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Trust

Trust

Fewer, if not few, people have much trust in the banking and financial system after recent experiences of inter-bank rate...

1 Apr 2014 Opinion
Another Age

Another Age

I have just finishing reading the posthumously published lectures of British Marxist historian, Eric Hobsbawm who died October 2012. Fractured...

1 Aug 2013 Opinion
In Pursuit of Adequacy: Data Privacy Protection in the US-EU FTA

In Pursuit of Adequacy: Data Privacy Protection in the US-EU FTA

by Justin Streight In US-EU Free Trade negotiations, making business regulations compatible, harmonized and simple will be the lead. Not...

1 Jul 2013 Opinion
Try Forecasting the Past

Try Forecasting the Past

In 2010, Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, two respected Harvard economists, shot to fame for publishing a paper that seemed...

1 Jun 2013 Opinion
Lost and Found in Translation

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...

1 May 2013 Opinion
It Ain’t Necessarily So

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...

1 Apr 2013 Opinion
No News is Bad News

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...

1 Mar 2013 Opinion
TRPC Director response to FT article Jan 26: China’s subtle censoring of overseas scholarship

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...

6 Feb 2013 Opinion
What’s there to think about?

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,...

1 Feb 2013 Opinion
TRPC Research Director Lim May-Ann quoted on ZD Net article: Competition to force Asia’s telcos to diversify faster, 17 Jan 2013

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...

17 Jan 2013 Opinion
TRPC Director response to FT article Dec 27: Asia must free itself from the chains of the west

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...

2 Jan 2013 Opinion
Information over the Internet

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...

1 Jan 2013 Opinion
Dotty.com

Dotty.com

2012 ended on a discordant note for the Internet. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is the forum at which governments...

1 Dec 2012 Opinion
Research Analyst Michael Khoo quoted on ZDNet article on “S’pore fiber network needs ecosystem support”, 5 Nov 2012

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...

5 Nov 2012 Opinion
Irrational Expectations?

Irrational Expectations?

Nate Silver is a clever man. Using “quants” he correctly predicted the outcome of the US presidential race in every...

1 Nov 2012 Opinion