...Ewan Sutherland Purpose This paper aims to analyse the promises of the various political party in the 2019 general election in the United Kingdom (UK) concerning the provision of broadband, especially in remote and rural areas. Design/methodology/approach This is an analysis of the party...

... development. Costas Troulos can be contacted at: ktroulos@netmode.ntua.gr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Broadband networks Case studies Rural areas Public policy Since the late 1990s, fiber technologies have grown in popularity to serve customers by providing optical...

... the efficiency of these operatives and boosting their competitiveness. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the contributions of mobile telephones to the development of micro and small enterprises in less urban and rural areas of Ghana. Design/methodology/approach The methodology used...

... Kosha (DDK, or Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation) was established. DDK gradually extended its coverage throughout rural areas. Integrating existing Yusen into the DDK network accelerated the expansion of the nation‐wide telecommunication infrastructure. As the national...

... countries is regarded as that which requires intervention in order to foster sustainability and development, and there have been many empirical studies of both the value and the use of ICTs in rural areas. These are, however, highly disparate, often being industry‐, country‐ and, indeed, type‐of‐technology...

... character set. Around 50 million people speak English. Despite a strong and fast growing IT industry, access to ICTs remains very low, particularly in rural areas. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Communication technologies Rural areas Information systems India Information...

...Björn Wellenius Telecommunications reforms in Chile led to rapid development in the 1990s driven by the private sector, but rural areas remained largely excluded because of the high cost of providing service, low revenue potential, and lack of strategic interest to the operating companies. In 1994...