Access to and penetration of ICT in rural Thailand

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-155

  Tengtrakul, Pitikorn ^a   Peha, Jon M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing country; Factor analysis; ICT; Penetration; Regression tree; Telecommunication; Thailand; Two Stage Least Square; Universal service

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; ICT; PENETRATION; REGRESSION TREE; THAILAND; TWO STAGE; UNIVERSAL SERVICE;

AUTOMOBILES; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INTERNET; MOBILE PHONES; PROFITABILITY; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS; TRUCKS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 78651460276     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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