Reports
Tapping on the Digital Economy to Build Competitiveness and Resilience in Japan
In partnership with GLOCOM, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), and Keio International Center for the Internet & Society...
Global Government Cloud Initiatives
An overview of government cloud initiatives from select economies around the world. Government cloud computing-2015 from TRPC Pte Ltd Download...
Brave New World of Data?
“Octopus sold personal data of customers for HK$44”’ was the headline in the South China Morning Post, 27th July 2010....
Digital Thailand
TRPC Director Professor John Ure’s presentation at the ITU Forum on Digital Economy Thailand, held 22 August 2015 at the...
Keeping Internet open and free – Low Jia-Rong
Online users tend not to focus on issues related to governance on the Net because the Internet has not failed...
RoboShop
Welcome to Pepper. Pepper will be your close companion, enjoying your jokes, sympathizing when you are sad, keeping quiet when...
Technology and a Shrinking Middle Class?
No-one doubts that the rise of the middle class globally has fuelled the demand for consumer goods of all kinds;...
Kicking-off the Going Digital Workshops in Vietnam
On June 9th at the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) offices in Hanoi, TRPC kick-started the first of...
Droning On, and On
From the postal stage coach to the telegraph, to the telephone, to the Internet it’s been a long haul, and...
Going Digital: The Status and Future Potential of Internet-Based Economies in Asia
Asia is in transition. Countries are moving from an Internet economy towards a fully “digital” one, relying upon IP-enabled networks...
Going Digital: The Status and Future Potential of Internet-Based Economies in Asia – A Report by TRPC
Download PDF (Full Report) View Infographic Overview Asia is in transition. Countries are moving from an Internet economy towards a fully...
TRPC Director on FT, 11 May 2015: “Agriculture secretary’s real concern is about American food exports”
May 11, 2015 12:10 am Sir, You report (“US criticises Brussels on global food security”, May 8) that the EU’s...
False Alarms
When in the 1990s I was researching the impact of technological change on the Hong Kong Telephone Company (HKTC) over...
Public Data at Risk: Cyber Threat to the Networked Government
Executive Summary Being a networked government can offer tremendous opportunity for governments globally to connect with their citizens, productively collect...
Public Data at Risk: Cyber Threat to the Networked Government
Being a networked government can offer tremendous opportunity for governments globally to connect with their citizens, productively collect and use...
A return to Marxist economics?
Dear Sirs Martin Wolf (‘An economic future that may never brighten’ FT 15th April) rarely fails to hit a nail...
Everyone Going Bananas in April?
This is not the usual, slightly sceptical blog that sees the hype but not the reality. This time, for a...
Digital Finance Ecosystem: Regional, National and Household Level Snapshots
TRPC Research Director Yoonee Jeong’s presentation at the USO Broadband Asia Pacific Forum 2015, held 25-27 March 2015 in Bangkok,...
Unleashing the Potential of the Internet for ASEAN Economies – A joint report by TRPC and the Internet Society
Download PDF (Full Report) Download PDF (Executive Summary) Overview As the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) goes into effect this year,...
Improving the Thai Television Sector in the face of ASEAN Economic Community
TRPC Director Professor John Ure’s presentation at a special seminar and focus group on “Improving Thai Television Sector in the...
Asia Pacific – What’s Trending in April 2015?
A look at the socio-economics and geo-political developments in Asia Pacific economies, and comparing trends in devices, Cloud, broadband and mobile statistics. Download the...