Media Coverage

April 2006 onwards:

Cell phones: Poor man’s gadget. The Times of India, 30 April 2006
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1510698,curpg-1.cms

Hello… how do the poor use their phones? Bollyfirst.com, 2 May 2006
 http://www.bollyfirst.com/india-news/11112004.htm

Wi-Fi “Innovation” in Indonesia, Information Policy, 20 May 2006
 http://i-policy.typepad.com/informationpolicy/2006/05/_wifi_innovatio.html

Pushing Buttons: Sri Lankan expert to chair ICT Forum in Korea. LankaBusinessOnline, 30 August 2006
http://www.lbo.lk/fullstory.php?newsID=1229002750&no_view=1&SEARCH_TERM=5

India tops in bridging digital divide. The Hindu Business Line, 17 September 2006.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/09/18/stories/2006091802130200.htm

India tops in bridging digital divide. Sify Business (via The Hindu Business Line), 18 September 2006.
 http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=14292572

India ranks first in bridging digital divide, i4d Magazine (via Business Line),
18 September 2006
 http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?newsid=5651

Penyelenggara Internet keluhlan tariff sewa jaringan (Internet Providers Criticize Leased Line Tariffs). Bisnis Indonesia, 26 September 2006, T2
See: http://www.lirneasia.net/2006/10/apjii-leased-lines-bisnis/  

Philippines is `SMS capital of the world. The Hindu Business Line, 6 October 2006
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/10/06/stories/2006100601361200.htm

Air Pockets: Violence, infrastructure bottlenecks, hurts Sri Lanka’s BPO sector. LankaBusinessOnline, 7 October 2006
http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?newsID=1432643763&no_view=1&SEARCH_TERM=5

Shangri La : Lack of land stands in the way of Lanka’s BPO business, LankaBusinessOnline, 10 October 2006
http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?newsID=1190159201&no_view=1&SEARCH_TERM=5  

National ICT Week kicks off linking govt. bodies: BPO the main focus this week to creating better awareness, establishing better infrastructure. The Daily Mirror Financial Times, 10 October 2006
http://www.dailymirror.lk/2006/10/10/ft/21.asp

Sri Lanka looks at riding the BPO wave. The Island (Sri Lanka), 10 October 2006

Grameen and telecommunication, Information Policy, 14 October 2006
http://i-policy.typepad.com/informationpolicy/2006/10/grameen_and_tel.html

The way to go. The Hindu Business Line, 23 October 2006.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2006/10/23/stories/2006102300100200.htm

Mobile operators eligible for Indian USO Fund, E-Quench.org, 28 November 2006
 http://i-quench.org/edevelopment/?cat=21

LIRNEasia to fly Lankan   high at ITU Telecom World 2006 event. Daily Mirror Financial Times, 7 December 2006.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/2006/12/07/ft/2.asp

Communications would have saved lives in 2004 tsunami, says expert, University of Alberta, Express News, 14 December 2006
 http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=8095

Pakistan Bests India in Telecoms Regulation. Hindustan Times, 20 December  2006.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1874656,0002.htm  or, see http://www.lirneasia.net/2006/12/treindia/

Pakistan: Leader in providing regulatory services on-line, Dharti Pakistan news blog, 20 December 2006
http://www.dhartipakistan.com/2006/12/20/pakistan-telecommunications-regulatory-survey/#more-47

Interview with Professor Rohan Samarajiva (on HazInfo project), CBC’s As it Happens program, 26 December 2006. (Listen here - Part 3, minute 9)

Biz First TV interview, hosted by Harsha de Silva. Rohan Samarajiva was interviewed on disaster warning in Sri Lanka, focusing on LIRNEasia’s HazInfo project. Channel 1 (MTV), Sri Lanka, 26 December 2007.

Interview with Dr. Gordon Gow (on HazInfo project), CBC Radio One Edmonton, 26 December 2006.

