Opinion
Try Forecasting the Past
In 2010, Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, two respected Harvard economists, shot to fame for publishing a paper that seemed...
Lost and Found in Translation
Words. Here is an example of some, imaginatively (and unexpectedly) cited by the ITU’s Trends in Telecoms Reform 2013. (And...
It Ain’t Necessarily So
In the world of social media and instant online news feeds, what actually constitutes ‘news’ is rather problematic. The 140-character...
No News is Bad News
In March, two announcements were made pointing in opposite directions. First, Google announced the closing down of Google Reader, a...
TRPC Director response to FT article Jan 26: China’s subtle censoring of overseas scholarship
Deng foresaw the last door to open From Prof John Ure. Sir, Mark Elvin (Letters, January 26) gives some examples...
What’s there to think about?
2013 is the year of the Water Snake in the Chinese zodiac. Water is considered to have the colour black,...
TRPC Research Director Lim May-Ann quoted on ZD Net article: Competition to force Asia’s telcos to diversify faster, 17 Jan 2013
Summary: Declining revenues from core businesses and increasing competition from OTT providers mean operators need to move to new markets and...
TRPC Director response to FT article Dec 27: Asia must free itself from the chains of the west
It’s not western ideology that poses threat to Asia How To Get Your Ex Girlfriend Back Using Psychology Sir, The...
Information over the Internet
At Davos this month Tim Berners-Lee, regarded widely as the father of the World Wide Web, warned of silos that...
Dotty.com
2012 ended on a discordant note for the Internet. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is the forum at which governments...
Research Analyst Michael Khoo quoted on ZDNet article on “S’pore fiber network needs ecosystem support”, 5 Nov 2012
“Singapore’s retail broadband space has seen lower prices and a slew of new offerings since the rollout of its next-generation...
Irrational Expectations?
Nate Silver is a clever man. Using “quants” he correctly predicted the outcome of the US presidential race in every...
TRPC Director’s response on FT: Cuban missile crisis not solved by sabre-rattling
From Prof John Ure, October 21, 2012 11:38 pm This response first appeared on the Financial Times, Singapore on 21...
Commentary on TODAY, 16 Oct 2012: Back to square one on cross-carriage, by Lim May-Ann
by Lim May-Ann, 04:45 AM Oct 16, 2012 dr gary m levin This commentary first appeared in TODAY, Singapore...
Standards for Standards
No one wants to risk using a drug that is not fully tried and tested and accredited by the relevant...
Research Director Lim May-Ann quoted on ZDNet article on “Free Mobile Roaming in Southeast Asia ‘overambitious'”, 31 Aug 2012
“Lim May-Ann, research director at Technology Research Project Corporate, said that would be some resistance from the industry but it...
Commentary in TODAY, 10 Aug 2012: Moving from Web to tech, by Michael Khoo
By Michael Khoo 04:45 AM Aug 10, 2012 This commentary first appeared in TODAY, Singapore on 10 Aug 2012. SINGAPORE...
Net Neutrality Revisited
Regulatory capture was a concept developed by economist George Stigler of the University of Chicago, but it was already a...
Commentary in TODAY, 31 Jul 2012: ICTs may offer green shoots of hope, by John Ure
by John Ure 04:45 AM Jul 31, 2012 This commentary first appeared in TODAY, Singapore on 31 Jul 2012. In...
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TRPC Director and AIC Executive Director John Ure quoted on Net Neutrality [TODAY, 30 Jul 2012]
Can telecom network operators (telcos) or Internet Service Providers (ISPs) control the way you consume Web content? In Singapore, generally...