Iceland

Abstract Iceland is a prime example of a country suffering from the diseconomies of small scale. Its telecommunications are constrained by the country’s basic realities: Its rugged terrain is sparsely populated by only a quarter of a million people; its remote geographic location requires advanced i...

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Main Author: Noam, Eli
Format: Book Part
Language:unknown
Published: Oxford University PressNew York, NY 1992
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Iceland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195070521.003.0019
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780195070521.003.0019 2023-12-31T10:08:06+01:00 Iceland Noam, Eli 1992 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195070521.003.0019 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52161711/isbn-9780195070521-book-part-19.pdf unknown Oxford University PressNew York, NY Telecommunications in Europe page 230-231 ISBN 9780195070521 9780197703779 book-chapter 1992 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195070521.003.0019 2023-12-06T08:52:49Z Abstract Iceland is a prime example of a country suffering from the diseconomies of small scale. Its telecommunications are constrained by the country’s basic realities: Its rugged terrain is sparsely populated by only a quarter of a million people; its remote geographic location requires advanced international communications; and it Jacks an electronics industry. It is difficult even to imagine competitive telecommunications in Iceland. Yet by the same logic of scale, the integration of parts of Icelandic telecommunications with the larger systems of its frequent Nordic partners would be conceivable. Book Part Iceland Oxford University Press (via Crossref) 230 231
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description Abstract Iceland is a prime example of a country suffering from the diseconomies of small scale. Its telecommunications are constrained by the country’s basic realities: Its rugged terrain is sparsely populated by only a quarter of a million people; its remote geographic location requires advanced international communications; and it Jacks an electronics industry. It is difficult even to imagine competitive telecommunications in Iceland. Yet by the same logic of scale, the integration of parts of Icelandic telecommunications with the larger systems of its frequent Nordic partners would be conceivable.
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publisher Oxford University PressNew York, NY
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