Media coverage: January – December 20091
From economist to TV host: Reaching out to new audiences IDRC Canada 1 January 2009 http://www.idrc.ca/reports/ev‐135142‐201‐1‐DO_TOPIC.html DIRSI researcher, Antonio Botelho, attended the Teleuse@BOP3 analysis workshop and CPRsouth3 DIRSI Peru 5 January 2009 http://www.dirsi.net/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=162&Itemid=46 Dialog OfficeNet+ rocks on a holiday ICT for Peacebuilding Sri Lanka 14 January 2009 http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/dialog‐officenet‐rocks‐on‐a‐holiday/ Prudent trade and policy strategies with India will benefit Sri Lanka The Island Sri Lanka 15 January 2009 http://www.island.lk/2009/01/15/business1.html The link between mobile penetration and economic growth International Values and Communications Technology USA 17 January 2009 https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/blogs/isdyahoofellow/category/access/ Both sexes talk longer with women Purple Motes Unspecified 18 January 2009 http://purplemotes.net/2009/01/18/both‐sexes‐talk‐longer‐with‐women/ Mobile phones increase the quality of social relationships
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Ravaya Sri Lanka 25 January 2009 Rapid mobile growth among India's poor Expanding Horizons Finland 1 February 2009 http://expandinghorizons.nokia.com/issues/?issue=ExpandingHorizonsQ22009&utm_source=Newsletter‐Q2‐2009&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Q2 Google and others release tool to detect Net filtering, blocking ICT for Peacebuilding Sri Lanka 2 February 2009 http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/google‐and‐others‐release‐tool‐to‐detect‐net‐filtering‐blocking/ RP telecom regulation moves slowly Inquirer.net The Philippines 4 February 2009 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=187404 RP telecom regulation moves slowly Philippine Business Directory The Philippines 4 February 2009 http://www.philippine‐business‐directory.com/philippine‐headline‐news/rp‐telecom‐regulation‐moves‐slowly/46432 Telcos regulatory environment deteriorates Yehey.com The Philippines 9 February 2009 http://www.yehey.com/finance/level3.aspx?id=234261 Telcos regulatory environment deteriorates The Manila Times The Philippines 9 February 2009 http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/feb/09/yehey/business/20090209bus10.html Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry Premier India and Asia News India 11 February 2009 http://blog.taragana.com/n/rural‐india‐key‐growth‐driver‐of‐telecom‐industry‐424/
Tilting at telecom windmills The Daily Star Bangladesh 11 February 2009 http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news‐details.php?nid=75282 Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry Mumbai News.Net India 12 February 2009 http://www.mumbainews.net/story/465864 Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry Silicon India India 12 February 2009 http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Rural_India_key_growth_driver_of_telecom_industry__‐nid‐52442.html Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry IndiaeNews.com India 12 February 2009 http://inwww.rediff.com/newshound/searchshowarticle.htm?rediffid=http://www.indiaenews.com/business/20090212/178400.htm Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry Yahoo News India India 12 February 2009 http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20090212/836/tbs‐rural‐india‐key‐growth‐driver‐of‐tel.html Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry India News's.net India 12 February 2009 http://www.indiasnews.net/story/465864 Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry NewKerala.com India 12 February 2009 http://www.newkerala.com/topstory‐fullnews‐92037.html Competition among telcos ensures customer retention The Economic Times India
