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Fair Tech Forum Highlights | How Will Open RAN Democratise Connectivity?
Day Four of this year’s Fair Tech Forum, an annual event that brings together stakeholders from government, industry and academia...
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Fair Tech Forum Highlights | What did Covid-19 do to the Plan for Fair Tech?
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted more than ever that it’s only fair that everyone has access to technology and connectivity....
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Fair Tech Forum Highlights | Promoting Financial Inclusion to Accelerate COVID-19 Recovery
Financial inclusion is key for the Asia Pacific where more than one billion people still do not have access to...
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Fair Tech Forum Highlights | Faster, Greener, Cheaper: How Can Smart Mobility Unblock Transportation Challenges in Emerging Markets?
On the 16th of June 2021, Access Partnership’s Emerging Markets team hosted a webinar which unpacked how mega cities in...
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Fair Tech Forum Highlights | Mind the Gender Gap: An Emerging Markets Perspective of How we can Address the Digital Gender Divide in the Tech Sector
As part of Access Partnership’s Fair Tech Forum, on 16th June, Yamel Sarquis, Policy Manager for the Emerging Markets team...
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Infographic and Interactive Dashboard: U.S. Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 (USICA)
On June 8, the U.S. Senate approved the bipartisan U.S. Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 (USICA). The legislation marks a...
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TRPC Joins Access Partnership to Bolster Advisory Service in Asia Pacific
Step consolidates group’s ability to shape national rules around tech so all stakeholders get a fair deal in the process...
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Access Alert | Ecuador: A New Data Privacy Law Soon to be Called its Own
After the unanimous approval by the Ecuadorian National Assembly on May 10, the now former President Moreno signed the Ecuadorian...
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Launch of the ADB study on reaping the benefits of Industry 4.0 in Asia
On Friday, May 21, together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), AlphaBeta launched the study “Reaping the benefits of Industry...
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3 June Webinar: Data Sharing Architecture as a Foundational Framework for Digital Trade
About this event Date: 3 June 2021 Time: 1600SGT Duration: 1.5 hours Format: Online workshop Data underpins all digital technologies,...
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Access Alert |President Biden Issues Executive Order of Cybersecurity
On 12 May 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity aimed at strengthening U.S....
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Queen’s Speech Unveils Raft of Tech Initiatives and Highlights Innovation Push
From eye-watering online harms regulation to a new research and innovation push, there was much to yesterday’s Queen’s Speech for...
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Connectivity Driving Europe’s Recovery: Are Open Networks the Future?
On 6th May, the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) hosted the virtual event “Connectivity Driving Europe’s Recovery.” Moderated by Access Partnership’s...
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Achieving a green recovery from the COVID-19 crisis: AlphaBeta’s presentation at the “Global Academy on the Green Economy”
Ms Genevieve Lim was invited to present AlphaBeta’s work with the Asian Development Bank on the post-COVID green recovery at...
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Access Alert: Biden’s 100 Days Address Looks to Build Back Better Agenda
On 28 April 2021, President Joe Biden marked the eve of his first 100 days in office with his first...
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Access Alert: German Parliament Toughens Up 5G Security Rules
Germany’s Bundestag Approves IT Security Law 2.0 On 23 April, the Bundestag adopted the final version of its IT Security...
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Europe’s Bid to Regulate AI Worldwide
On 21 April, the European Commission presented its proposal for a European regulatory approach to artificial intelligence, adopting a risk-based...
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29 Apr Webinar: Digital Transactions in ASEAN: Impact on Inclusion Amidst COVID-19
29 APRIL 2021 | 1PM (JKT) 2PM (SGT) Amidst the pandemic, we have seen demand for digital transactions take off...
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Access Alert: National Data and Cloud Policy South Africa
The South African government has released a draft Data and Cloud Policy for public comment. The policy was drafted by the Department of Communications...
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Three Trends Shaping the 2020s: International Advisory Board Predictions
On 6 April, the Access Partnership Advisory Board met to discuss three of the most important policy issues businesses and...
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Access Alert: AI in Brazil
As part of the Brazilian government’s effort to accelerate the country’s global strength in AI development, the Ministry of Science,...