The third-generation-mobile (3G) policy and deployment in China: Current status, challenges, and prospects

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-63

  Xia, Jun ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

3G policy; 4G; Competition regulation; Institutions; Mobile communications; Next generation networks (NGNs); Structural reform; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

3G POLICY; 4G; INSTITUTIONS; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; NEXT-GENERATION-NETWORKS (NGNS); STRUCTURAL REFORM; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

COMPETITION; CURRICULA; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PLANNING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 78650632546     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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