Techno-economic analysis and empirical study of network broadband investment: The case of backbone upgrading

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-110

  Jerman Blažič, Borka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Network backbone upgrading; Network investment economics; Techno economic modelling; Telecommunications Broadband technology

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

METROPOLITAN; NETWORK BACKBONE UPGRADING; NETWORK INVESTMENT ECONOMICS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC MODELING;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 39749129832     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-007-9059-y     Document Type: Article

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