Back to the roots: The 1987 telecom green paper 25 years after - has European telecom liberalization fulfilled its promise for Europe in the internet age?

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Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 14-24

  Ungerer, Herbert ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Digital growth in Europe; EU telecommunications green paper; Europe; Fourth generation mobile system; GSM digital mobile system; Liberalization; Mobile communications systems; Telecommunication systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874565156     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636691311305399     Document Type: Article

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