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Tag archive: John Ure
3G Bidders Misunderstood the Target
Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times, published 28 November (London edition) and 2 December (International edition), 2002.
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![Auctions, Sunk Costs, and Other Arcane 3G Issues](https://cdn.accesspartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/rawpixel-1055781-unsplash-768x515.jpg)
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.
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3G on the Line – A Response
Original editorial and letter responses by John Ure.
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E-Government in China
Pre-publication version of the chapter to appear in Zhang Junhua, Martin Woesler, eds.(2002) China's Digital Dream.
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China’s Telecoms and IT Sectors: Planning and the WTO?
Working Paper by John Ure, Director of the Telecommunications Research Project at the University of Hong Kong.
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De-Constructuring 3G and Reconstructing Telecoms?
Working Paper by John Ure, Director of the Telecommunications Research Project at the University of Hong Kong.
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Convergence in Hong Kong
Chapter from M.Hukill, R.Ono, and C.Vallath eds. Electronic Communication Convergence: Policy Challenges in Asia, Singapore, 1999.
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Government Online
Presented at APEC Telecoms Working Group (Canberra, Australia - March 2001) and IBM’s E-Government Briefings (Melbourne, Canberra, and Sydney, Australia - June 2001).
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Electronic Commerce and Asia
Presentation to the National Science and Technology Development Agency, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Siam City Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, 23-25 May 2001.
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Book Review –Telecommunications Regulation Handbook
Review of Hank Intven (2000) ed. Telecommunications Regulation Handbook, infoDev Program, The World Bank, ISBN #0-9697178-7-3.
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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).
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Modelling Critical Mass for E-Commerce: The Case of Hong Kong
Updated version of a paper that first appeared in March 2000, using data collected December 2000.
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Response Paper to Licensing Framework for 3G Mobile Services
Response to OFTA's 3G consultation process, including analysis of Comments Received, Preliminary Conclusions, and Further Industry Consultation.
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China Telecommunications Regulations 2000
Summary of key points found in China's draft telecommunications regulations, widely circulated in recent weeks.
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Third Generation Mobile: To Auction or Not to Auction?
Response to OFTA's Consultation Paper and Reply to Jake van der Kamp, Monitor Column, SCMP.
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The Era of International Simple Resale: Not Waving, But Drowning?
Paper published in Telecommunications Policy v.24.2, February 2000.
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Broadband Interconnection
A Response to the Consultation of OFTA, 3 November 1999.
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Quality Issues and Programme Diversity
Response to the 1998 Review of Television Policy, by Joyce Nip Yee Man and John Ure.
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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).
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The Internet in China
Paper presented at the (Mis)Communicating Across Boundaries Conference, 48th Annual Conference of the International Communications Association, Jerusalem, Israel, 20-24 July 1998.
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Telecommunications Policy in China: A Two-Tier Bargaining Model
Telecommunications has become one of the anointed ‘pillar industries’ of China’s economic reform program.