Broadband in India: Strategic investment opportunities

Technology in Society

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 431-440

  Tanguturi, Venkata Praveen ^a   Harmantzis, Fotios C ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband; Emerging markets; Foreign direct investment; India; Internet; Investment; Mobile communications; Rural development; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

INDIA; INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS; INVESTMENTS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INTERNET; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; SERVICE SECTOR; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 35349007043     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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