Exploring the potential of wireless technologies to accelerate universal Internet access in Ghana

Telecommunications Policy - Tập 35 - Trang 494-504 - 2011
Ignatius Fosu1
1Lemke Department of Journalism, University of Arkansas, 116 Kimpel Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA

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