Using global content balancing to solve the broadband penetration problem in the developing world: Case study, India

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 74-81

  Gumaste, Ashwin ^a   Gokhale, Prasad ^a   Das, Tamal ^a   Purohit, M K ^b   Agrawal, Peeyush ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL)   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND PENETRATION; BROADBAND SERVICE; BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE; CELLULAR GROWTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC MODEL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PROFITABILITY;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 84860862532     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2012.6194385     Document Type: Article

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