12 February 2009 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Telecom/Competition_among_telcos_ensures_customer_retention/articleshow/4120694.cms Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry India PRwire India 12 February 2009 http://www.indiaprwire.com/businessnews/20090212/37961.htm Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry SouthAsiaNews.com India 12 February 2009 http://blog.southasianews.com/index.php/2009/02/12/rural‐india‐key‐growth‐driver‐of‐telecom‐industry/ Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry Sindh Today India 12 February 2009 http://www.sindhtoday.net/south‐asia/62807.htm Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry IndiBlitz India 12 February 2009 http://www.indiblitz.com/index.php/2009/02/12/rural‐india‐key‐growth‐driver‐of‐telecom‐industry/ Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry Andhravilas.com India 12 February 2009 http://andhravilas.com/samachardetail.asp?id=253126&curPage=1 Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry CalcuttaNews.net India 12 February 2009 http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/465864 Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry India Gazette India 12 February 2009 http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/701ee96610c884a6/id/465864/cs/1/ Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry
DARE India 13 February 2009 http://www.dare.co.in/news/others/rural‐india‐key‐growth‐driver‐of‐telecom‐industry.htm Bangladesh: International telecom policy Global Voices UAE 13 February 2009 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/13/bangladesh‐international‐telecom‐policy/ Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry iGovernment India 13 February 2009 http://www.igovernment.in/site/Rural‐India‐key‐growth‐driver‐of‐telecom‐industry/ Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry 24Dunia India 13 February 2009 http://www.24dunia.com/shownews.aspx?wdid=0&newsid=3097530&lang=EN&pt=4&title=Rural+India+key+growth+driver+of+telecom+industry&url=http://headlinesindia.com/business‐news/telecom/rural‐india‐key‐growth‐driver‐of‐telecom‐industry‐6805.html Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry AussieIndoLanka Unspecified 13 February 2009 http://www.aussieindolanka.com/news/india/business_finance/?newsid=73074 Mobile price wars in the downturn: Time to do battle? Developing Telecoms Watch India 13 February 2009 http://developing‐telecoms.blogspot.com/2009/02/mobile‐price‐wars‐in‐downturn‐time‐to.html Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry Thinking Aloud! India 13 February 2009 http://thinkingaloud.in/NewsComments.aspx?NId=1019 Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry SME Times India 13 February 2009
http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/news/indian‐economy‐news/2009/Feb/13/rural‐india‐key‐growth‐driver‐of‐telecom‐industry.html Rural India key growth driver of telecom Cybermedia India Online Ltd India 13 February 2009 http://www.ciol.com/Technology/Mobility/News‐Reports/Rural‐India‐key‐growth‐driver‐of‐telecom/13209116021/0/ Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry Headlines India India 13 February 2009 http://www.headlinesindia.com/business‐news/telecom/rural‐india‐key‐growth‐driver‐of‐telecom‐industry‐6805.html Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry humharyanvi India 15 February 2009 http://humharyanvi.blogspot.com/2009/02/rural‐india‐key‐growth‐driver‐of.html Rural India key growth driver of telecom industry Voice & India India 16 February 2009 http://voiceofindia.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4641&Itemid=78 Reliance triggers another price war in Indian mobile subscribers market News from Telecom World India 17 February 2009 http://telecomnewsbd.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/reliance‐triggers‐another‐price‐war‐in‐indian‐mobile‐subscribers‐market/ Just gave a missed call? Survey says you maybe from India The Times of India India 18 February 2009 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Just‐gave‐a‐missed‐call‐Survey‐says‐you‐maybe‐from‐India/articleshow/4146035.cms Giving miss call is a typical Indian activity Blog with Me Unspecified 18 February 2009 http://erishav.com/blogwithme/giving‐miss‐call‐is‐a‐typical‐indian‐activity/
Missed call has now become the digital shorthand for ‘Call Me Back' Forums India: Mobile News India 18 February 2009 http://forumz.in/1546‐missed‐call‐has‐now‐become‐digital‐shorthand‐call‐me‐back/ Indians prefer phone calls to SMS Silicon India India 18 February 2009 http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Indians_prefer_phone_calls_to_SMS‐nid‐52728.html Mobile value added services for rural areas need content The Financial Express India 23 February 2009 http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Mobile‐value‐added‐services‐for‐rural‐areas‐need‐content/426811/ Indian VAS Industry: Gearing up for a new era Cybermedia India Online Ltd India 24 February 2009 