Lower mobile prices: Through profit regulation or competition. Op-Ed article in Bisnis Indonesia by Divakar Goswami.  January 10, 2007. http://www.bisnis.com/servlet/page?_pageid=127&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30&vnw_lang_id=2&ptopik=A57&cdate=10-JAN-2007&inw_id=498356 see also http://www.lirneasia.net/2007/01/lower-mobile-prices-through-profit-regulation-or-competition /

Sri Lanka shuts down phones amid fighting. Zeenews.com, 18 January 2007
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=348710&sid=SAS

RP’s poorest spend $2 a month on mobile phones—study, INQUIRER.net, Philippines. 20 January 2007
http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=44458

Keep politics, telecom regulations separate, RP told , INQUIRER.net, 21 January 2006
http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=44710

Sustainability Proyek Harus Dipikirkan. MAJALAH E-INDONESIA interview with Divakar Goswami. Vol. II / No. 17 / Edisi 15 Januari - 14 Februari 2007. Available online: http://www.majalaheindonesia.com/divakar_goswami.htm

Missed call virus bugs telecom firms, Rediff.com, 3 February 2007
http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2007/feb/03call.htm see also http://www.lirneasia.net/2007/02/missed-calls-in-the-news/ for  notes re. corrections

Over half of low income group rely on others. Zeenews.com, 8 February 2007
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=280017&ssid=204&sid=LIF

Pak Betters India. Business World (India), 11 February 2007
http://www.businessworldindia.com/jan2207/news07.asp or See: http://www.lirneasia.net/2007/02/more-news-coverage-of-tre-highlighting-indo-pak-comparison/ 

Ring Cut: Sri Lanka mobile missed calls boost communication, cut telecoms revenue. AFP, 24 February
http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?newsID=2135889537&no_view=1&SEARCH_TERM=5

(Japanese language coverage of AFP ‘Ring Cut’ story), AFP BB news, 24 February 2007
 http://www.afpbb.com/article/1365291 

SL mobile missed calls boost contact, cut telecoms revenue, New Age Business (via AFP), 24 February 2007
 http://www.newagebd.com/2007/feb/25/busi.html

Sri Lanka mobile missed calls boost communication, Daily Excelsior (via AFP), 24 February 2007, http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/07feb25/inter.htm

S Lanka mobile missed calls boost communication, cut telecoms revenue, The Financial Express (Bangladesh) (via AFP) 25 February 2007, http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:tVrCRajfpvUJ:www.financialexpress-bd.com/index3

Feature: `Ring cut’ phone use a growing phenomenon, Taipei Times (via AFP), 25 February 2007
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2007/02/25/2003350026

Sri Lanka’s mobile missed calls boost communication, cut telecoms revenue, Business Recorder (Pakistan) (via AFP), 26 February 2007, http://www.brecorder.com/index.php?id=532774&currPageNo=1&query=&search=&term

Lankans keep in touch with ‘missed calls,’ Gulf Times (via AFP), 28 February 2007, http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=135305&version=1

Mobile Missed Calls Boost Communication, Cut Telecom Revenue in Lanka, Arab News (via AFP), 28 February 2007, http://www.arabnews.com/?page=9&section=0&article=92893&d=28&m=2&y=2007

Sri Lanka: Cutting it: Mobile phone use is taking off in Sri Lanka – though not, perhaps, in ways that service operators might have hoped. Global Technology Forum, Global News Analysis. 28 February 2007
http://ebusinessforum.com/index.asp?layout=rich_story&doc_id=10213&title=Sri+Lanka%3A+Cutting+it&channelid=4&categoryid=30

Missed Calls: free secret code for interactive communication, Jang Group Online (via AFP), 4 March 2007
http://jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2007-weekly/cyber-04-03-2007/index.html

Telecom Journal (Thailand). 17 March 2007. http://www.tj.co.th/telecomjournal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=565

Telecom giants eyeing rural market, NDTVProfit.com, 23 March 2007
http://www.ndtvprofit.com/homepage/storybusinessnew.asp?template=&whichstory=n&id=37204

In India, only 9% use their own mobile phone, The Financial Express, 24 March 2007
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=158816

Internet still an obscure term in India, says study, The Financial Express (India), 26 March 2007
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=159009 

Biz First TV interview, hosted by Harsha de Silva. Rohan Samarajiva was interviewed along side Rajendra Singh, former Indian telecom regulator, on the findings of the TRE study by LIRNEasia. Channel 1 (MTV), Sri Lanka. 23 March 2007

Only 9 per cent use their own mobile phones, India News Online, 26 March 2007
 http://news.indiamart.com/news-analysis/only-9-per-cent-use–15157.html

