Broadband and contributions to economic growth: Lessons from the US experience

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 10-11, 2009, Pages 575-581

  Holt, Lynne ^a   Jamison, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband; Communications; Economic growth; Federal Communications Commission

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND; BROADBAND APPLICATIONS; BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ECONOMIC PROSPERITY; FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; LITERATURE SURVEY; METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; TIME LAG;

COMMUNICATION;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 70350570489     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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