http://www.ciol.com/Technology/Mobility/News‐Reports/Indian‐VAS‐Industry‐Gearing‐up‐for‐a‐new‐era/24209116435/0/ Mobile users unwilling to change their operator IT Acumens (Discussion Board) India 26 February 2009 http://discuss.itacumens.com/index.php?topic=54313.0 Mobile users unwilling to change operator The Hindu India 26 February 2009 http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/26/stories/2009022654230500.htm Fairer sex patronizes public phones, but lags in pvt ownership The Economic Times India 27 February 2009 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News‐By‐Industry/Fairer‐sex‐patronizes‐public‐phones‐but‐lags‐in‐pvt‐ownership/articleshow/4199873.cms TRAI’s broadband QoS guidelines: Reveal contention ratio MediaNama
India 3 March 2009 http://www.medianama.com/2009/03/223‐trais‐broadband‐qos‐guidelines‐reveal‐contention‐ratio/ From economist to tv host: Reaching out to new audiences University of Missouri: Research and the Arts USA 5 March 2009 http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev‐134973‐201‐1‐DO_TOPIC.html Weighing regulatory risks Voice & Data India 6 March 2009 http://voicendata.ciol.com/content/content_goldbook2009/109030611.asp Broadband in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and its service quality Tech Patrika India 7 March 2009 http://www.techpatrika.com/2009/03/blog‐post.html Mobile penetration in hinterland goes up The Hindu India 9 March 2009 http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/09/stories/2009030958620700.htm Ideas for Sri Lanka after the war Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 9 March 2009 http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=1364249603 India lacks successful telecom regulatory environment The Business Standard India 9 March 2009 http://www.business‐standard.com/india/news/india‐lacks‐successful‐telecom‐regulatory‐environment/351272/ Coverage of Teleuse@BOP3 findings ETV: Lanka Business Report Sri Lanka 9 March 2009 Usage gap: Sri Lankan low income customers can use mobiles more for business ‐ study Lanka Business Online
Sri Lanka 9 March 2009 http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=556248469 Pakistan, most conducive telecom market for new entrants, India least efficient ‐ A survey by LIRNEasia WATBlog India 9 March 2009 http://www.watblog.com/2009/03/09/pakistan‐most‐conducive‐telecom‐market‐for‐new‐entrantsindia‐least‐efficient‐a‐survey‐by‐lirneasia/ Low income Sri Lankans use mobiles least for business: Study TMCnet Unspecified 9 March 2009 http://4g‐wirelessevolution.tmcnet.com/news/2009/03/09/4042426.htm Briefing ‐ Asia telecommunications TMCnet USA 10 March 2009 http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/03/10/4042707.htm Low income customers in Bangladesh use phone for business Telecompaper The Netherlands 10 March 2009 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/SendArticle.aspx?u=False Thumbs up for India's telecom regulatory policy The Deccan Herald India 10 March 2009 True quality about mobile broadband in Sri Lanka Malinda's Blog Sri Lanka 11 March 2009 http://blog.malindaprasad.com/2009/03/11/true‐quality‐about‐mobile‐brodband‐in‐sri‐lanka/ Coverage of the T@BOP3 Dissemination event in Colombo, Sri Lanka ETV: Lanka Business Report Sri Lanka 11 March 2009 Sri Lanka fixed access telco starts free outgoing packages Lanka Business Online
Sri Lanka 13 March 2009 http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=35897352 Rural population key growth driver of telecom: LIRNEasia Business Economics India 15 March 2009 Policy changes in telecom put India on top The Deccan Chronicle India 15 March 2009 Policy changes in telecom put India on top The Deccan Chronicle India 16 March 2009 http://www.deccanchronicle.com/neutral/policy‐changes‐telecom‐put‐india‐top‐270 Policy changes in telecom put India on top The Asian Age (AA) India 16 March 2009 http://72.14.235.132/search?q=cache:http://203.197.197.71/presentation/leftnavigation/news/business/policy‐changes‐in‐telecom‐put‐india‐on‐top.aspx Interview with Harsha de Silva on findings from the Teleuse@BOP3 project ETV: Lanka Business Report Sri Lanka 18 March 2009 Imagine and innovate to honour Sir Arthur C Clarke! Groundviews Sri Lanka 19 March 2009 http://www.groundviews.org/2009/03/19/to‐honour‐sir‐arthur‐c‐clarke‐nurture‐imagination‐and‐innovation/ Remote mobile telephony viable biz in India, and competitive too Indiatimes India 20 March 2009 http://infotech.indiatimes.com/News/Remote‐mobile‐telephony‐viable‐biz‐in‐India‐and‐competitive‐too/articleshow/4293086.cms Remote mobile telephony viable biz in India, and competitive too The Economic Times
