Deployment of high-speed broadband infrastructures during the economic crisis. the case of Xarxa Oberta

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 857-870

  Ganuza, Juan José ^a   Viecens, María Fernanda ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^b Foundation for Applied Economic Research FEDEA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalonia; Crisis; Next Generation Networks; Publicprivate collaboration; Spain

Indexed keywords

CATALONIA; CRISIS; NEXT GENERATION NETWORK; PUBLIC-PRIVATE; SPAIN;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 80053961380     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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