Monthly Archives: October, 2006
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Colloquium on Real-Time Biosurveillance For Early Warnings in Sri Lanka
Assume a scenario where among the chief complaint strings of two unrelated patients in the same District on the same date there was a mention of bloody stools in pediatric cases. The multiple mentions of “bloody stools” or “pediatric” might not be surprising, but the tying together of these two factors, given matching geographic locations [...]
What is the addressable market for telecom?
According to an equity research firm, the limits of the addressable market in mobile in Sri Lanka will be reached when 2 million more phones are connected. This conclusion needs further interrogation, but on first glance it looks like they have the mobile/per 100 number understated by about 1.1, which does not [...]
Wireless: Seeking a voice in future of WiMax
By Eric Sylvers International Herald Tribune
Published: October 9, 2006
MILAN A battle is brewing that may well decide how Europeans connect to the Internet using cellphones, laptops and other portable devices in the coming decade.
Mobile phone companies, chip makers and manufacturers of wireless networks are pushing their sometimes conflicting cases for how the limited amount of [...]
Indonesian Leased Line Prices to Fall by 50%
Leased Line Tariffs to be Regulated
Bisnis Indonesia, September 27, 2006
JAKARTA: The Indonesian Telecommunication Regulatory Body (BRTI) will regulate the tariffs for leased lines through a ministerial decree, which is expected to be signed end of this year. The regulator most likely will force network operators to lower leased line tariffs by more than 50 percent [...]
Teleuse and Living Conditions in the North & East (Sri Lanka)
Findings from two surveys
The Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) held its twenty-seventh Open Forum, to discuss “Living Conditions of the North and the East” of Sri Lanka in relation to the rest of the country from the findings of the Consumer Finances and Socio Economic (CFS) survey 2003/2004 conducted by the Central Bank. This is the eighth [...]
Call for papers: Living the Information Society
Living the Information Society: The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on People, Work and Communities in Asia
Renaissance Hotel, Makati City, Philippines
April 23-24, 2007
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The Philippine ICT Researchers Network through the National College of Public Administration and Governance of the University of the Philippines is hosting an international conference on “Living the Information [...]
HazInfo Partners, Dialog/U of Moratuwa/MicroImage shortlisted for innovation award
Several of the partners in the HazInfo project (Dialog, U of Moratuwa and MicroImage) have been shortlisted for an innovation award for the GSM based alerting device that is being used in the HazInfo project by the GSM Association. Final selection will be done on October 16th.
GSM Association Press Release 2006 – [...]
Indonesian Internet Association Draws on LIRNEasia Research to To Ask for Lowering Leased Line Prices
Internet Providers Criticize Leased Line Tariffs
Bisnis Indonesia, Sept. 26, 2006, T2
JAKARTA: The Association of Indonesian Internet Service Providers urge network operators to lower leased line tariffs to allow a healthy competition in providing Internet services for retail customers. Chairman of the Association Sylvia W. Sumarlin said that network operators, which also provide direct internet services [...]
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