Challenges to the network : telecommunications and the Internet / International Telecommunication Union (itu).

Challenges to the network : telecommunications and the Internet / International Telecommunication Union (itu).

1 volume (various paging) ; [28] cm

9261065910

P 231 ITU.C

Price : CHF 85.00; Supplier : International Telecommunication Union, Geneva; Recd 16/04/98; Contents : The Internet phenomenon; Internet development; Internet economics; Internet telephony; Internet commerce; Internet governance; Internet scenarios; Internet and telecommunication indicators; Acknowledgements : The report has been written by Tim Kelly, H. Shawn Sharifi and Ben Petrazzini of the International Telecommunication Union. Laura Manisto and Maria-Concetta Gasbarro assisted with the production of tables, charts and maps while Frnacine Maurice and Michel Cremieux helped in publishing the printed edition. The electronic edition was prepared by Joseph Velayos. Much of the data contained in this report are taken from the ITU's World Telecommunication Indicators Database. The database is available on diskette or via the Internet as a subscription service. Internet host data is sourced from Network Wizards (http://www.nw.com) and, for Europe, from RIPE (http://www.ripe.net). The ITU's telecommunication indicator reports and databases are available for purchase, on the Internet, at http://www.itu.int/indicators.

Geneva [Switzerland] : International Telecommunication Union, 1997.

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