Mbarika, Victor W ^a,d   Meso, Peter N ^b   Musa, Philip F ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa's least developed countries; Stakeholder perceptions; Telecommunications; Teledensity growth obstacles

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; NETWORK COMPONENTS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AFRICA'S LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES; TELEDENSITY GROWTH OBSTACLES;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 2542487221     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2004070101     Document Type: Review

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