India 20 March 2009 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Telecom/Remote‐mobile‐telephony‐viable‐biz‐in‐India‐and‐competitive‐too/articleshow/4293086.cms Top mobile cos game for rural play The Economic Times India 21 March 2009 http://mobileet.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=4§id=edid=&edlabel=ETBG&mydateHid=21‐03‐2009&pubname=Economic+Times+‐+Bangalore&edname=&articleid=Ar00400&publabel=ET VAS a disconnect with cell users The Times of India India 21 March 2009 Remote mobile telephony viable biz in India, and competitive too The Economic Times India 21 March 2009 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4293086.cms Remote mobile telephony viable biz in India UnwireIndia.com India 23 March 2009 http://www.news.unwireindia.com/remote‐mobile‐telephony‐viable‐biz‐in‐india/ Reading blogs #14 Think Macro USA 27 March 2009 http://www.thinkmacro.org/?p=374 PCs not the best vehicles for providing IT‐delivered services to rural areas Telecentre Magazine India 1 April 2009 http://lirneasia.net/wp‐content/uploads/2009/08/Telecenter.pdf Reducing roaming rates; making South Asian regional integration real Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 7 April 2009 http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=2109193520
Govt, regulation irrelevant in telecoms ITWeb South Africa 15 April 2009 http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2009/0904151150.asp?S=Legal%20View&A=LEG&O=FPLEAD Government, regulation irrelevant in telecoms South Africa Connect South Africa 15 April 2009 http://www.southafricaconnect.org.za/?p=262 ICTD2009 highlights new developments in technology for developing countries Zawya.com Qatar 18 April 2009 http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20090419052743 Sarvodaya Institute of higher learning Sarvodaya Sri Lanka 1 May 2009 http://www.sarvodaya.org/2009/05/01/sarvodaya‐institute‐of‐higher‐learning Broadband quality war: Are you a winner or a loser? Wireless Bangladesh Bangladesh 4 May 2009 http://wirelessbangladesh.blogspot.com/2009/05/broadband‐quality‐war‐are‐you‐winner‐or.html Workshop on mobile broadband quality of service experience, Colombo 2009 Wireless Bangladesh Bangladesh 7 May 2009 http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/wireless‐bangladesh/be0e387781ac48ca0934d7de2be8b658 The economics of chhota recharge The Financial Express India 22 May 2009 http://epaper.financialexpress.com/FE/FE/2009/05/22/index.shtml Notes from the ICA pre‐conference Mobile Communication Unspecified 24 May 2009 http://mobilesociety.ning.com/profiles/blogs/notes‐from‐the‐ica
Discussing power conservation measures in AC comfort The Sunday Times Sri Lanka 24 May 2009 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090524/FinancialTimes/ft328.html Non‐metros enjoy 3 times better broadband service Silicon India India 26 May 2009 http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Nonmetros_enjoy_3_times_better_broadband_service‐nid‐57191.html/1/1 Rest of TN has better broadband quality than Chennai The Economic Times India 26 May 2009 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/Rest‐of‐TN‐has‐better‐broadband‐quality‐than‐Chennai/articleshow/4579514.cms World disasters report 2009 International Red Cross Switzerland 1 June 2009 http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900sid/EDIS‐7T3KR3/$file/ifrc_world_disasters_rpt2009.pdf?openelement Why wireless makes sense YouTube USA 14 June 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaWUAG0SQ18 Reconstructing Sri Lanka: Top down, bottom up, or both? newSriLanka Sri Lanka 15 June 2009 http://newsrilanka.com/2009/06/reconstructing‐sri‐lanka‐top‐down‐bottom‐up‐or‐both/ Religious events related 3R programmes Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association Projects Sri Lanka 17 June 2009 http://slggaprojects.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/about/ Higher taxes lead to lower revenue: PTA shows futility of raising mobile taxes TeaBreak
