Broadband municipal optical networks in Greece: A suitable business model

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-409

  Bouras, Christos ^a   Gkamas, Apostolos ^a   Papagiannopoulos, John ^c   Theophilopoulos, George ^a   Tsiatsos, Thrasyvoulos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Broadband infrastructure; Broadband networks business models; Dark fibre; Municipal networks

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND CONNECTIONS; BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE; BROADBAND PENETRATIONS; DARK FIBRE; INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES; METROPOLITAN NETWORKS; MUNICIPAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL NETWORKS; OPTIMAL EXPLOITATIONS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 67349235539     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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