Factors of broadband development and the design of a strategic policy framework

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-115

  Trkman, Peter ^a   Jerman Blazic, Borka ^a,b   Turk, Tomaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Access; Broadband; Factor analysis; Policy; Strategic framework; Usage

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; POLICY ACTIONS; STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 39149084075     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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