Pakistan 25 June 2009 http://teabreak.pk/higher‐taxes‐lead‐to‐lower‐revenue‐pta‐shows‐futility‐of‐raising‐mobile‐taxes‐241/21911/ Safe, comfy and chatting away ‐ women’s empowerment at PCO booths Simple Thoughts India 28 June 2009 http://blog.taragana.com/n/safe‐comfy‐and‐chatting‐away‐womens‐empowerment‐at‐pco‐booths‐feature‐with‐image‐93892/ Safe, comfy and chatting away ‐ women's empowerment at PCO booths NewKerala.com India 28 June 2009 http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews‐1‐63466.html Safe, comfy and chatting away ‐ women's empowerment at PCO booths Inditop.com India 28 June 2009 http://www.inditop.com/india/safe‐comfy‐and‐chatting‐away‐womens‐empowerment‐at‐pco‐booths Coverage of dissemination event in Dhaka, Bangladesh, presenting findings from the migrant component of the T@BOP3 study ETV Bangladesh 28 June 2009 Coverage of dissemination event in Dhaka, Bangladesh, presenting findings from the migrant component of the T@BOP3 study Diganta TV (via YouTube) USA 28 June 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZHmfWbsFcI Coverage of dissemination event in Dhaka, Bangladesh, presenting findings from the migrant component of the T@BOP3 study Boishakhi TV (via YouTube) USA 28 June 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXIHyi7BG2k&feature=related Coverage of dissemination event in Dhaka, Bangladesh, presenting findings from the migrant component of the T@BOP3 study ETV (via YouTube) USA
28 June 2009 http://www.youtube.com/user/impactprbd Coverage of dissemination event in Dhaka, Bangladesh, presenting findings from the migrant component of the T@BOP3 study ATN Bangla (via YouTube) USA 28 June 2009 http://www.youtube.com/user/impactprbd Coverage of dissemination event in Dhaka, Bangladesh, presenting findings from the migrant component of the T@BOP3 study Boishakhi TV Bangladesh 28 June 2009 Expat Bangladeshis spend more calling home than others: Survey bdnews24.com Bangladesh 28 June 2009 http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=88403&cid=2 Safe, comfy and chatting away ‐ women's empowerment at PCO booths Sulekha.com India 28 June 2009 http://newshopper.sulekha.com/topic/booths/news/safe‐comfy‐and‐chatting‐away‐women‐s‐empowerment.htm Safe, comfy and chatting away ‐ women's empowerment at PCO booths Yahoo India India 28 June 2009 http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20090628/860/ttc‐safe‐comfy‐and‐chatting‐away‐women‐s.html Safe, comfy and chatting away ‐ women's empowerment at PCO booths Sify India 28 June 2009 http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jg2nuiceihh&title=Safe_comfy_and_chatting_away_women_s_empowerment_at_PCO_booths Safe, comfy and chatting away ‐ women's empowerment at PCO booths AussieIndoLanka unspecified 28 June 2009 http://www.aussieindolanka.com/news/india/features/?newsid=68753&NewsDate=
Safe, comfy and chatting away ‐ women's empowerment at PCO booths WebIndia123.com India 28 June 2009 http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/Science/20090628/1284324.html Expat Bangladeshis spend more calling home than others: Survey Bdnews24.com Bangladesh 28 June 2009 http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=88403&cid=2&aoth=1 Safe, comfy and chatting away ‐ women’s empowerment at PCO booths ThaIndian News India 28 June 2009 http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sci‐tech/safe‐comfy‐and‐chatting‐away‐womens‐empowerment‐at‐pco‐booths‐feature‐with‐image_100210491.html Safe, comfy and chatting away – women’s empowerment at PCO booths Sindh Today India 28 June 2009 Safe, comfy and chatting away ‐ women's empowerment at PCO booths jansamachar.net India 28 June 2009 http://www.jansamachar.net/display.php3?id=&num=48069&lang=English&PHPSESSID=6f237f44aaf306869849a5812771a301 Coverage of dissemination event in Dhaka, Bangladesh, presenting findings from the migrant component of the T@BOP3 study ATN Bangla Bangladesh 28 June 2009 Coverage of dissemination event in Dhaka, Bangladesh, presenting findings from the migrant component of the T@BOP3 study Diganta TV Bangladesh 28 June 2009 (In Bangla) Amader Shomoy Bangladesh 29 June 2009
Safe, comfy and chatting away ‐ women's empowerment at PCO booths Silicon India India 29 June 2009 http://siliconindia.us/shownews/58650 Public telephone booths — means to empower women Khaleej Times UAE 29 June 2009 http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§ion=international&xfile=data/international/2009/June/international_June2318.xml (In Bangla) Jaijaidin Bangladesh 29 June 2009 (In Bangla) Shamokal Bangladesh 29 June 2009 (In Bangla) Ittefaq Bangladesh 29 June 2009 (In Bangla) Jugantor Bangladesh 29 June 2009 Bangladeshi migrants call home more frequently: Survey The Daily Mirror Bangladesh 29 June 2009 http://thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=94633 (In Bangla) Bhorer Kagoj Bangladesh 29 June 2009 Women's empowerment at PCO booths Overseas Indian India 29 June 2009
