Monthly Archives: June, 2008
Applications now open for LIRNEasia Young Scholar Tutorials, hosted by NUS, Singapore. Click here for info on how to apply.
‘Free’ mobile broadband next year?
Mobile broadband could be bundled with standard contracts as early as 2009, a broadband comparison site has claimed.
If the current rate of price-cutting continues, mobile broadband will soon be perceived as free of charge, according to Top 10 Broadband.
“Competition is reaching its zenith in the mobile broadband market,” said Jessica McArdle, a spokeswoman at Top [...]
EU Telecom ministers dismiss plan for central regulatory body
The 27 telecommunication ministers of the European Union unanimously dismissed Commissioner Viviane Reding’s plans to create a powerful central telecom regulatory body at a meeting in Luxembourg on Thursday.
They were more supportive of other elements of her reform plans, including the functional separation punishment with which she wants to threaten former telecom monopolies. They also [...]
BT offers quicker broadband – or money back!
BT has launched a new service that promises frustrated broadband customers that they can speed up their internet connection – or they can get their money back.
The company has vouched that it can improve speeds of people’s broadband by at least 0.5Mbps (megabits per second), regardless of who provides their internet.
As long as the householder [...]
12th Executive Course on Telecom Reform, Singapore, commences today
The 12th Executive Course on Telecom reform organised by LIRNEasia and CONNECTasia FORUM gets underway in Singapore. The course will be held at Changi Village Hotel from 10-14 June, 2008. This year’s participants will have the added benefit of being part of the Expert Forum for SAARC region regulatory agencies on sector and regulatory performance [...]
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