Demand for telecommunication services in developing countries

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 276-289

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

^a Mississippi Public Utilities Staff   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Mobile and fixed line demand models; Privatization; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY POLICY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICES; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; WIRELINE MARKET;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 34248222509     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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