LIRNEasia » The Dawn 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 Call to reduce intra-SAARC phone tariffs published in Bangladesh too http://lirneasia.net/2008/07/call-to-reduce-intra-saarc-phone-calls-published-in-bangladesh-too/ http://lirneasia.net/2008/07/call-to-reduce-intra-saarc-phone-calls-published-in-bangladesh-too/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:12:56 +0000 Rohan Samarajiva http://lirneasia.net/?p=1788 The op-ed piece written up on the basis of one of the LIRNEasia benchmark studies, has been published in the leading Bangladesh newspaper, Daily Star. The data and recommendations thus have been published, in various forms, in the special issue of Himal Southasian, in The Dawn, as a Choices column on LBO, and also flashed by AFP. As a result of the latter, it has got play in a number of publications, including in a Vietnam publication, the Mirror online (Sri Lanka), etc.

Telecompk.net has also started a discussion.

Indian papers were unfortunately too preoccupied with the Parliamentary drama around the confidence motion. And then Ahmedabad happened. But we keep hoping. Bhutan and Maldives may come in too.

The test of course is whether intra-SAARC prices come down. It has been reported that Sri Lanka’s largest mobile operator has dropped prices to SAARC countries to LKR 15/mt (app. USD 0.15). If this holds, we would have done something.

Detailed information on international voice prices may be found here.

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