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LIRNEasia data at CPRsouth
Sangamitra Ramachander, PhD, won the best paper competition at the sixth Communication Policy Research South (CPRsouth6) conference while Faheem Hussain, PhD, was judged as the runner up. Sangamitra, currently attached to the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, UK, presented the paper titled, “The Price Sensitivity of Mobile Use Among Low Income Households in [...]
Communicating Research: Broadband QoSE video
Doing good research is of utmost importance. Conveying the research results to the right audience is equally important if change is to be effected. LIRNEasia’s study on Broadband Quality of Service Experience (BBQoSE) began in 2007. Since then, more than six rounds of testing has been conducted in over five countries, using the AT-Tester (developed [...]
mHealth biosurveillance monthly cost is less than three cents (US) per Bhutanese
Bhutan goverment has implementing a ’112′ emergency health call center. It is their first eHealth solution and people can request for an ambulance or ask for medical assistance through the service. With the help of the World Health Organization, the Ministry of Health had contracted an Indian software company to pilot the Hospital Information Management [...]
ICTs and Agriculture
Some of the actionable research done by LIRNEasia, were highlighted at an event organized by the Bhutan Infocomm and Media Authority (BICMA), in Thimphu on 9 May 2011. One of the areas of research presented was Agriculture. According to the World Bank, nearly half the labour force in Bhutan is engaged in Agriculture, however as [...]
Colloquium: Practitioner Networks as ‘Self-Organizing’ Systems: Lessons for Knowledge Manag
The colloquium was conducted by Dr. Sujata Gamage. She began by giving an overview of the project, Knowledge to innovation in solid waste services through Linkages. Now, focus on peer2peer linkages and public-private partnerships. The research looks at linkages that work. What is the sustainability of the project aftre the money runds out. We found out [...]
Tutorials and Mobile 2.0 Workshop, Singapore
Thirteen young scholars were selected to attend a tutorial and workshop on mobile 2.0 on 21 and 22 June 2010 in Singapore. The event was co-organised by LIRNEasia and the Department of Communication and New Media (CNM) of the National University of Singapore (NUS). The tutorials included topics such as “Communicating for policy influence” and [...]
Colloquium: TRE Afghanistan
Colloquium was conducted by Sriganesh Lokanathan. Data was collected from Jan – Apr 2009. Profile of Afghanistan. 25 Mn Population. Land locked country. MoU per year 399 incoming, 414 outgoing. Due to high prices. Most investment from FDI. 55Mn comes from local sources additional 40 mn came from Afghan telecom. 6 year CAGR stands at [...]
Colloquium: An efficient bus-ticket system for Sri Lanka: Possibilities for a Mobile2.0 solution
The colloquium was conducted by Harsha de Silva, PhD. Harsha began by explaining that the paper focus both on trains and buses, but in this colloquium will focus on the Bus transport. 75% of passenger transport is via public transport and of that 93% by bus and 7% by train. Roughly 5500 SLCTB and 18000 [...]
Colloquium: Awareness and use of m-remittance services: is there potential at the BOP?
The colloquium was conducted by Nirmali Sivapragasam. The colloquium began by that the paper is based on the T@BOP data set. The Research questions are: How aware are low-income Asian migrant workers of m-remittance services ? What socio-economic characteristics determine a migrant worker’s level of awareness? What are possible demand-side and supply-side barriers to greater [...]
Using Volunteer Computing for monitoring Broadband QoSE
Broadband Quality of Service Experience (QoSE) has been an area of research interest to LIRNEasia since December 2007. In the process of our research, the software application, AT-Tester was developed as a testing tool in order to monitor broadband QoSE. It is available for free downloading. Users can test the quality of their connectivity and [...]
Colloquium: Identifying conditions for the delivery of m-government services to the BOP: India
The presentation was made by Prof. Subhash Bhatnagar. The presentation began by Prof. Bhatnagar explaining the research objectives; extention of e-governmaent to mobile platforms as well as the strategic use of government services and applications which are only possible using cellular/mobile telephones, laptop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and wireless internet infrastructure. Why are we [...]
Colloquium: Freedom of Expression in Mobile Content: Pakistan
The presentation was made Hina Sarfaraz. The colloquium started with the looking at Governance of ICT with the definitions: Defined as Freedom of Expression(FoE): information which might annoy, disturb, terrorise or disgust, or, would engage, educate, inform and uplift. Role of Government in ensuring FoE and basic right to know is taken as a role [...]
Colloquium: An evaluation of different models for the issuance of licenses for service provision and frequencies
The presentation was done by Payal Malik. The presentation began by Payal explaining that there is a certain level of abstraction in the topic. It is excepted by most that deleivering telecom connectivity and services helps development. The challenge now lies in go beyond voice and to see how the BOP can benefit from connectivity. [...]
Colloquium: Mobile 2.0: m-money for the unbanked
Colloquium conducted by Dr. Erwin Alampay of NCPAG, Philippines. Presentation began by looking at the potential for M-money. Why should we use m-money? Improving efficiency: Improve services, financial services. BOP a target. BOP (migrants) relies on various forms of remittances Looking at Filipinos, 9% of BOP had a relative living abroad, and 13% in another [...]
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