"This book provides a comprehensive coverage of broadband deployment, diffusion, adoption, usage, and policies as they have been realized by research in many countries around the world"--Provided by publisher.

Large investments have been made by various governments for the deployment of broadband within their respective nations; however, the citizens of such countries have demonstrated a slow adoption of this technology. This handbook explores broadband adoption and the digital divide through a global...

E-government has evolved from basic information provisioning to more integrated service offerings enabling citizen-centric services. This handbook provides comprehensive coverage and definitions of the most important issues, concepts, trends, and technologies within transformation stage...