"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.

Globalization and global equity are built on the premise of peace. The causes of many divisions and tensions in human communities lie in the imagined or real gain of financial or material assets of some elements of the community to be at the expense of others. The global community however lacks...

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...