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http://dx.doi.org/10.7840/kics.2013.38B.3.180

Economic Analysis on Expanding the High-Speed Internet Network to Narrow the Digital Divide among Regional Areas  

Han, In-Seop (서울과학기술대학교 IT정책전문대학원)
Kim, Jipyo (서울과학기술대학교 글로벌융합산업공학과)
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The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences / v.38B, no.3, 2013 , pp. 180-189 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to analyze the profitability of expanding the high-speed internet network and provide the strategy and policy for the government and telecommunication providers to fill the information gaps in rural areas. First, we analyzed the situation where the accessibility of high-speed internet networks is deficient and reasons why it is slow to build the communication network infrastructure in the remote agricultural and fishing areas. Then economic analysis was performed to find out how much it cost to make it possible for every village of rural areas to access the high-speed internet network as well as sensitivity analysis.
Keywords
digital divide; high-speed internet network; informatization project; economic analysis; sensitivity analysis;
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