Wireless bound and unbound: The politics shaping cellular markets in Japan and South Korea

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-254

  Kushida, Kenji E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3G; ICT; Japan; Liberalization; Political economy; South Korea; Standards; Telecommunications; Wireless

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649112827     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331680802294461     Document Type: Article

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