On the state and guiding principles of broadband in India - [Topics in Optical Communications]

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 42-48

  Gumaste, Ashwin ^a   Gokhale, Prasad ^a,b   Dhar, Ashishi ^a,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b Gigabit Networking Laboratory   (India)

^c DR A P J ABDUL KALAM TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Broadband communication; Copper; Internet; Optical fiber networks; Pricing

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND COMMUNICATION; BROADBAND SERVICE; CONTENT PROVIDERS; DRIVING FORCES; EMERGING MARKETS; GDP GROWTH; GUIDING PRINCIPLES; HIGH COSTS; OPTICAL FIBER NETWORKS; PRICING; PRICING MODELS; RETAIL CUSTOMERS; TECHNOLOGY CHOICES;

COMMERCE; COSTS; ECONOMICS; INTERNET; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 68949191187     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2009.5181891     Document Type: Article

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