TY - BOOK ID - 11261165 TI - Building broadband : strategies and policies for the developing world AU - Kim, Yongsoo. AU - Kelly, Tim AU - Raja, Siddhartha PY - 2010 SN - 0821384198 9786612725739 0821384201 1282725734 PB - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Broadband communication systems -- Korea (South). KW - Broadband communication systems. KW - Internet service providers -- Korea (South). KW - Internet service providers. KW - Internet service providers KW - Broadband communication systems KW - Transportation Economics KW - Business & Economics KW - Wideband communication systems KW - IAPs (Internet service providers) KW - Internet access providers KW - Internet service industry KW - ISPs (Internet service providers) KW - Telecommunication systems KW - Internet industry UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11261165 AB - 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 ER -