Technology roadmap process to compare commercial broadband technologies available to SME and SOHO owners in South Arica

IEEE AFRICON Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Slabbert, Johan A ^a   Buys, André J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ADSL; Broadband; SME; SOHO; Technology roadmap; Wireless

Indexed keywords

ADSL; BROADBAND; BROADBAND ADOPTION; BROADBAND INTERNET; BROADBAND TECHNOLOGIES; CURRENT STATUS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; ON CURRENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; SME; SOHO; SOUTH AFRICA; TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS; TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP; WIRELESS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 48649110778     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AFRCON.2007.4401636     Document Type: Conference Paper

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