Building broadband [[electronic resource] ] : strategies and policies for the developing world / / Yongsoo Kim, Tim Kelly, and Siddhartha Raja

• Autore: Kim Yongsoo
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 384.3/3
• Soggetto topico: Internet service providers - Korea (South); Broadband communication systems - Korea (South)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KellyTim (Tim John Charles) RajaSiddhartha <1980->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The status and importance of broadband -- Rethinking broadband as an ecosystem -- Broadband market development in the Republic of Korea -- Experiences of other broadband leaders -- Strategies to build the broadband ecosystem -- Policies and programs to build broadband -- Building blocks for broadband.
• Sommario/riassunto: The year 2000 initiated a decade of spectacular growth in the information and communication technology sector in developing countries. Almost 75 percent of the world's mobile telephone subscriptions are in low- and middle-income countries, which have also promoted exciting innovations and realized significant economic development benefits. However, the adoption and use of broadband technology is another matter. Countries in North America and the European Union account for more than 50 percent of the world's 1 billion fixed and mobile broadband subscriptions, but South Asia and Sub-Saharan Afri
• Titolo autorizzato: Building broadband
• ISBN: 1-282-72573-4; 9786612725739; 0-8213-8420-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459988003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II