Emerging models of public-private interplay for European broadband access: Evidence from the Netherlands and Italy

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 513-527

  Nucciarelli, Alberto ^a   Sadowski, Bert M ^a   Achard, Paola O ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Municipal broadband networks; Publicprivate interplay; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND ACCESS; BROADBAND SERVICE; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ITALY; MUNICIPAL BROADBAND NETWORKS; NETHERLANDS; PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 77956879198     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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