Opportunity costs and spectrum reform

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Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3-9

  Akalu, Rajen ^a  

^a Research Analyst at the Commission for Communications Regulation   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Economics; Information management; Radio systems; Radiofrequencies

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MODEL; POLICY MAKING; POLICY REFORM; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 34548749830     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636690710827640     Document Type: Article

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