Opinion
Countdown to the EU Elections: Who Will be the Next Digital Champions?
In a week’s time, voters in the European Union will elect a new European Parliament. Aside from customary issues like…
16 May 2019
Opinion
AlphaBeta weighs in on OTT regulation in Vietnam
As so many countries around the world, Vietnam is wrestling with the challenge of how to regulate the digital economy,...
14 May 2019
Opinion
Brexit Brief: Warming Up
While the local elections last week failed to give a clear Brexit verdict, one thing is certain: the people are…
9 May 2019
Opinion
IMT-2030 Starts Today… (And Don’t Call It 6G)
While it may be 10+ years away, standards bodies such as the ITU-T and ETSI are already looking beyond IMT-2020…
8 May 2019
Opinion
The value of Digital Trade to ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand
AlphaBeta thanks the New Zealand and Australian governments for hosting AlphaBeta Director Dr. Fraser Thompson at the negotiations for the...
30 Apr 2019
Opinion
Brexit Brief: Beneath the Surface
As Westminster collects itself following months of political turmoil, the unexpected European elections could provide policy-makers with the public’s verdict…
25 Apr 2019
Opinion
Countdown to EU Elections: What Will EU Elections Mean for Digital Companies?
The European Parliament is currently in its last few days of business as usual — when MEPs leave the Strasbourg…
12 Apr 2019
Opinion
Brexit Brief: Cooling Off Period
Last night, EU leaders agreed on delaying Brexit up to 31 October following the prime minister’s request for an extension…
11 Apr 2019
Opinion
OECD Calls for Principled Policies in the Digital Age: Tax High Among Priorities
The OECD’s two-year effort to create and study ideas for digital policies that also encourage inclusion culminated in a Paris…
5 Apr 2019
Events
Brexit Brief: Rocking the Boat
After two weeks of debate and numerous votes, there is still no solution to break the Brexit stalemate. Now No.…
3 Apr 2019
Opinion
SXSW: Publicity for Privacy
Twenty years of events at SXSW have focused on the next “big idea” — unicorn startups, hit products, new music…
1 Apr 2019
Events
Building Trust Through Dialogue: Takeaways from Forum Europe’s Data Protection and Privacy Conference
Since news of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal broke one year ago, privacy and data protection have drawn increased attention…
1 Apr 2019
Opinion
Regulating the IoT Ecosystem: Who are the Targeted Players?
The Internet of things (IoT) is the interconnection of physical devices — including ones taking input from humans — through…
28 Mar 2019
Opinion
Brexit Brief: Out on a Limb
Last night, the EU formally agreed to a Brexit delay until 22 May if MPs agree on a deal next…
22 Mar 2019
Opinion
Brexit Brief: Brussels, We Have a Problem
The UK looks set to delay Brexit after a string of votes in the Commons seemed to kill Theresa May’s…
15 Mar 2019
Opinion
EU Copyright Directive: To Be or Not to Be?
The EU’s proposed Copyright Directive has one last hurdle to clear before it comes into law: the European Parliament’s plenary…
14 Mar 2019
Opinion
Mobile Edge Computing: Where Did I Leave My Cloud?
Many new technologies require high levels of connectivity and new applications are increasingly dependent on the immediate transmission of data.…
13 Mar 2019
Opinion
Managing Singapore’s Packaging Waste
As the National Environmental Agency’s (NEA) appointed consultant for Singapore’s Mandatory Packaging Waste Reporting framework, AlphaBeta was proud to have...
12 Mar 2019
Opinion
MWC19: Tech Meets Trust
MWC Barcelona (formerly Mobile World Congress) has pushed itself beyond a mobile phone trade show, with this year’s ‘Intelligent Connectivity’…
6 Mar 2019
Events
Trends to Watch 2019: The Thriving AI Ecosystem
2018 was undoubtedly the year of artificial intelligence (AI). It dominated the tech sector, from literature and conferences to national…
20 Feb 2019
Opinion
Introducing the e-Evidence Proposal
Crime is a cross-border and now highly digitalised phenomenon, but law enforcement agencies around the EU have long complained that…
20 Feb 2019
Opinion