Telecommunications Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region
Telecommunications Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region

Author: Allan Brown

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2005-02-24

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9781781958360

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This book attempts to draw lessons from the experiences of developed as well as developing countries in carrying out telecommunications reform. Contributors come from academia, as well as from stakeholders in telecommunications policy in a dozen countries, mostly in the Asia-Pacific region. Globally, the telecommunications industry is undergoing major changes: technological advances in the form of a vast number of new digitised services, ownership shifts as state-owned carriers in many countries become fully or partly privatized, and a general transition from monopolistic to more competitive market environments. The economic and regulatory experiences derived from these changes are explored and analyzed using the USA, the UK, Australia and Singapore to represent developed and newly industrialized countries, and China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam as examples of developing countries. The conclusions outlined in this timely volume hold important lessons for these as well as for other countries.

Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration Index
Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration Index

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2021-10-01

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9292690507

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Since 2017, the Asia–Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration Index (ARCII) has been used for monitoring progress in various dimensions of regional cooperation and integration (RCI). This report discusses how the enhanced ARCII framework incorporates two new dimensions (digital connectivity and environmental cooperation) and other methodological innovations to capture the increasingly complex nature of RCI. With these new features, the report explores the links between regional and global economic integration and sheds light on the application of the index to RCI analysis and policy strategies for Asia and Pacific economies.

Asia Unplugged
Asia Unplugged

Author: Madanmohan Rao

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2005-02-17

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9780761932727

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"A compact and comprehensive introduction to the epicentre of the world's wireless revolution, this volume will be required reading for scholars, professionals and entrepreneurs involved in the foundations and frontiers of the wireless ecosystem in Asia and around the world."--BOOK JACKET.

Service Industries and Asia Pacific Cities
Service Industries and Asia Pacific Cities

Author: Peter W. Daniels

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-04-01

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1134337361

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During the second half of the twentieth century, development in the Asia-Pacific region has been dominated by industrialization. However, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, services, in particular, finance, information and creative services, have become deeply embedded in the processes of urban growth. In Asia-Pacific the rise of service industries has lead to national modernization programmes and globalization strategies. Services are also driving change in the internal form of city regions and are being actively deployed as instruments of metropolitan reconfiguration and land use changes. These changes have created problems such as social polarization and the displacement of traditional industries and residential districts. Also, there are tensions between local and global processes in the development of service industries, and between the imperatives of competitive advantage and sustainable development. Service Industries and Asia Pacific Cities brings together a multi-disciplinary team of experts to explore and illustrate the theoretical, conceptual and practical issues arising from the transformation of Asia-Pacific cities by service industries.

Telecommunications Industry in India
Telecommunications Industry in India

Author: Dilip Subramanian

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-08-04

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 1351374133

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Telecommunications Industry in India represents the first comprehensive study of a state-run enterprise in the telecommunications industry. The study traces over a period of half a century (1948-2009) the growth and decline of Indian Telephone Industries (ITI). At the heart of the monograph stands one central interrogation: How does the socio-technical system of production in a state-controlled firm shape the relations linking the four main actors: the state, management, union and workers? The original contribution of this book lies in combining business history and labour history within a single conceptual framework. The author evaluates the broader conclusions about the telecommunications industry and public sector through the lens of an individual firm to arrive at a more nuanced understanding of the dynamics of change in the globalizing Indian economy. The work is well in command of the literature on the global business history counterparts of ITI in the telecommunications industry. It is further strengthened by the use of French material on the subject which is now accessible for the first time in English. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Vital Signs 1998
Vital Signs 1998

Author: Lester R. Brown

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780393317626

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Analyzes the key indicators of 1998 that will play a large part in determining the social, economical, and environmental health of the nation in the next decade; includes charts, tables, graphs, and statistics.