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LIRNEasia’s Mobile Benchmarks (South Asia and Southeast Asia) and Broadband Benchmarks Report for October 2008 has been released. Click HERE for more information.

Following successful course, LIRNEasia plans regular offerings; next course in March 2008 in Singapore

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Rohan Samarajiva

on March 19, 2007

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Report on the 11th LIRNE.NET Executive Training Course on Regulation, 25 February – 3 March 2007, conducted by LIRNEasia and CONNECTasia Forum Pte.Ltd.

Rohan Samarajiva, Course Director

The 11th LIRNE.NET course on “Telecom Reform: Strategies to achieve connectivity and convergence,” was held February 25th - March 3rd, 2007 at the Changi Village Hotel, Singapore. It was attended by 33 persons from 13 countries, ranging from Mongolia to Congo and South Africa to Bhutan.

Among the participants were 13 persons from regulatory agencies, including three members of regulatory collegiums. Eleven persons from the management of telecom operators, and nine from research organizations, universities and civil society made up the balance. Twenty were men; and 13 women.

The course had two components: a conventional lecture and assignment based module of five…

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Tags: Bhutan, Bill Melody, Broadband, Changi Village, Changi Village Hotel, China, Congo, CONNECTasia Forum Pte.Ltd, Dialog Telekom, Evan Due, Hans Wijayasuriya, Harsha de Silva, Hong Kong, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, ITU, M. H. Au, Mongolia, Rajendra Singh, Rohan Samarajiva, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Studies, The 11th LIRNE.NET, Tim Kelly, Universal Service Funds, VOIP.

LIRNEasia at WSIS, Tunis, Nov 17

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Divakar Goswami

on December 6, 2005

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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.

 

	




  
    
    
    
    
    
  






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