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The Philippines

In the 1950s Manila was the banking capital of Asia. The Philippines had more telephones per head than Hong Kong....

1 Nov 2013 Reports
The Philippines
Social Media: Opportunities and Constraints in SEA Emerging Markets

Social Media: Opportunities and Constraints in SEA Emerging Markets

Baker & McKenzie’s report, “Social Media: The Opportunities and Constraints in Southeast Asian Emerging Markets,” is based on in-depth interviews...

31 Oct 2013 Reports
Commentary on TODAY,16 Oct 2013: “Epic Fail” for Network Resilience by Lim May-Ann

Commentary on TODAY,16 Oct 2013: “Epic Fail” for Network Resilience by Lim May-Ann

This commentary first appeared in TODAY, Singapore on 16 Oct 2013. I think we just failed an end-of-year exam on...

30 Oct 2013 Reports
Trade Liberalization versus Industrial Policy

Trade Liberalization versus Industrial Policy

Bilateral, regional and global trade agreements are all part of the modern landscape of international economic relationships. They are based...

1 Oct 2013 Reports
Just Thinking

Just Thinking

There is little point in saying something for the sake of it. A journo, a politician, a blogger, is often...

1 Sep 2013 Reports
Mobile Payment in Sri Lanka: Market Demand Assessment

Mobile Payment in Sri Lanka: Market Demand Assessment

The IFC commissioned a report on an assessment of the market demand of mobile payment services in Sri Lanka. Reasons...

11 Jul 2013 Reports
The Revenge of Cybernetics?

The Revenge of Cybernetics?

If the “medium is the message” then the message in the age of the Internet is that everything we now...

1 Jul 2013 Reports
Singapore’s Regulation of Online Media

Singapore’s Regulation of Online Media

https://www.improveyourkidneyfunction.com/improve-kidney-function-kidney-disease-solution-ebook/ Singapore recently announced a move to extend its regulation of local media to cover Internet news websites. The regulation...

1 Jul 2013 Reports
Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) Services and Broadband in Asia and the Pacific: A Study of Value and Opportunity Cost in the Assignment of Radio Spectrum

Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) Services and Broadband in Asia and the Pacific: A Study of Value and Opportunity Cost in the Assignment of Radio Spectrum

With the digital dividend on the agenda of economies of the Asia Pacific region it is timely to review the...

17 May 2013 Reports
Access Price Benchmarking for APCC

Access Price Benchmarking for APCC

Access Price Benchmarking for APCC – a study produced for the Asia Pacific Carriers’ Coalition (APCC) Executive Summary 1. This...

20 Feb 2013 Reports
Telecoms and Security: Old Wine in New Bottles

Telecoms and Security: Old Wine in New Bottles

A recent report by the US Senate warned that entry of telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei into the US market would...

1 Oct 2012 Reports
3D Printing

3D Printing

It used to be the case that a dental patient wanting a crown for a tooth needed to sit through...

1 Jun 2012 Reports
Technology, Oh Technology and Manchester City

Technology, Oh Technology and Manchester City

On May 7th hundreds of millions of viewers around the world watched the exciting climax to the English Premier League...

1 May 2012 Reports
The internet: Innovation, Data flows and Markets

The internet: Innovation, Data flows and Markets

APEC Conference on Innovation and Trade April 4-5 2012, Sands Expo and Convention Center, Singapore Keynote speaker: Prof. John Ure Downloads...

4 Apr 2012 Reports
Eye on Myanmar

Eye on Myanmar

The Burmese ICT Landscape Myanmar has been hitting the right notes in the news media recently. Since the April 1st...

1 Apr 2012 Reports
How Unassailable is Facebook?

How Unassailable is Facebook?

2012 is scheduled as the year Facebook goes public. It has been well advertised that Facebook does not need the...

1 Apr 2012 Reports
3G Auctions: A Change of Course (in Networking Knowledge for Information Societies: Institutions & Intervention)

3G Auctions: A Change of Course (in Networking Knowledge for Information Societies: Institutions & Intervention)

3G Auctions: A Change of Course in Networking Knowledge for Information Societies: Institutions & Intervention Edited by Robin Mansell, Rohan...

26 Mar 2012 Opinion
Bottom of the Pyramid and Mobile Payments

Bottom of the Pyramid and Mobile Payments

Approximately half the world’s population of over 6 billion people has access to a mobile phone and over 80 per...

21 Mar 2012 Reports
Artificial Intelligence – More Brawn than Brain?

Artificial Intelligence – More Brawn than Brain?

The IT world is getting faster all the time. Telcos are upgrading to high speed broadband NGNs; the processing power...

1 Mar 2012 Reports
When the Internet Went on Strike

When the Internet Went on Strike

On 18 January 2012 the Internet went on strike. Wikipedia and a whole host of Internet sites went dark for...

1 Feb 2012 Reports
Capitalism and social services

Capitalism and social services

Sir, Lawrence Summers and Samuel Brittan, in the “Capitalism in Crisis” series, complement each other in important ways. Prof Summers...

17 Jan 2012 Reports