International competition between satellite and fiber optic carriers: A geographic perspective

Professional Geographer

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Warf, Barney ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber optics; Satellites; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FIBER OPTICS; SATELLITE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 33646704711     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9272.2006.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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