Diffusion of Broadband Access in Latin America

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Author(s): Arturo Robles Rovalo (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain), Claudio Feijóo González (Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, JRC, EC, and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)and José Luis Gómez-Barroso (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain)
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 18
Source title: Handbook of Research on Global Diffusion of Broadband Data Transmission
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Yogesh K. Dwivedi (Swansea University, UK), Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou (Brunel University, UK)and Jyoti Choudrie (University of Hertfordshire, UK )
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-851-2.ch044

Keywords: Engineering Science Reference / Global Information Technology / Media & Communications / Telecommunications

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The “geographic” digital divide is obvious when comparing more developed countries to the rest. Its first and most obvious sign is the difference in the diffusion of broadband accesses. However, it is clear that there are also lines of separation in smaller geographic ranges: between countries of a same area, inside each country and, sometimes, in each specific region. This chapter shows this situation by studying the broadband access diffusion in Latin America on a three level basis (regional, national, and local). At the national level, a few explanatory variables of the different situations presented by the countries chosen for the study are researched. Additionally, a description of the environment (market and public action) where this diffusion is occurring is also included.

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