Myanmar Myanmar’s economic landscape has experienced much change in the recent past, with a pivot from a centrally directed system to a market-led one. The liberalization of its telecommunications sector was followed by a sharp rise in the number of mobile subscriptions per 100. LIRNEasia has been engaging in work in Myanmar since 2012 with MIDO and has been working to catalyze the country’s movement towards becoming an inclusive, networked economy. In its latest project, LIRNEasia has focused on taking an all-fronts approach. It focuses on addressing, the four elements in the Internet ecosystem in a single project: infrastructure enabling affordable connectivity services, skilled users, low cost and user-friendly devices, and attractive content and applications.

Documents

• Understanding Affordability: Supply and Demand-side Perspectives

  Presented by Shazna Zuhyle at the 16th World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium

• Data-driven governance in Sri Lanka

  Presented by Prof. Rohan Samarajiva at United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development. December, 2018.

• Metrics to improve universal-service fund disbursements

  Rohan Samarajiva, Gayani Hurulle, (2018) “Metrics to improve universal-service fund disbursements”, Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance,

• AfterAccess: ICT access and use in Nepal and the Global South (Presentation)

  Presented by Helani Galpaya (@helanigalpaya), CEO, LIRNEasia and Tharaka Amarasinghe (@tharaka89), Research Manager, LIRNEasia on 4 October 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal

• AfterAccess: ICT access and use in Bangladesh and the Global South (Presentation)

  Presented by Helani Galpaya and Tharaka Amarasinghe on 2 October 2018 in Dhaka, Bangladesh

• ICT contribution to Sri Lanka and the region logistics sector (Presentation)

  ICT contribution
  to Sri Lanka’s and the region’s logistics sector
  Professor Rohan Samarajiva
  (drawing from Abu Saeed Khan; After Access Team & Shazna Zuhyle of LIRNEasia & ITU-ESCAP)
  Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Sri Lanka, 19 September 2018

• Talk at Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2018 Conference

  The slideset used in the speech given as Chief Guest at the closing ceremony of Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2018 Conference, on 7 July 2018.  

• Comparative broadband quality of service experience measures: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Pakistan and Nepal

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Events

• COURSE: HOW TO ENGAGE IN BROADBAND POLICY AND REGULATORY PROCESSES 2019
  Details and application process for training event to be held 16-19 February in Pokhara.
• AfterAccess findings from Nepal released in Kathmandu today (Event Report)
  Nepal performs better on Internet connectivity and mobile phone use than its wealthier neighbors in Asia, our AfterAccess surveys showed.
• APrIGF2018 – Securing continuity and availability of your IOT, beyond malicious hacking
  Cybersecurity of developing countries is most at risk!
• LIRNEasia CEO at 2nd GIG-ARTS Conference in Cardiff, UK
  CEO Helani Galpaya was invited to speak in one of the panels at the Second European Multidiscriplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies held 26-27 April 2018 at Cardiff University, Wales.
• Bringing south-south cooperation into the 21st Century
  It is natural to think of state entities as the key actors in south-south cooperation (SSC) for improving public-service delivery.

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People

Helani Galpaya

Rohan Samarajiva

Abu Saeed Khan

Dilshan Fernando

Grace Mirandilla-Santos

Htaike Htaike Aung

Moinul Zaber

Phyu Phyu Thi

Shazna Zuhyle

Tahani Iqbal

Thavisha Perera-Gomez

Yatanar Htun

Blogs and Updates

• Bringing the demand-side perspective to WTIS
  Earlier this month, LIRNEasia Research Manager Shazna Zuhyle was in Geneva, where she was asked to speak about ICTs and Affordability at the last World Telecom / ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS 2018).
• COURSE: HOW TO ENGAGE IN BROADBAND POLICY AND REGULATORY PROCESSES 2019
  Details and application process for training event to be held 16-19 February in Pokhara.
• Understanding Affordability: Supply and Demand-side Perspectives
  Presented by Shazna Zuhyle at the 16th World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium
• Data-driven governance in Sri Lanka
  Presented by Prof.
• Information Technologies & International Development 
Publishes a Special Section on Systematic Reviews
  What evidence is best to support decisions on information and communication technology (ICT) initiatives?
• African goose laying golden eggs is to die in Africa
  Call it an African miracle.
• Metrics to improve universal-service fund disbursements
  Rohan Samarajiva, Gayani Hurulle, (2018) "Metrics to improve universal-service fund disbursements", Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance,
• AfterAccess findings from Nepal released in Kathmandu today (Event Report)
  Nepal performs better on Internet connectivity and mobile phone use than its wealthier neighbors in Asia, our AfterAccess surveys showed.
• AfterAccess: ICT access and use in Nepal and the Global South (Presentation)
  Presented by Helani Galpaya (@helanigalpaya), CEO, LIRNEasia and Tharaka Amarasinghe (@tharaka89), Research Manager, LIRNEasia on 4 October 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal
• AfterAccess: ICT access and use in Bangladesh and the Global South (Presentation)
  Presented by Helani Galpaya and Tharaka Amarasinghe on 2 October 2018 in Dhaka, Bangladesh
• ICT contribution to Sri Lanka and the region logistics sector (Presentation)
  ICT contribution to Sri Lanka’s and the region’s logistics sector Professor Rohan Samarajiva (drawing from Abu Saeed Khan; After Access Team & Shazna Zuhyle of LIRNEasia & ITU-ESCAP) Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Sri Lanka, 19 September 2018
• Talk at Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2018 Conference
  The slideset used in the speech given as Chief Guest at the closing ceremony of Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2018 Conference, on 7 July 2018.
• APrIGF2018 – Securing continuity and availability of your IOT, beyond malicious hacking
  Cybersecurity of developing countries is most at risk!
• Comparative broadband quality of service experience measures: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Pakistan and Nepal
• Chinese model reforms in Ethiopia
  There is little doubt that China has made achievements in the telecom sector.
• Tatmadaw chief says Mytel is only public operator in Myanmar
  Two years ago, when I presented a paper on Myanmar’s policy challenges at the LKY School of Public Policy in Singapore, the key point that came up in discussion was what role of the military would play in the fourth operator.
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