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Vietnam wants internet penetration of 35% by 2010 |
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Monday, 20 February 2006 |
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The Vietnamese government has announced plans to increase the country’s internet penetration to 35% by 2010, according to a report by news agency AFP. |
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From Rural Village to Global Village |
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Written by Heather Hudson
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Friday, 10 February 2006 |
 WDR and LIRNE.NET associate Heather Hudson has just published a new book. From Rural Village to Global Village: Telecommunications for Development in the Information Age examines the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on both the macro level–societal, socio-economic, and governmental–and sector level–education, health, agriculture, entrepreneurship– emphasizing rural and developing regions. |
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'Flashing' is incomplete communication |
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Thursday, 02 February 2006 |
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Story by GRACE MUTUNG'U and ALEX GAKURU
Publication Date: 2/2/2006
The appetite to own a mobile phone is still very high in every part of Kenya, hence this is one of the fastest growing markets for the facility in the world.
But it is also a region with a very high 'flashing' rate as well. According to the Informa Telecoms & Media’s World Cellular Information Service, in August 2005 a Kenyan GSM network estimated four million flash calls were initiated daily from its network.
This indicates that despite the high subscription rates, tariffs affordability remained a big problem. Mobile phone users in Tanzania have resulted to a ‘flash language’; where for instance flashing once may mean "I am on the way"; flash twice "I am waiting downstairs"; flash thrice "I am at home" etc. |
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CDMA phones provide rural connectivity in Sri Lanka |
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Written by Amal Jayasinghe - Lanka Business Online
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Thursday, 19 January 2006 |
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After decades of waiting, telephones have finally begun ringing in villages and rural areas across Sri Lanka.Not mobiles, nor standard landlines, but a clever combination of the two that is quickly making telephony accessible to all.
CDMA is commonly used by operators in Asia and elsewhere for faster mobile phone connections but in Sri Lanka it is being used to provide fixed-line access so that telecommunication is available at affordable prices even in the most far flung regions.
MORE (http://www.lbo.lk/new_full_story.php?subc ...) [+] |
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Nicaragua - Regulator will use fund for rural telephony expansion |
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Monday, 16 January 2006 |
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The Nicaraguan telecoms regulator Telcor plans to use the country’s universal access fund Fitel to fund the roll out of an additional 500,000 fixed and mobile lines for users in rural communities. |
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Indian Universal Service Fund unduly serves incumbent |
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Written by Payal Malik & Harsha de Silva
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Tuesday, 03 January 2006 |
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Research conducted by LIRNEasia shows that the telecom subsidy mechanism operationalized through India’s Universal Service Fund (USF) has unduly served the interests of the government owned incumbent telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL).
For the disbursement of the USF operators were asked to bid for the least amount of subsidy they required to roll out in the rural areas. However, the least-cost subsidy auction favored the incumbent and resulted in the attenuation of competition. Prima Facie the mechanism was transparent, but the auction design restricted participation only to operators already present in the defined service areas. |
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Cheap mobile phones in Brazil |
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Thursday, 15 December 2005 |
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Brazilian mobile operator Claro has announced plans to sell mobile handsets for just BRL 1 (US$ 0.44) in Minas Gerais, according to a report in local paper Gazeta Mercantil. |
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Convergence, IP Telephony And Telecom Regulation |
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Written by William Melody
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Friday, 09 September 2005 |
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The World Bank's infoDev programme has published a paper prepared by LIRNE.NET on Convergence, IP Telephony And Telecom Regulation: Challenges & Opportunities For Network Development, A Case From India.
The paper builds on a Workshop on Convergence, VoIP and Regulation sponsored by infoDev and the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in Delhi, 11 March 2005 for regulators, policymakers and industry players in India. |
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India: Trai chairman in favour of rural subsidies |
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Tuesday, 30 August 2005 |
Pradip Baijal, chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), suggested that the government subsidise the costs of rural telecommunications infrastructure to make rural market entry more attractive.
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India: TRAI wants incentives to operators to expand rural telephony |
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Tuesday, 16 August 2005 |
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Pradip Baijal, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) Chairperson, has made a case for providing incentives, including lower priced spectrum, to operators for entering rural areas. |
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