LIRNEasia » Frederick Noronha http://lirneasia.net a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:38:15 +0000 en hourly 1 Interview with Rohan Samarajiva: Is one call the same as another? http://lirneasia.net/2009/07/interview-with-rohan-samarajiva-is-one-call-the-same-as-another/ http://lirneasia.net/2009/07/interview-with-rohan-samarajiva-is-one-call-the-same-as-another/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:08:20 +0000 Nirmali Sivapragasam http://lirneasia.net/2009/07/interview-with-rohan-samarajiva-is-one-call-the-same-as-another/ In an informal interview with well-known journalist and blogger Frederick Noronha at the 3rd PAN ALL Partners’ Conference held in June, Rohan Samarajiva explains the importance of wireless technology, particularly for business-related purposes, based on T@BOP findings for 2008. He emphasizes that when comparing the effectiveness of different communication telephonies, one needs to go beyond measuring indicators of “volume” to that of “value”; furthermore, he emphasizes that within telephony itself, “one call is not the same as another call” (e.g. a call saying “I am here” cannot be compared to a call made to communicate an emergency).

]]> http://lirneasia.net/2009/07/interview-with-rohan-samarajiva-is-one-call-the-same-as-another/feed/ 0 LIRNEasia researcher contributes to two regional publications http://lirneasia.net/2007/12/lirneasia-researcher-contributes-to-two-regional-publications/ http://lirneasia.net/2007/12/lirneasia-researcher-contributes-to-two-regional-publications/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:37:40 +0000 Nirmali Sivapragasam http://www.lirneasia.net/2007/12/lirneasia-researcher-contributes-to-two-regional-publications/ chanuka-publications.jpgTwo publications, with chapters by LIRNEasia researcher Chanuka Wattegama, were launched during the GK3, third global Knowledge conferences held in Kuala Lumpur in December, 2007. The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) in Asia Pacific. The third edition (2007/2008) covers [...]]]> chanuka-publications.jpg

Two publications, with chapters by LIRNEasia researcher Chanuka Wattegama, were launched during the GK3, third global Knowledge conferences held in Kuala Lumpur in December, 2007.

The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) in Asia Pacific. The third edition (2007/2008) covers 31 countries and economies, including North Korea for the first time. Each country chapter presents key ICT policies, applications and initiatives for national development. In addition, five thematic chapters provide a synthesis of some of the key issues in ICT4D in the region, including mobile and wireless technologies, risk communication, intellectual property regimes and localization.

Communicating Disasters: An Asia Pacific Resource Book,  co-published by TVE Asia Pacific and the UNDP, brings together 21 authors – most of them from Asia – who share their experiences and insights on effective communication before, during and after disasters. Coming out in time for the third anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, it takes stock of communication lessons of the mega-disaster. Its core message: adequate planning can help avoid communications disasters when communicating about disasters. Edited by two leading Asian journalists – Nalaka Gunawardene and Frederick Noronha – the book carries a foreword by Sir Arthur C Clarke.

]]> http://lirneasia.net/2007/12/lirneasia-researcher-contributes-to-two-regional-publications/feed/ 0 Shoestrings study in the news http://lirneasia.net/2006/05/shoestrings-study-in-the-news/ http://lirneasia.net/2006/05/shoestrings-study-in-the-news/#comments Tue, 02 May 2006 07:01:57 +0000 Ayesha Zainudeen http://www.lirneasia.net/2006/05/shoestrings-study-in-the-news/ Hello… how do the poor use their phones?  By Frederick Noronha, Indo-Asian News Service 

Dhaka, April 30 (IANS) It’s a billion dollar question: how do the poor of the planet use their mobile phones? A South Asian study conducted in India and Sri Lanka that looks at telecom users with monthly incomes of less than $100 says that over half the respondents do not even own the phone they use.

Read more at DailyIndia.com Click here to access the main Shoestrings study

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