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CHAKULA features an e-interview with LIRNEasia’s CEO

Written by Chanuka Wattegama on July 7, 2010 — Leave a Comment

CHAKULA is a newsletter produced by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). Named after the Swahili word for ‘food’, it aims to mobilise African civil society around ICT policy for sustainable development and social justice issues. The latest issue features an e-interview with LIRNEasia’s CEO Rohan Samarajiva, but it is not the only reason why [...]

Posted in General, Research | Also tagged 3G, ADSL, Africa, Alison Gillwald, ARPU Inc., Asia, Association for Progressive Communications, Average revenue per user, banking, Broadband, broadband Internet, broadcast/telecommunications, Business, Business/Finance, CEO, Chair and CEO, Christoph Stork, communications services, deployable wireless services, Design, e-interview, e-interviews, Economics, electronic commerce frameworks, entrepreneurship, Executive Director, fixed and mobile services, food, forward for the conference, generation networks, Graduate School, Indra de Lanerolle, infoDev, innovation, International Development Research Centre, International Telecommunication Union, Internet economy, Internet Protocol, Kenya, Lirnasia, LIRNE.NET, LIRNEasia, made taking certain technologies, mobile operator, Muriuki Mureithi, network, niche product, OECD, overlay network, Paris, Php, Political economy, public utilities, Regional Policy, regulation, RIA Servicos Imobiliarios Ltda., Rohan Samarajiva, scholar search, Service innovation, Sky One Network (Holding) Ltd, Sri Lanka, Structure, telecommunications, telecommunications space, telecommunications/banking etc, USD, wireless access

Missed calls / beeping / flashing – a universal strategy?

Written by Ayesha Zainudeen on September 28, 2007 — 4 Comments

Missed calling (also referred to as beeping, flashing and many other names) has been most talked about in Africa; Johnathan Donner has been talking and writing about it for some time now; his research provides interesting insights into what he calls the ‘rules’ of beeping. A recent Reuters article looks at the growing phenomenon in [...]

Posted in Documents, General | Also tagged Africa, Andrew Heavens, Cairo, cellular network, cellular telephone, cheaper technology, Devine Kofiloto, Ethiopia, Faisal Ijaz Khan, India, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Irene Mbarika, Johnathan Donner, Jonathan Donner, KHARTOUM, Microsoft, mobile telephone markets, mobile-phone operator, much cheaper technology, Pakistan, Philippines, Reuters, Rwanda, social protocol, SouthEast Asia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, technology association, Thailand, the Philippines, U.N.\'s International Telecommunication Union, USD, Victor W.A. Mbarika, Zain (formerly MTC)

South Africa’s intrusive new mobile legislation

Written by Abu Saeed Khan on June 13, 2007 — Leave a Comment

Tourists, businessmen and other travellers that might want to use their GSM handsets to roam around South Africa will henceforth face some intrusive bureaucracy before they can call home to enthuse about the delights of Cape Town or send pictures of the elephants and lions they see on safari. A new piece of legislation, the [...]

Posted in General | Also tagged cellular telephone, GSM, South Africa, South African parliament

Bangladesh the ‘Golden Boy’ of South Asia: Global UNDP Report

Written by Abu Saeed Khan on November 9, 2006 — Leave a Comment

Dhaka, Nov 9 (www.bdnews24.com) – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report for 2006, launched globally Thursday, revealed that Bangladesh had shown impressive gains in water and sanitation sector although Asia’s emerging giants were lagging. “Income matters, but public policy shapes the conversion of income into human development,” said the report, entitled “Beyond [...]

Posted in General | Also tagged Asia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Carter, Egypt, GDP, Gordon Brown, India, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Kevin Watkins, Kofi Annan, Lula, Middle East, Ngozi Ok, Nigeria, Thailand, United Kingdom, United Nations, United Nations Development Programme, United States, USD, water systems, www.bdnews24.com

Tag Archives: Cape Town

CHAKULA features an e-interview with LIRNEasia’s CEO

South Africa’s intrusive new mobile legislation

Bangladesh the ‘Golden Boy’ of South Asia: Global UNDP Report

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