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“Living in the Information Society” - NCPAG Conference in Philippines (April 2007)

on January 14, 2007

The Philippine ICT Researchers Network through the National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) of the University of the Philippines will be hosting the first international conference on “Living the Information Society: The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on People, Work and Communities in Asia” which will be held on April 23-24, 2007 at the Renaissance Hotel, Makati City, Philippines (program attached). Early registration (download form) for the Conference is now open and entitles the participant to a 20% discount.

This conference funded by the International Development Research Centre – Canada, is being organized in support of the growing community of researchers and practitioners conducting research on the social, cultural, psychological, economic, political, and other transformations brought about by information and communications technologies (ICT) in the Asia-Pacific…

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Tags: Asia, Asia-Pacific, Canada, cellular telephone, Cheryll Soriano, communications technologies, Conference Secretariat, E-Learning, Information Society, International Development Research Centre, National College, Online Relationships, Philippines, Public Administration, Renaissance Hotel, United States, University of the Philippines, USD.

FLAG to invest $1.5 billion on new submarine cable network

Divakar Goswami

on December 30, 2006

FLAG Telecom plans to deploy the largest IP-based submarine cable network that will connect 60 countries, including many that currently have poor connectivity by 2009. India, Indonesia, and Philippines are among the countries that FLAG’s NGN network will have a presence in.
Reliance to carry FLAG far and wide:

“We live in a world where there is too much of bandwidth for some, little for others and none for many - there is unequal access to bandwidth in and across countries, continents and communities,” said Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, chairman, Reliance Communications. “FLAG NGN will democratise digital access,” he added.

FLAG NGN will comprise of our systems. FLAG NGN System 1 would cover Asia that includes India, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei and Honk Kong. FLAG NGN…

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Taiwan quake shakes telecom links in Asia

Divakar Goswami

on December 27, 2006

The strong quake off Taiwan’s coast on December 26 damaged six separate submarine cables and severely disrupted telecom links in the East, Southeast and South Asia. Internet connectivity in a number of countries are either down or are slowed down thanks to taffic that is being rerouted over networks that have escaped damage. Most of Jakarta (Indonesia) and Pondicherry (Southern India) have been without Internet until this afternoon (Dec 27) at least. In our office in Sri Lanka, SLT’s ADSL connection (though congested) is working. However, Lankacom’s leased line is down since it probably connects to the Internet backbone via Singapore.

These disruptions have major consequences for any business that relies on telecom for delivering their services, including, banking, trading, call centers, remotely managed services etc.…

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Tags: ADSL, Asia, banking, Bloomberg, cable network, China, China Unicom Ltd., Chunghwa Telecom Co., David Leong, earthquake, Europe, France Telecom SA, Hong Kong, HSBC Holdings Plc, India, Indonesia, Internet backbone, Internet connectivity, Jakarta, Japan, Korea, Leng Tai-feng, Malaysia, online banking services, Pakistan Telecommunication Co., Philippines, Pondicherry, Shanghai, Singapore, Singapore Telecom, SouthEast Asia, Sri Lanka, StarHub Ltd. Telekom, taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan\'s coast, Telekom Malaysia Bhd., Telstra Corp., USD.

Telecom Regulatory Environment survey results from 6 countries released in India

Divakar Goswami

on December 21, 2006

The TRE 2006 results [PDF Download] of the first Telecom Regulatory Environment (TRE) survey applied across six Asian countries were released in New Delhi yesterday. The TRE Assessment, developed by LIRNEasia and already implemented in a number of countries, is a perceptual index which gauges regulatory performance across six dimensions. The TRE survey carried out in India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand as part of a multi-component study, closely reflected regulatory reform actions undertaken in the respective countries along with sector performance.
The Hindustan Times, a leading newspaper in India, covered the findings from the TRE surveys [PDF Download] focusing on the comparison between India and Pakistan’s scores.

Pakistan Bests India in Telecoms Regulation by M. Rajendran, Hindustan Times, Dec 20, 2006.

