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3G Bidders Misunderstood the Target

Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times, published 28 November (London edition) and 2 December (International edition), 2002.

2 Dec 2002 Reports
3G Bidders Misunderstood the Target
Auctions, Sunk Costs, and Other Arcane 3G Issues

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.

30 Jun 2002 Opinion
3G on the Line – A Response

3G on the Line – A Response

Original editorial and letter responses by John Ure.

18 Jun 2002 Opinion
E-Government in China

E-Government in China

Pre-publication version of the chapter to appear in Zhang Junhua, Martin Woesler, eds.(2002) China's Digital Dream.

1 May 2002 Opinion
China’s Telecoms and IT Sectors: Planning and the WTO?

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.

18 Apr 2002 Reports
De-Constructuring 3G and Reconstructing Telecoms?

De-Constructuring 3G and Reconstructing Telecoms?

Working Paper by John Ure, Director of the Telecommunications Research Project at the University of Hong Kong.

1 Apr 2002 Reports
Convergence in Hong Kong

Convergence in Hong Kong

Chapter from M.Hukill, R.Ono, and C.Vallath eds. Electronic Communication Convergence: Policy Challenges in Asia, Singapore, 1999.

1 Mar 2002 Opinion
Government Online

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).

1 Jun 2001 Reports
Electronic Commerce and Asia

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.

25 May 2001 Reports
Book Review –Telecommunications Regulation Handbook

Book Review –Telecommunications Regulation Handbook

Review of Hank Intven (2000) ed. Telecommunications Regulation Handbook, infoDev Program, The World Bank, ISBN #0-9697178-7-3.

4 Apr 2001 Opinion
Convergence and China’s National Information Infrastructure

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).

1 Mar 2001 Opinion
Modelling Critical Mass for E-Commerce: The Case of Hong Kong

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.

1 Feb 2001 Reports
Response Paper to Licensing Framework for 3G Mobile Services

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.

3 Oct 2000 Reports
China Telecommunications Regulations 2000

China Telecommunications Regulations 2000

Summary of key points found in China's draft telecommunications regulations, widely circulated in recent weeks.

30 Jul 2000 Opinion
Third Generation Mobile: To Auction or Not to Auction?

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.

2 May 2000 Reports
The Era of International Simple Resale: Not Waving, But Drowning?

The Era of International Simple Resale: Not Waving, But Drowning?

Paper published in Telecommunications Policy v.24.2, February 2000.

2 Feb 2000 Reports
Broadband Interconnection

Broadband Interconnection

A Response to the Consultation of OFTA, 3 November 1999.

2 Nov 1999 Reports
Quality Issues and Programme Diversity

Quality Issues and Programme Diversity

Response to the 1998 Review of Television Policy, by Joyce Nip Yee Man and John Ure.

2 Jul 1999 Opinion
Hong Kong’s Telecommunications Policy

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).

2 Apr 1998 Opinion
The Internet in China

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.

2 Apr 1998 Reports
Telecommunications Policy in China: A Two-Tier Bargaining Model

Telecommunications Policy in China: A Two-Tier Bargaining Model

Telecommunications has become one of the anointed ‘pillar industries’ of China’s economic reform program.

2 Apr 1998 Reports