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Afghan Wireless Launches Per-Second Billing

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Abu Saeed Khan
on November 27, 2007
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Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) has launched per-second billing on its GSM network.  

In a press briefing at its Kabul headquarters, AWCC Managing Director, Amin Ramin said: ” We have ensured Microwave connectivity, widest coverage in the country, simple call rates, amazing call quality, superb connectivity even on highways, and today we are announcing the Per Second Billing PLUS for the entire Afghan Wireless family.” 

Afghan Wireless is the largest private investor in Afghanistan. It is also the country’s largest employer, having nearly 3,000 people directly in the payroll and another 30,000 indirectly. 

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The Drum Beat on Mobile telephony

by
Ayesha Zainudeen
on June 19, 2007
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The Drum Beat is a weekly electronic publication exploring initiatives, ideas and trends in communication for development, published by The Communication Initiative. This week’s issue (# 399) focuses on mobile telephony, and is relevant for planning LIRNEasia’s next research cycle. Some of the articles include:
Pocket Answer to Digital Divide (Jo Twist)
Telecommunications: A Dynamic Revolution (David White)
New Trends in Mobile Communications in Latin America (Judith Mariscal and Eugenio Rivera)
From Matatu to the Masai via Mobile (by Paul Mason)
Wireless Communication and Development in the Asia-Pacific: Institutions Matter (Rohan Samarajiva)
The Real Digital Diversity (Seán Ó Siochrú)
Must Haves: Cellphones Top Iraqi Cool List (Damien Cave)
UK Children Go Online: Final Report of Key Project Findings (Sonia Livingstone and Magdalena Bober)
Read more on The Drum Beat

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Wireless Communication and Development in the Asia-Pacific: Institutions Matter

by
Ayesha Zainudeen
on June 18, 2007
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An article entitled ‘Wireless Communication and Development in the Asia-Pacific: Institutions Matter’ by Rohan Samarajiva is featured in The Drum Beat, a monthly e-magazine published by The Communication Initiative.

In October 2005, the Annenberg Research Network on International Communication (ARNIC) at the University of Southern California (USA) held a workshop - “Wireless Communication and Development: A Global Perspective” - as part of a multi-disciplinary effort to study the emergence of new communication infrastructures, examine the transformation of government policies and communication patterns, and analyse the social and economic consequences. In this 23-page paper, Rohan Samarajiva, Director of LIRNEasia traces regional trends related to the growth of wireless technologies - computers and telephones - and explores the regulatory and policy environment that is needed to continue to…

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Americans are robbed in the name of subsidies

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Abu Saeed Khan
on January 17, 2007
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Most consumers overlook the small surcharges on their telephone bills. Usually no more than a few dollars per month, these support a variety of programs, including those that ensure affordable telephone service for low-income and disabled customers. But the high-cost subsidies are the most expensive and possibly the least regulated. 

In California for example, the two biggest phone companies, AT&T Inc. and Verizon California, received $1.2 billion in subsidies over the past three years as compensation for serving more than 7,600 designated high-cost areas. That list has remained static for years and is based on the 1990 census. 

The state’s 25 million cellular subscribers contributed 60 percent of those payments, a proportion that is likely to increase given the growing number of consumers relying exclusively on wireless…

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Afghans glow with Roshan’s one million mobile users

by
Abu Saeed Khan
on November 13, 2006
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Dhaka, Nov 13 (bdnews24.com) — Telecom Development Company Afghanistan reached the mark of one million mobile subscribers on October 30.

With the brand name “Roshan” or light, the second mobile operator rolled out services in June 2003.

“We are very excited and proud of reaching the million subscribers milestone,” said Karim Khoja, chief executive of Roshan.

In more than three years, Roshan reached the mark, beating first mobile company in Afghanistan, the Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC)— 20 percent owned by the government.

The million customers milestone comes at a time when Roshan has enjoyed the best three months of its operations in spite of increased competition.

“Roshan’s story is similar to the Afghan people’s own story; a story of faith, courage and determination to succeed against all odds,” said…

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“Responsive Innovation for Disaster Mitigation” - A Public Lecture by Gordon Gow

by
Nuwan Waidyanatha
on July 18, 2006
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Thursday Evening, 5:00PM
Sri Lanka Foundation Institute
100 Independence Square, Colombo

This lecture is free and open to the public. The lecture will address all-hazards warning and the use of the Common Alerting Protocol in disaster mitigation.

Gordon Gow is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Extensions at the University of Alberta, Canada. Co-author of the book: “Mobile and Wireless Communication: An Introduction” and most current book: “Policymaking for Critical Infrastructure”. Moreover, he is the communication systems consultant for “Evaluating a last-mile Hazard Dissemination: A Research Project” in Sri Lanka.

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It is a community-based last-mile warning system, being tried out in a selection of Sarvodaya’s villages in Sri Lanka. Different technologies will be tested in 32 of Sarvodaya’s Tsunami-affected villages; some are ‘organized,’ some are ‘less organized and…

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