[..]A survey by research agency LIRNEAsia says Pakistan…

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Tags: fixed and mobile services, Hindustan Times, India, Indonesia, LIRNEasia, Mahesh Uppal, New Delhi, Nripendra Misra, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Thailand.

LIRNEasia speaks at Global Telecom Market Research conference in Barcelona

Ayesha Zainudeen

on December 14, 2006

LIRNEasia Lead Economist, Dr. Harsha de Silva presented findings of a new study on telecom use at the bottom of the pyramid in five emerging Asian countries at the well attended ESOMAR global market research conference, Telecom 2006: Convergence Revolution held in Barcelona from 29 November – 1 December 2006. The study covers India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Philippines and Thailand.

de Silva presented some findings contained in a paper written with LIRNEasia researcher Ayesha Zainudeen on the costs and benefits of access to telecoms and the expected next billion subscribers. A particular finding of interest to local policy makers was that almost a quarter of Sri Lankans at the bottom of the pyramid believe that direct access to a phone (i.e., through ownership of one) in fact worsens…

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Tags: Ayesha Zainudeen, Barcelona, Barcelona LIRNEasia Lead, ESOMAR, GSM, Harsha de Silva, India, MUMBAI, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand.

LIRNEasia at International Telecommunication Union Telecom World 2006

Ayesha Zainudeen

on December 7, 2006

Rohan Samarajiva and Divakar Goswami, chaired sessions at the first Telecom World event , ITU Telecom World 2006, to be held in Asia, in Hong Kong SAR, 3-8 December 2006. This event, held once in four years, is normally held in Geneva. It was moved to Hong Kong to recognize the leading role of the Asia Pacific in the ICT sector today (see Figure 1).Samarajiva and Goswami were the only persons from Sri Lanka featured in the program of the Forum at Telecom World.

Figure 1:

Goswami, lead researcher on LIRNEasia’s Indonesia ICT sector and regulatory performance study, chaired a session that included keynote presentations by Dr Sofyan Djalil, the Indonesian Minister of ICTs. Samarajiva’s session on universal access included keynotes by the Vice President of China Unicom,…

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Tags: Asia, Asia-Pacific, China Unicom, Divakar Goswami, Geneva, GSM, GSM Association, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, International Telecommunication Union, Johannesburg, Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Rohan Samarajiva, Sofyan Djalil, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tom Philllips, United Kingdom, United States, Zhengmao Li.

Colloquium: Indonesia Sector Performance/Indicators study

Ayesha Zainudeen

on November 9, 2006

As part of the Six Country Indicators Project, Divakar presents the interim findings from the Indonesia country study. The study assesses Indonesia’s telecom sector and regulatory performance. It employs the common methodology and list of indicators adopted for the Six Country study.

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Tags: 2G services, 3G, ADSL, Bakrie Group, Fixed wireless operators, fixed wireless subscriber, GSM, Harsha de Silva, India, Indonesia, Internet access, Internet penetration, ISP, Java, Lorraine Carlos Salazar, mobile Internet, New government, Philippines, PT Indosat, PT Telekom, Satelindo, Singapore, Thailand, VOIP, wireless access.

Way to go..article on LIRNEasia in the Indian Media

Divakar Goswami

on October 23, 2006

Three articles on LIRNEasia and its research have appeared in Business Line, one of the leading business newspapers in India belonging to the Hindu group. The most recent one appeared today, focussing on LIRNEasia’s research activities in the Asian region.

The way to go
The Hindu Businessline, October 23, 2006
By Ambar Singh Roy

[...]Founded in September 2004, LIRNEasia (Learning Initiatives on Reforms for Network Economies) was initially focused on India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Indonesia.

This year, LIRNEasia’s research footprint has been extended to the Philippines, Thailand and Pakistan.

