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Comment on Consultative workshop on universities and intermediaries for inclusive development by Thiru

Thiru — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:16:47 +0000

All the best Sujata and Team

Comment on Sri Lanka’s telecom sector soars on mobile growth by E society in China and Sri Lanka « My Personal blog

E society in China and Sri Lanka « My Personal blog — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:10:22 +0000

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Comment on Proto teleporting: Printing 3D objects by Proto teleporting: Printing 3D objects » LIRNEasia – a regional ICT … | Telecom Regulation

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:46:42 +0000

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Comment on Proto teleporting: Printing 3D objects by indi.ca » 3D Printing (And Piracy)

indi.ca » 3D Printing (And Piracy) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:35:20 +0000

[...] Thatha has a post about 3D printing and 3D piracy. Apparently the Pirate Bay now has a section for 3D schematics, for 3D printers. Lest you think this is years away, there are working 3D printers on sale for around $1000, though the model I want costs $1,750. Which is what 2D printers used to cost. [...]

Comment on Is there hope for government postal services? by indi.ca » Mailing A Letter. The Ordeal

indi.ca » Mailing A Letter. The Ordeal — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:38:47 +0000

[...] problem is that the Post kinda sucks. The average Sri Lankan household spends Rs. 4 per month on postal services compared to Rs. 750 for telecom. The postal service is obviously not sustainable [...]

Comment on Crowdsourced, accurate maps by anand

anand — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:47:29 +0000

Indeed crowd sourcing provides tremendous opportunities. It remains to be seen that the gathered data will be freely accessible for others who want to reuse it, as the Google Maps API becomes a paid service…
So in favour of crowdsoursing IF the gathered data will be free to use (for socio-economic development purposes).

Comment on LIRNEasia at Random Hacks of Kindness by Random Hacks of Kindness Wrap Up! January 25th | Montreal Tech Watch

Random Hacks of Kindness Wrap Up! January 25th | Montreal Tech Watch — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:43:46 +0000

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Comment on Sri Lanka and India: The substance of agreement by Sri Lanka and India: The substance of agreement » LIRNEasia – a … | Telecom Regulation

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:28:17 +0000

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Comment on Bangladesh Illegal VoIP operators make fortune as govt stalls licensing by abu hasan

abu hasan — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:49:41 +0000

Hi,
i am interested to do voip. but i not khow whare the starting point for completely begginer.plz give me some idea about it.my cell number is 01840803717.I am also interested to work jointly with a experienced purson.

Comment on On the aesthetics of bar codes and QR codes by abdussamad

abdussamad — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:10:13 +0000

How is a QR code better than a simple text hyperlink? I mean we can make short urls so what’s the advantage of the QR code?

Comment on Skype is eating telco’s lunch by Abu Saeed Khan

Abu Saeed Khan — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:51:41 +0000

The Great International Gateway Circus of Bangladesh.

Comment on Sri Lanka: Census asks question about Internet and ICT use by abdussamad

abdussamad — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:36:30 +0000

I remember when I lived in SL there was a program on Rupavahini about the web. Antharjaliya or something like that. So yeah I can imagine almost every knows about it by now.

BTW those survey results do assume honesty and that doesn’t always apply to Pakistanis. People here will never admit that there is something that they don’t know. No way do 98% of a largely illiterate Pakistani population know about the interwebz :p

Comment on Sri Lanka: Census asks question about Internet and ICT use by Rohan Samarajiva

Rohan Samarajiva — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:45:55 +0000

Most of your questions are answered in the slideset at http://lirneasia.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/TaBOP4-LK-v4.pdf. Slide 27 shows that among the poor in Sri Lanka only 2 percent have not heard of the Internet. If that is the number for the poor, one can assume that for the population as a whole the number is around 1-2 %.

You can see the results from a country-representative sample at http://lbo.lk/fullstory.php?nid=975766409. Or you can go to the Census and Statistics site and read the report.

Comment on Sri Lanka: Census asks question about Internet and ICT use by abdussamad

abdussamad — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:29:38 +0000

I’d like to see figures for how many people haven’t even heard of the Internet. I am sure there are some out there. I imagine the govt. will milk this census for all the propaganda value it can get. Oh look at how many people have mobiles and how many have TV sets and what not. That must mean that living standards are rising. Doesn’t matter that we have no numbers to compare with.

Comment on Ups and downs of the smartphone market by abdussamad

abdussamad — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:26:11 +0000

Well you can’t expect to read about Chinese handsets in the western media. Rich white people aren’t exactly the target market for Chinese sets. If there was an Asian blog that covered the telecoms industry then you’d find some info there. In fact isn’t this just such a blog? Why don’t you guys write about the Chinese handsets?