http://www.overseasindian.in/2009/june/news/20092906‐fea1.shtml (In Bangla) Amar Desh Bangladesh 29 June 2009 (In Bangla) Prothom Alo Bangladesh 29 June 2009 Bangladeshis spend more calling home than others News Today Bangladesh 29 June 2009 http://www.newstoday‐bd.com/frontpage.asp?newsdate Calling home means a lot to Bangladeshi expat workers The Financial Express Bangladesh 29 June 2009 http://www.thefinancialexpress‐bd.com/2009/06/29/71427.html Expat Bangladeshis make calls home more than others New Age Bangladesh 29 June 2009 http://www.newagebd.com/2009/jun/29/nat.html Safe, comfy and chatting away ‐ women’s empowerment at PCO booths NextBillion.net USA 29 June 2009 http://www.nextbillion.net/news/safe‐comfy‐and‐chatting‐away‐‐‐womens‐empowerment‐at‐pco‐booths (In Bangla) Banglabazar Patrika Bangladesh 29 June 2009 Empowered by phone Shvoong India 29 June 2009 http://www.shvoong.com/social‐sciences/sociology/1907846‐empowered‐phone/
AT‐Tester ‐ Broadband testing tool by LIRNEasia & IIT Madras Vinuthomas.com India 1 July 2009 http://vinuthomas.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=10379.html Phones outnumber radios among poor in South Asia Simple Thoughts India 5 July 2009 http://blog.taragana.com/n/phones‐outnumber‐radios‐among‐poor‐in‐south‐asia‐99765/ Phones outnumber radios among South Asia's poor The Hindu India 5 July 2009 http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200907051213.htm Phones outnumber radios among poor in South Asia Samachaar.in India 5 July 2009 http://samachaar.in/International/Phones_outnumber_radios_among_poor_in_South_Asia_87170/ Phones outnumber radios among poor in South Asia Zillr India 5 July 2009 http://www.zillr.com/news/news/Phones‐outnumber‐radios‐among‐poor‐in‐south‐asia/781423.html Phones outnumber radios among poor in India Silicon India India 5 July 2009 http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Phones_outnumber_radios_among_poor_in_India‐nid‐58873.html Phones outnumber radios among poor in South Asia SmasHits.com India 5 July 2009 http://news.smashits.com/402643/Phones‐outnumber‐radios‐among‐poor‐in‐South‐Asia.htm Phones outnumber radios among poor in South Asia New Kerala India 5 July 2009 http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews‐1‐67602.html
Phones outnumber radios among poor in South Asia Prokerala.com India 5 July 2009 http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a62626.html Phones outnumber radios among poor in South Asia ThaIndian News Thailand 5 July 2009 http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world‐news/phones‐outnumber‐radios‐among‐poor‐in‐south‐asia_100213625.html No computers in poor Bangladeshi households News Bangla Bangladesh 6 July 2009 http://www.newsbangladc.com/2009/07/no‐computers‐in‐poor‐bangladeshi.html No computers in poor Bangladeshi households New Age Bangladesh Bangladesh 7 July 2009 http://www.newagebd.com/2009/jul/07/front.html No computers in poor Bangladeshi households Dhaka Mirror Bangladesh 7 July 2009 http://www.dhakamirror.com/?p=6274 I’ll give you a missed call Uber Desi India 9 July 2009 http://uberdesi.com/blog/2009/07/09/ill‐give‐you‐a‐missed‐call/ Lifestyle: only Indians make, receive missed Calls; study Spoonfeedin India 10 July 2009 http://spoonfeedin.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/lifestyle‐only‐indians‐makereceive‐missed‐callsstudy/ Only Indians make, receive missed calls Exbii India 10 July 2009
http://www.exbii.com/showthread.php?p=13504633 Missed facts in missed calls article Techgoss India 10 July 2009 http://www.techgoss.com/Story/239S12‐Missed‐Facts‐in‐missed‐calls‐article.aspx Cutting expenses: Only Indians make, receive missed calls ‐ study Bollywhat Forum India 10 July 2009 http://www.bollywhat‐forum.com/index.php?topic=26335.0 Only Indians make, receive missed calls: Study The Times of India India 10 July 2009 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/Only‐Indians‐make‐missed‐calls‐Study/articleshow/4760120.cms Only Indians make, receive missed calls: Study Choas, myself and the Universe India 10 July 2009 http://ddgul.blogspot.com/2009/07/only‐indians‐make‐receive‐missed‐calls.html Phones outnumber radios among South Asia's poor Digital Opportunity India 11 July 2009 http://www.digitalopportunity.org/news/phones‐outnumber‐radios‐among‐south‐asias‐poor Only Indians make, receive missed calls: Study South‐South Information Gateway Unspecified 11 July 2009 http://210.19.40.5/ssig/news/fullnews.php?news_id=64876&news_cat=sn Only Indians make, receive missed calls Telugu Dreams India 13 July 2009 http://www.telugudreams.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?nId=3215&cId=7 Only Indians make, receive missed calls: Study NAM News Network Malaysia