Says Prof Rohan Samarajiva, Executive Director of LIRNEasia: “The Asia-Pacific is a leading region in ICT, both in manufacture and use. However, there are stark contrasts between the developed and emerging parts. LIRNEasia seeks to identify the institutional constraints on…

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Tags: Ambar Singh Roy, Asia, Asia-Pacific, Bangladesh, Business Line, Canada, India, Indonesia, International Development Research Centre, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Rohan Samarajiva, SMS, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the Philippines.

Call for papers: Living the Information Society

Ayesha Zainudeen

on October 10, 2006

Living the Information Society: The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on People, Work and Communities in Asia
Renaissance Hotel, Makati City, Philippines
April 23-24, 2007

Download Call for Papers

The Philippine ICT Researchers Network through the National College of Public Administration and Governance of the University of the Philippines is hosting an international conference on “Living the Information Society: The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on People, Work and Communities in Asia.” This conference will be held at the Renaissance Hotel, Makati City on April 23-24, 2007. The event is also co-sponsored by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

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Tags: Asia, Information Society, International Development Research Centre, Makati City, National College, Philippines, Public Administration, Renaissance Hotel, University of the Philippines.

CPRsouth1 - Manila, Philippines; January 19-21, 2007

Tahani Iqbal

on September 6, 2006

LIRNEasia, in association with the National College of Public Administration and Governanace, University of the Philippines, Diliman, is organizing the inaugural CPRsouth conference, in Manila, Philippines from January 19-21, 2007. The overall objective of this exercise is to build Asian-based human capacity by reinforcing and developing the values and commitment of existing scholars in and with interest in the emerging Asia-Pacific.

For more information, download the complete programme HERE

Also, please check the Call for Papers and the Call for Young Scholar Award Applications to see how you may participate in this event and join an emerging community of scholars committed to improving the lives of people in Asia through information and communication technology.

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Tags: Asia, Asia-Pacific, Asian, communication technology, Diliman, Manila, National College, Philippines, Public Administration, University of the Philippines.

5 LIRNEasia Researchers Presenting at Digital Opportunity Forum, Korea

Divakar Goswami

on August 23, 2006

At the upcoming Digital Opportunity Forum organized by KADO (Korean Agency for Digital Opportunity & Promotion) and the ITU being held in Seoul, Korea, five researchers from LIRNEasia have been invited to present. Rohan Samarajiva will be giving the keynote speech on Bridging the Divide: Building Asia-Pacific Capacity for Effective Reforms and will act as the Chairman of the Forum. Rohan’s comments at the close of the First Day are included as well as the powerpoint from his keynote (also available at DOF site): SamarajivaBridgingAug06.ppt

As part of LIRNEasia’s ongoing research on the Six Country Indicators Project, lead researchers working on assessing ICT sector performance and analysing the reform process in India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Philippines wil make their presentation on the Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) applied to their respective countries.…

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Tags: Asia, India, Indonesia, Joseph Wilson, Korea, Korean Agency for Digital Opportunity & Promotion, Lorraine Salazar, Pakistan, Philippines, Rohan Samarajiva, Seoul, the Philippines.

Report on Workshop on ICT Indicators, New Delhi

Divakar Goswami

on May 22, 2006

A report on the Indicators Workshop held in New Delhi by LIRNEasia in collaboration with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is available here [PDF]. The report provides a review of international initiatives and best practices, examines some of the difficulties regarding standardising indicators across the region, the challenges of measurement and collection of indicator data and the process of developing an indicators manual for the South Asian region.

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Tags: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, International Telecommunication Union, Maldives, National Regulatory Research Institute, Nepal, New Delhi, online database, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Thailand, United States.

Cooperation on Indicators at APC Meeting, Bangladesh

Divakar Goswami

on May 12, 2006

Links were formed between LIRNEasia and the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA), Philippines, an organization involved in a project to develop a set of standard indicators for the ICT sector for the Philippine Statistical Development Plan. The emphasis of FMA’s work is on developing indicators which are relevant to the Asian context, specifically the ASEAN countries. This has direct parallels with LIRNEasia’s multi-component, six-country study on measuring telecom (ICT infrastructure) sector and regulatory performance in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries and developing a sustainable supply- and demand-side data collection mechanism for South Asia.

