Billions are yet to be connected to the Internet. Lessons can be drawn from connecting billions to voice telephony. Experience with industry-specific taxes and subsidies has yielded understanding of how they shape access. Voice telephony required no new skills. Today digital literacy is needed.
LIRNEasia is engaged in shaping policies affecting Internet access based on multi-country ICT use surveys and analyses of government infrastructure initiatives. Since 2013 LIRNEasia has been engaged together with Myanmar ICT for Development Organization (MIDO) in ICT sector reforms in Myanmar. With over 50% of the population connected within a year of reform, around 50% of subscribers using data on a daily basis and over 60% using smartphones, a new model of voice and data adoption is emerging in Myanmar.
Rohan Samarajiva from LIRNEasia & Htaike Htaike Aung and Yatanar Htun from MIDO will showcase lessons from related research across Asia and Africa, with emphasis on Myanmar where all fronts of the Internet eco system are being addressed together. Interactive session will be of value to all interested in connecting the next billions.
Location will be announced here.
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