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Let Me Say That Again

Let Me Say That Again

Apple has finally joined the NFC bandwagon. Let me say that again. Apple is redefining mobile payments. Better? I cannot...

1 Sep 2014 Reports
Partners in Development

Partners in Development

“Telenor cracks down on Myanmar suppliers to weed out child labour” was a headline in the Financial Times 20 August...

1 Aug 2014 Reports
Background Briefing Paper – Asia Pacific Payments and e-Commerce: Cross-Border Trade and Data Flows

Background Briefing Paper – Asia Pacific Payments and e-Commerce: Cross-Border Trade and Data Flows

A short briefing paper on e-Payments and e-Commerce in Asia Pacific, that was used for our Roundtable event on July...

30 Jul 2014 Reports
Accounting for Kowtow? You can Bank on it!

Accounting for Kowtow? You can Bank on it!

It was May 1989. I had arrived in January in Hong Kong as a visiting research fellow at the University...

15 Jul 2014 Opinion
APEC Digital Opportunity Center Workshop: ICTs and Development

APEC Digital Opportunity Center Workshop: ICTs and Development

TRPC Director Professor John Ure’s presentation at the APEC Digital Opportunnity Center Workshop: ICTs and Development on 10th July, Taipei....

10 Jul 2014 Reports
Report on Cloud Data Regulations: A contribution to how to reduce the compliancy costs of Cross-Border Data Transfers

Report on Cloud Data Regulations: A contribution to how to reduce the compliancy costs of Cross-Border Data Transfers

A joint report for the Asia Pacific Carriers Coalition (APCC) and the Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA)  June 2014 The purpose...

30 Jun 2014 Reports
Director, Peter Lovelock spoke on the panel of “Opportunities from TVWS” in Philippines, 9 Jun 2014

Director, Peter Lovelock spoke on the panel of “Opportunities from TVWS” in Philippines, 9 Jun 2014

This post appeared on Gov’t says roll-out of TV White Space to coincide with digital TV migration on June 16, 2014. Despite...

16 Jun 2014 Opinion
Consultation Paper to IDA’s Proposed Allocation of Spectrum for International Mobile Telecommunications ("IMT") and IMT-Advanced Services and Options to Enhance Mobile Competition

Consultation Paper to IDA’s Proposed Allocation of Spectrum for International Mobile Telecommunications ("IMT") and IMT-Advanced Services and Options to Enhance Mobile Competition

TRPC helped the SWSPG draft and submit a response to the IDA’s Proposed Allocation of Spectrum for International Mobile Telecommunications...

13 Jun 2014 Reports
Commentary on TODAY, 11 June 2014: Cloud computing and connectivity in ASEAN by Lim May-Ann

Commentary on TODAY, 11 June 2014: Cloud computing and connectivity in ASEAN by Lim May-Ann

This commentary first appeared in TODAY – Cloud computing and connectivity in ASEAN – Singapore on 11 June 2014. The 2015 deadline for...

11 Jun 2014 Opinion
Move Uber Please

Move Uber Please

In a benign Internet world, the emergence of a “caring, sharing” economy would be something to look forward to. For...

1 Jun 2014 Opinion
TRPC Director on FT, 19 May 2014: “Any privacy protection will be limited”

TRPC Director on FT, 19 May 2014: “Any privacy protection will be limited”

Any privacy protection will be limited From Prof John Ure. Sir, From 2011 until April this year I served as...

19 May 2014 Opinion
Samsung’s Woes

Samsung’s Woes

Samsung Electronic’s financial projections are out, and corporate officials are alarmed, again. For the second straight quarter, operating profits are...

6 May 2014 Reports
KingCanute.com

KingCanute.com

Like most children I learned from my school days that the Philistines were, well Philistines, which they were not; that...

1 May 2014 Reports
Managing Director Lim May-Ann on Talking Point – Apr 23, 2014

Managing Director Lim May-Ann on Talking Point – Apr 23, 2014

Managing Director Lim May-Ann made an appearance on Channel News Asia’s Talking Point taking on IDA, MDA, Techgoondu and Rajah&Tann...

23 Apr 2014 Opinion
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
The Internet and Your Business: an ICANN 49 Forum

The Internet and Your Business: an ICANN 49 Forum

Date: 21 Mar 2014, 1.30-6pm Venue: Sophia Room, Raffles City Convention Centre Speaker Biographies   Kuek Yu-Chuang, VP and Managing...

10 Mar 2014 Events
The World Wide Crimea?

The World Wide Crimea?

What do Crimea and the Internet have in common? They have both become the terrain of political struggle. And the...

1 Mar 2014 Reports
WhatsUpp?

WhatsUpp?

WhatsApp is up, by USD19 billion all told. Why? Why did Facebook pay more than the nominal GDP of 84...

1 Feb 2014 Reports