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  • May 1999
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Broadband Race, The

By: David B. Yoffie and Mary Kwak
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Abstract

Surveys developments in broadband in the late 1990s, focusing on the rivalry between telecom companies deploying DSL and cable companies rolling out cable modem service. Reviews the major broadband technologies, examines the state of competition in the United States, and discusses broadband initiatives in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Keywords

Technological Innovation; Internet and the Web; Competition; Telecommunications Industry; United States; Hong Kong; Singapore

Citation

Yoffie, David B., and Mary Kwak. "Broadband Race, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 799-106, May 1999.
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