Tag archive: 2012
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...
Telecoms and Security: Old Wine in New Bottles
A recent report by the US Senate warned that entry of telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei into the US market would...
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...
Commentary in TODAY, 26 Jul 2012: Align standards to get 4G up to speed, by Lim May-Ann
This commentary first appeared in TODAY, Singapore on 26 Jul 2012. M1 last Monday announced that it was launching a...
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...
3D Printing
It used to be the case that a dental patient wanting a crown for a tooth needed to sit through...
Technology, Oh Technology and Manchester City
On May 7th hundreds of millions of viewers around the world watched the exciting climax to the English Premier League...
The internet: Innovation, Data flows and Markets
APEC Conference on Innovation and Trade April 4-5 2012, Sands Expo and Convention Center, Singapore Keynote speaker: Prof. John Ure Downloads...
Eye on Myanmar
The Burmese ICT Landscape Myanmar has been hitting the right notes in the news media recently. Since the April 1st...
How Unassailable is Facebook?
2012 is scheduled as the year Facebook goes public. It has been well advertised that Facebook does not need the...
Artificial Intelligence – More Brawn than Brain?
The IT world is getting faster all the time. Telcos are upgrading to high speed broadband NGNs; the processing power...
When the Internet Went on Strike
On 18 January 2012 the Internet went on strike. Wikipedia and a whole host of Internet sites went dark for...