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Broadband Wireless Access in Asia Pacific: From Opportunity to Profitability

This paper does not dispute the ongoing central importance of the network operators and their ability to command revenue on...

21 Oct 2010 Reports
Broadband Wireless Access in Asia Pacific: From Opportunity to Profitability
ICTs Post-recession

ICTs Post-recession

As the global economy slowly pulls itself out of the greatest recession since the Second World War, the role of...

1 Oct 2010 Reports
Mobile Banking in Indonesia: Assessing the Market Potential for Mobile Technology to Extend Banking to the Unbanked and Underbanked (Final Report)

Mobile Banking in Indonesia: Assessing the Market Potential for Mobile Technology to Extend Banking to the Unbanked and Underbanked (Final Report)

Mobile Banking in Indonesia: Assessing the Market Potential for Mobile Technology to Extend Banking to the Unbanked and Underbanked (Final...

1 Oct 2010 Reports
Will Obama Have to Give Up His Blackberry?

Will Obama Have to Give Up His Blackberry?

Next time President Obama visits the Arab Gulf States, he can leave his Blackberry at home. Because of its unique...

28 Aug 2010 Reports
Content Factories and The New Media Model

Content Factories and The New Media Model

Google has recently patented an algorithm that identifies search subjects that are under-represented on the Web. For companies such as...

1 Jun 2010 Reports
The Changing Face of TV

The Changing Face of TV

The famous off-hand remark by Lord Thompson of Fleet who in 1960 described his Scottish TV station as a “licence...

1 May 2010 Reports
Spectrum liberalization

Spectrum liberalization

A presentation by John Ure to the IET-OFTA Asia Pacific Radio Spectrum Conference 2010, Hong Kong 8th-9th April 2010 Downloads...

8 Apr 2010 Events
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
Access Price Benchmarking for APCC

Access Price Benchmarking for APCC

Access Price Benchmarking for APCC – a study produced for the Asia Pacific Carriers’ Coalition (APCC) Executive Summary 1. This...

1 Mar 2010 Reports
Cloud Computer or Pie in the Sky?

Cloud Computer or Pie in the Sky?

Sometimes the headline occurs to the writer before the story, which is usually not a good sign for what is...

1 Mar 2010 Reports
Macro-Economic Effects of Telecoms Reform

Macro-Economic Effects of Telecoms Reform

Presentation by Prof John Ure to the APEC Economic Committee, Hiroshima, Japan 25 February 2010 Documents Internal Copy

25 Feb 2010 Events
The meaning of Google vs. China

The meaning of Google vs. China

Cyber attacks are becoming more common, or at least are receiving more public attention. They range from the loan hacker...

1 Jan 2010 Reports
Mobile Banking in Indonesia: Assessing the Market Potential for Mobile Technology to Extend Banking to the Unbanked and Underbanked

Mobile Banking in Indonesia: Assessing the Market Potential for Mobile Technology to Extend Banking to the Unbanked and Underbanked

A Study for the IFC. Agenda • Introduction to the Study: Key Issues • Working Hypotheses • Focus Group Discussions...

25 Nov 2009 Events
Separation: Will It Work?

Separation: Will It Work?

Building high speed broadband networks (HSBN) has become a signature theme of national information infrastructure policies around the globe. The...

1 Nov 2009 Reports
Mobile payments in Asia Pacific

Mobile payments in Asia Pacific

A report for KPMG. This report explores the development of the market for mobile payment systems in Asia Pacific and the...

27 Aug 2009 Reports
Card payments in Asia Pacific: The state of the nations

Card payments in Asia Pacific: The state of the nations

Traditionally, Asia Pacific has been a region dominated by the use of cash. In recent times, the increase in the...

19 Jun 2009 Reports
The state of the telecoms industry in Asia Pacific

The state of the telecoms industry in Asia Pacific

A report for KPMG, printed Apr 2009. Downloads: solar panels for sale 2009-04_KPMG_StateOfTelecomsInAPAC_Report

1 Apr 2009 Reports
Malaysia Broadband Conference: The Broadband Revolution: New Policies, Planning and Development ASEAN Trends

Malaysia Broadband Conference: The Broadband Revolution: New Policies, Planning and Development ASEAN Trends

Presentation by John Ure to the Malaysian Broadband Conference, 10th Anniversary of the MCMC Download 2008-10_TRPC_TheBBRevolution_presentation.pdf

28 Oct 2008 Events
M-Banking and M-Payments in Asia Pacific

M-Banking and M-Payments in Asia Pacific

A presentation to the IFC Downloads: 2008-08_IFC_MPaymentsMBanking_Presentation

20 Aug 2008 Events
The video games market in China: Moving online

The video games market in China: Moving online

A report for KPMG solar battery Downloads: (internal doc) 2008-07_KPMG_VideoGamesInChinaMovingOnline_Report

31 Jul 2008 Reports
TRPC Response Paper to "Industry Structure for Next Generation Access Networks", a Consultation Paper Issued by the IDA of Singapore

TRPC Response Paper to "Industry Structure for Next Generation Access Networks", a Consultation Paper Issued by the IDA of Singapore

Our response paper to the following questions posed by the IDA of Singapore: Question 1: IDA seeks views and comments...

17 Apr 2008 Reports