Tag Archive for ‘Randy Spence’ at LIRNEasia

Tag Archive for 'Randy Spence'

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Mobile multiple play

on December 9, 2006

Just returned from the sensory overload of the ITU Telecom World exhibition and forum in Hong Kong. One of the buzzwords/phrases floating around this year is multiple play. Triple play is passe though a few are hanging on with quadruple play.

Given my recent column in LBO, my mind was on payments. Where in the multiple play talk was payments? This was the question I raised at the session.

Now, as I wade through the piled up e-mail, I find this fascinating link sent by our good friend Randy Spence which is dead on the point. Does this not suggest that payment is the truly hot topic?

Sunday Independent: Cellphone companies push the power of mobile business services to hook consumers

Hylton Kallner, the general manager of marketing for Discovery,…

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Tags: cellular retail channels, Hong Kong, Hylton Kallner, India, mobile business services, Randy Spence, Shameel Joosub, South Africa, Vodacom.

LIRNEasia at WSIS, Tunis, Nov 17

Divakar Goswami

on December 6, 2005

Pro-Poor, Pro-Market ICT Policy and Regulation
World Summit on the information Society, Matmata Room, Kram Centre Tunis, November 17, 2005, 9:00 – 16:45
LIRNE.NET and the World Dialogue on Regulation (WDR), LIRNEasia, Research ICT Africa (RIA), Diálogo regional sobre la sociedad de la información (DIRSI)
Sponsored by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and
The Information for Development Program of the World Bank (infoDev)
9:00-9:15 Welcome Randy Spence
9:15 - 10.15 ICT Demand, access and usage by the poor
Chair: Heloise Emdon, IDRC
Telecom Strategies on a Shoestring (Household Income Below USD 100/Month)(PDF download) (LIRNEasia) Ayesha Zainudeen, LIRNEasia team Digital Poverty in LAC (DIRSI) Roxana Barrantes Measuring ICT Access and Usage in Africa (RIA) Alison Gillwald, Christoph Stork 10:30-12:00 Core Networks and Policy Issues Chair: Olivier Nana Nzepa, RIA Having a Backbone; Making Best Use of What You’ve Got (LIRNEasia) Harsha Vardhana Singh, Rohan Samarajiva SADC…

 

				

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											Tags: Adam, Africa, Alison Gillwald, Amy Mahan, Andrew Barendse, Ayesha Zainudeen, Ben Petrazzini, Bill Melody, Caribbean, Christoph Stork, Extending Access Networks, Harsha da Silva, Harsha de Silva, Harsha Vardhana Singh, Indonesia, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Development Research Centre, Kerry McNamara, Kim Mallalieu, Kram Centre Tunis, LIRNE.NET, Malathy Knight-John, Matmata Room, Mostafa Terrab, Olivier Nana Nzepa, Onno Purbo, Randy Spence, Rohan Samarajiva, Roxana Barantes, Roxana Barrantes, Saeed Khan, Telecoms Funds, Tunis, Universal Service Funds, USD.

 

	
		
		
			
				LIRNEasia at WSIS, Tunis

				
					 by Divakar Goswami
 on September 7, 2005
 
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Pro-Poor Pro-Market Regulation Reform (PPPM)




         


         




From IDRC’s website

World Summit on the information Society, Kram Centre, Tunis, November 17, 2005

Conference Organisers: the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Information for Development Program of the World Bank (infoDev)

LIRNE.NET and the World Dialogue on Regulation (WDR)
LIRNEasia Research ICT Africa (RIA)
Diálogo regional sobre la sociedad de la información (DIRSI)

  November 17, 2005 - Morning Program



Time
Activity


8:30-8:45

Welcome - Richard Fuchs




8:45-9:45


ICT Demand, access and usage by the poor

Chair: Laurent Elder, IDRC
 
ICT Uses on a Shoestring in Asia (LIRNEasia)- Ayesha Zainudeen
Digital Poverty in LAC (DIRSI) - Roxana Barrantes
Towards an African e-index (RIA) - Alison Gillwald, Christoph Stork
 
Discussion




9:45-10:00

Coffee break



10:00-11:15


Core Networks and Policy Issues
Chair: F F Tusubira, RIA
 
Asia Backbone Study (LIRNEasia) - Rohan Samarajiva
Telecoms Funds and Regulatory Challenges - Judith Mariscal
South Asia ADCs, USFs and Subsidy Auctions (LIRNEasia) - Harsha da…






							
 

				

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											Tags: Adam, Alison Gillwald, Amy Mahan, Andrew Barendse, Asia, Asia Backbone, Ayesha Zainudeen, Bill Melody, Christoph Stork, e-index, Extending Access Networks, Harsha da Silva, Indonesia, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Development Research Centre, Judith Mariscal, Kerry McNamara, Kim Mallalieu, Kram Centre, Laurent Elder, LIRNE.NET, local access technologies, Mostafa Terrab, Onno Purbo, Randy Spence, Richard Fuchs, Rohan Samarajiva, Roxana Barrantes, Telecoms Funds, Tunis.
					

				
 

		
 

	
		
		
			
				Live Notes on Group Discussion

				
					 by Indi Samarajiva
 on September 19, 2004
 
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These are live notes, so they’re borderline incomprehensible.  The value was more in that Rohan wanted to make a live text record of conference proceedings on the Net.
Payal Mallik, Group 1:
Case Studies, success stories of application. From India- Karnatika, first action was to formalize the land records which translates to land reforms through ICTs. Governments get to see the productivity gains from ICTs.
Citizen/Government Interface: this morning governance was pointed out as a critical area. What nature should the interface take?
Gap Between Content Development and Demand: Language issues, and what to ppl actually want from these applications.
Proposed Projects removed, I think the microimpact is still a little far from realization.
Happy with proposed projects: These subsidy studies should be underlined in a certain, clear theoretical framework. This…

							
 

				

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											Tags: Broadband, certain technology, e-channelling, e-choupals, electricity, Global Knowledge Partnership, Important tools, India, Randy Spence, Singapore, Sri Lanka, The Netherlands, VOIP.
					

				
 

		
 

	
		
		
			
				Randy and Michael Spence

				
					 by Indi Samarajiva
 on September 19, 2004
 
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Dr. Randy Spence spoke of his experiences in Somalia, where there isn’t much government to speak of.  But people are using ICTs.
However, he emphasized that ICTs must drop in cost for the investments of the 1990s to bear fruit.  “I’m involved in nanotech and biotech, and fairly rapid diffusion of this technology will be very important.”
Although mobile and wireless access are expanding, fixed line and Internet access lag - and the differences are largely due to regulation.
The future may be wireless broadband, but for the foreseable future the policy is fixed line.
Dr. Michael Spence
Dr. Spence began by telling his economic perspective on the importance of good governance. “There’s a lot of talk about how all you need is a market system and that’s just nonsense.…

							
 

				

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											Tags: Cambodia, Central Bank, information technology, Internet access lag, Michael Spence, Randy Spence, Somalia, weak central bank, wireless access, wireless broadband.

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