Bridging the digital divide for rural communities: The case of China

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 686-696

  Xia, Jun ^a   Lu, Ting Jie ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Economic transition; Rural access; Telecommunications; USOs

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DIGITAL DIVIDES; ECONOMIC TRANSITION; INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS; INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS; REGULATORY INCENTIVES; RURAL ACCESS; RURAL COMMUNITIES; STAKEHOLDER GROUPS; UNIVERSAL SERVICES; USOS;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 55749112999     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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