Publications
Publications
- May 1999
- HBS Case Collection
Broadband Race, The
By: David B. Yoffie and Mary Kwak
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.