The researchers involved in this project at FMA have communicated with LIRNEasia’s Filipino counterpart, and both have shared background papers. FMA is also conducting research into access, use and ownership of ICTs using household…

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Tags: Asia, Ayesha Zainudeen, Civil Society, DHAKA, Foundation for Media Alternatives, LIRNEasia, online discussion fora, open space technology, Philippines, Rohan Samarajiva, Saeed Khan, the Philippines.

LIRNEasia training course: Catalyzing change: Strategies to achieve connectivity and convergence

Ayesha Zainudeen

on October 9, 2005

LIRNEasia’s maiden telecom reform course was successfully completed by 36 participants from 18 countries. The 10^th telecom reform course was co-organised with LIRNE.NET, in association with the School of Communication and Information of Nanyang Technological University, and the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore. Themed ‘Catalyzing change: Strategies to achieve connectivity and convergence,’ the course took place at the Elizabeth Hotel in Singapore on the 24^th-30^th September 2005.
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The course aimed to prepare regulators to face the challenges that lie ahead to achieve connectivity and convergence. One of the key issues that much of the discussion focussed on was VOIP or voice over internet protocol, an application that is revolutionizing the voice market, bringing down costs significantly; this will have an enormous bearing on universal access, given the…

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Tags: Africa, Andrew Haire, Asia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bill Melody, Cambodia, Canada, Concept Lab, Denmark, diverse group, Elizabeth Hotel, Europe, Ewan Sutherland, India, Indonesia, InfoComm Development Authority, Internet Research Centre, Jens Arnbak, LIRNE.NET, Malaysia, Milagros Rivera Sanchez, Mongolia, Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore, Netherlands Regulatory Authority, Nigeria, North America, OP TA, Pakistan, Philippines, Professors William Melody, Rajendra Singh, Randolph Kluver, Rohan Samarajiva, Satish Ranade, Saudi Arabia, School of Communication and Information, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tan Geok Leng, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, telecommunications user studies, Teleglobe, Thailand, Tyco Global Network (TGN), Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited, voice over internet protocol, VOIP.

LIRNE at ICT4D and higher education conference

Rohan Samarajiva

on January 15, 2005

Conference on Higher Education, Information Technology and Sustainable Development: The central role of universities in building knowledge societies in Asia, Africa and Latin America, January 10-14, 2005, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines

I was invited to this event, I think, primarily because of the perception of LIRNE.NET as a university-based, effective organization for applying knowledge to problems of ICT4D. The presentation that I made was entitled LIRNE.NET: ICT4D with or without universities” (Manila Presentation), which should give a clue about what I think of the role of Asian universities in this task.

The conference was attended by enthusiastic academics (majority), NGO representatives seeking more support from universities, and education administrators. What should perhaps have been framed as questionsDo the universities have a role in the emerging…

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Tags: Africa, Asia, De La Salle University, information technology, Latin America, LIRNE.NET, Manila, Philippines.

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Tag Archive for 'Philippines'Page 2 of 2

“Living in the Information Society” - NCPAG Conference in Philippines (April 2007)

FLAG to invest $1.5 billion on new submarine cable network

Taiwan quake shakes telecom links in Asia

Telecom Regulatory Environment survey results from 6 countries released in India

LIRNEasia speaks at Global Telecom Market Research conference in Barcelona

LIRNEasia at International Telecommunication Union Telecom World 2006

Colloquium: Indonesia Sector Performance/Indicators study

Way to go..article on LIRNEasia in the Indian Media

Call for papers: Living the Information Society

CPRsouth1 - Manila, Philippines; January 19-21, 2007

5 LIRNEasia Researchers Presenting at Digital Opportunity Forum, Korea

Report on Workshop on ICT Indicators, New Delhi

Cooperation on Indicators at APC Meeting, Bangladesh

LIRNEasia training course: Catalyzing change: Strategies to achieve connectivity and convergence

LIRNE at ICT4D and higher education conference

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