ICT infrastructure in emerging Asia : policy and regulatory roadblocks

ICT infrastructure in emerging Asia : policy and regulatory roadblocks /

This book examines how theoretically optimal concepts actually get implemented in the hard terrain of emerging Asia. It gleans lessons from five Asian countries 2014 Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka 2014 based on their experiences with expanding ICT connectivity. It reports the f...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Samarajiva, Rohan (Editor), Zainudeen, Ayesha (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ottawa, Ont., Canada : IDRC, 2008
Subjects:
Telecommunication policy > Asia.
Infrastructure (Economics) > Asia.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. What is ... and What Could Have been ...
  • Sect. 1. Demand at the Bottom of the Pyramid
  • Introduction
  • Ch. 1. What Do Users at the Bottom of the Pyramid Want? / Ayesha Zainudeen
  • Ch. 2. Strategies on a Shoestring / Ayesha Zainudeen and Tahani Iqbal
  • Ch. 3. I Just Called to Say: Teleuse under a Ceasefire / Rohan Samarajiva, Mariam Hameed and Ayesha Zainudeen
  • Sect. 2. Access, Against All Odds
  • Introduction
  • Ch. 4. Geektivism / Tahani Iqbal and Onno W. Purbo
  • Ch. 5. Making a Business out of a Village Phone / Malathy Knight-John
  • Ch. 6. Wi-Fi: The Network Fix / Divakar Goswami
  • Sect. 3. Regulation: To Stifle or Enable?
  • Introduction.

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