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Commentary in TODAY, 6 Jul 2012: Too costly to miss out on fibre, by Lim May-Ann

Commentary in TODAY, 6 Jul 2012: Too costly to miss out on fibre, by Lim May-Ann

This commentary first appeared in TODAY, Singapore, 6 Jul 2012 OpenNet, Singapore’s builder of fibre infrastructure, is having a tumultuous...

6 Jul 2012 Opinion
IIC Asia Forum: The Digital Dividend

IIC Asia Forum: The Digital Dividend

Singapore

17 Jun 2012 Opinion
3G Auctions: A Change of Course (in Networking Knowledge for Information Societies: Institutions & Intervention)

3G Auctions: A Change of Course (in Networking Knowledge for Information Societies: Institutions & Intervention)

3G Auctions: A Change of Course in Networking Knowledge for Information Societies: Institutions & Intervention Edited by Robin Mansell, Rohan...

26 Mar 2012 Opinion
The ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2015

The ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2015

Singapore

19 Mar 2012 Opinion
Singapore as a Data Hub

Singapore as a Data Hub

Singapore

16 Oct 2011 Opinion
The Risk Game

The Risk Game

In the latest in an ever growing number of massive cyber security breaches the Sony PlayStation Network (PSN) and Online...

1 May 2011 Opinion
IPv6

IPv6

Finally it happened. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has run out of IPv4 numbers. The world now...

1 Feb 2011 Opinion
Boxed-in

Boxed-in

Singapore is the latest to face the problem that is technically referred to as ‘conditional access’, meaning the conditions that...

1 Apr 2010 Opinion
Telecommunications Development in Asia

Telecommunications Development in Asia

No industry has expanded faster than telecommunications, gained so many new users, added so much value, spread so rapidly to...

1 Apr 2008 Opinion
OFTA’s Broadband Wireless Access Consultation Paper – A Response by TRPC

OFTA’s Broadband Wireless Access Consultation Paper – A Response by TRPC

Short Response to the Broadband Wireless Access Consultation Paper by John Ure.

1 Feb 2005 Opinion
Unbundled Local Loop?

Unbundled Local Loop?

Response to OFTA’s Review of the Regulation Policy for Type ll Interconnection, Analysis and Preliminary Conclusions: 16 December 2003.

16 Dec 2003 Opinion
Auctions, Sunk Costs, and Other Arcane 3G Issues

Auctions, Sunk Costs, and Other Arcane 3G Issues

The pre-publication version of '3G Auctions - A Change of Course' that appears as chapter lll.ii in Robin Mansell, Rohan Samarajiva and Amy Mahan (2002) Networking Knowledge for information Societies: Institutions & Intervention, Delft University Press: a festschrift for Professor William Melody.

30 Jun 2002 Opinion
3G on the Line – A Response

3G on the Line – A Response

Original editorial and letter responses by John Ure.

18 Jun 2002 Opinion
E-Government in China

E-Government in China

Pre-publication version of the chapter to appear in Zhang Junhua, Martin Woesler, eds.(2002) China's Digital Dream.

1 May 2002 Opinion
Convergence in Hong Kong

Convergence in Hong Kong

Chapter from M.Hukill, R.Ono, and C.Vallath eds. Electronic Communication Convergence: Policy Challenges in Asia, Singapore, 1999.

1 Mar 2002 Opinion
Book Review –Telecommunications Regulation Handbook

Book Review –Telecommunications Regulation Handbook

Review of Hank Intven (2000) ed. Telecommunications Regulation Handbook, infoDev Program, The World Bank, ISBN #0-9697178-7-3.

4 Apr 2001 Opinion
Convergence and China’s National Information Infrastructure

Convergence and China’s National Information Infrastructure

Published in M. Hukill, R. Ono, and C. Vallath (eds), Electronic Communication Convergence: Policy Challenges in Asia, Sage Publications, New Delhi, chpt 5, pp.115-147 (2001).

1 Mar 2001 Opinion
China Telecommunications Regulations 2000

China Telecommunications Regulations 2000

Summary of key points found in China's draft telecommunications regulations, widely circulated in recent weeks.

30 Jul 2000 Opinion
Quality Issues and Programme Diversity

Quality Issues and Programme Diversity

Response to the 1998 Review of Television Policy, by Joyce Nip Yee Man and John Ure.

2 Jul 1999 Opinion
Hong Kong’s Telecommunications Policy

Hong Kong’s Telecommunications Policy

Published in Wong siu-lun and T.Maruya, Hong Kong Economy and Society: Challenges in the New Era, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong and the Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, 1998 (pp. 39-60).

2 Apr 1998 Opinion