BOP Families To Trigger Mobile Penetration in Asia, CXOToday.com. 27 March 2007.
http://www.cxotoday.com/India/News/BOP_Families_To_Trigger_Mobile_Penetration_in_Asia/551-80050-913.html

78% of people living in rural India not heard about Internet: Study. Alootechie.com, 27 March 2007
  http://www.alootechie.com/News/2209.asp

Indian Ocean tsunami warning capabilities improving, The Sunday Island. 1 April 2007.
See: http://servesrilanka.blogspot.com/2007/04/indian-ocean-tsunami-warning.html

Call of the Village, The Hindu Businessline, 2 April 2007
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2007/04/02/stories/2007040200030100.htm

Indian telecom behind Pak, Lanka in many respects: Study , Zeenews.com, 8 April 2007
 http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=364615&ssid=54&sid=BUS

Indian telecom behind Pak, Lanka in many respects: Study, Zibb.com, 8 April 2007, http://www.zibb.com/article/724364/Indian+telecom+behind+Pak+Lanka+in+many+respe

Pakistan Telecom Industry Is Ahead of Other South Asian Countries, Pakistan Uncut (blog), 9 April 2007, http://risingpakistan.wordpress.com/2007/04/09/pakistan-telecom-industry-is-ahead-of-other-south-asian-countries/

Business Briefs: Cell users. The Telegraph, Calcutta, India. 9 April 2007.
 http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070409/asp/business/story_7623649.asp

Mobile phone market poised for rapid growth in next two years, Ceylon Daily News, 9 April 2007.
 http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/04/09/fin01.asp

Tsunami ‘Sahana:’ Sri Lankan disaster relief technology wins world recognition. LankaBusinessOnline, 9 April 2007
http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?newsID=546293598&no_view=1&SEARCH_TERM=5

Telecom: Next Billion, Business India – National Edition (pp.33-34), 22 April 2007
Print version: p.33, p.34

Low-Income Telephone Users in Asia: Hello, can you connect us?, The Straits Times – Review Section (p.19) , June 12 2007
Print version: p.19

Low-Income Phone Users In Asia - Vast Unmet Demand, State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan (blog), 14 June 2007, http://telecompk.wordpress.com/2007/06/14/low-income-phone-users-in-asia-vast-unmet-demand/

Pakistan exceeds in Telecom Regulatory Environment, PakTribune, 15 June 2007, http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?181154

Telecom sector: Pakistan ahead of regional countries, Daily Times (Pakistan), 15 June 2007, http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C06%5C15%5Cstory_15-6-2007_pg5_19
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Pakistan exceeds in Telecom Regulatory Environment, ONLINE - International News Network (Pakistan), 15 June 2007, http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=113546

Mobile telecommunication: Pakistan now offers better regulatory environment, Business Recorder (Pakistan), 15 June 2007
http://www.brecorder.com/index.php?id=577736&currPageNo=1&query=&search=&term=&supDate=

Pakistan holds better environment for mobile telecommunication, AAJ News (Pakistan), 15 June 2007
http://news.aaj.tv/news.php?pg=2&show=detail&nid=69576

Telecom regulation termed best in region, Dawn Internet Edition (Pakistan), 16 June 2007
http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/16/nat19.htm

Mobile regulatory environment exemplary, The News (Pakistan), 18 June 2007
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=60531

Violence, infrastructure bottlenecks, hurts Sri Lanka’s BPO sector, Offshoring Times, date unknown.
 http://www.offshoringtimes.com/Pages/2006/BPO_news1275.html

Missed Call: Sri Lanka urged to speed up telecom reforms. Lanka Business Online, 2 August 2007
http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?newsID=420899523&no_view=1&SEARCH_TERM=5

Walkie Talkie: Sri Lanka’s Dialog celco starts walking payphones. Lanka Business Online, 2 August 2007
http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?newsID=1181452815&no_view=1&SEARCH_TERM=5

SLT to introduce CDMA Broadband. Daily News (Sri Lanka), 3 August 2007
http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/08/03/bus02.asp

First South Asia Broadband Communications Congress & Expo. The Sunday Times Online (Sri Lanka), 5 August 2007
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070805/FinancialTimes/ft333.html

Serving JKH from Mahawilachchiya.The Sunday Leader Business Print Edition (Sri Lanka), Page 1, 5 August 2007

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