13 July 2009 http://www.namnewsnetwork.org/v2/read.php?id=88369 Over 100 million rural mobile subscribers in India – Opportunity for MVAS Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 15 July 2009 http://www.watblog.com/2009/07/15/over‐100‐million‐rural‐mobile‐subscribers‐in‐india‐opportunity‐for‐mvas/ Don't talk time The Times of India India 15 July 2009 Early warning: Cell broadcast ideal for Maldives public warning ‐ think tank Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 17 July 2009 http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=2024102493 Going green The Sunday Times Sri Lanka 19 July 2009 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090719/Magazine/sundaytimesmirror_01.html Plain Talk? Not anymore Voice & Data India 20 July 2009 http://voicendata.ciol.com/content/news/109072001.asp Interview with Kabir Hashim Lakhanda Sri Lanka 24 July 2009 Daft draft: Sri Lanka govt transport policy slammed by critics Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 24 July 2009 http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=373916488 Domestic freight, post‐war regions not given enough attention The Island Sri Lanka 25 July 2009 http://www.island.lk/2009/07/25/business2.html
Dr. Harsha de Silva picked for Eisenhower Fellowship The Island Sri Lanka 26 July 2009 http://www.island.lk/2009/07/26/news11.html Million mark: Sri Lanka Airtel says tops one million customers Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 28 July 2009 http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=581452822 Sri Lanka Airtel says tops one million customers Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 28 July 2009 http://www.lbo.lk/fullstory.php?nid=581452822 LIRNEasia clarifies facts Just Goss India 29 July 2009 http://www.techgoss.com/Story/1696S14‐LIRNEasia‐clarifies‐facts.aspx Wire drop: Sri Lanka wireline use drops Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 29 July 2009 http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=1318124537 Teleuse survey: What women want Voice & Data India 1 August 2009 http://voicendata.ciol.com/content/service_provider/109080106.asp T@BOP3 migrant study findings (in Sinhala) Ravaya Sri Lanka 2 August 2009 Mobile phones for inward remittances, awaiting guidelines The Sunday Times Sri Lanka 2 August 2009 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090802/FinancialTimes/ft325.html Sri Lanka: Mobile phones for inward remittances, awaiting guidelines
Diaspora Journey Unspecified 3 August 2009 http://diasporajourney.blogspot.com/2009/08/sri‐lanka‐mobile‐phones‐for‐inward.html Knowledge wiki: Sri Lanka specific wiki spreads wings on the net Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 6 August 2009 http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=1573721444 India's "connected" poor Business Today India 9 August 2009 Interview with Ayesha Zainudeen on Teleuse@BOP3 research Channel One (MTV): Biz 1st Sri Lanka 14 August 2009 Teleuse at the bottom of the pyramid (Part 2 of 2) YouTube USA 17 August 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_25R24yy2M&feature=youtube_gdata The long last mile (Part 1 of 2) YouTube USA 17 August 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCiwi1y‐hAU&feature=youtube_gdata Cellphones can shrink geographic distances Zomzy Studio Unspecified 17 August 2009 Mobile messages could aid early warning in the Maldives SciDev UK 18 August 2009 http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture‐and‐environment/tsunami/news/mobile‐messages‐could‐aid‐early‐warning‐in‐the‐mal.html When FM radio meets the mobile phone in Pakistan MediaShift Idea Lab USA
19 August 2009 http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2009/08/when‐fm‐radio‐meets‐the‐mobile‐phone‐in‐pakistan224.html Small is the revolution Voice & Data India 27 August 2009 http://voicendata.ciol.com/content/news/109082701.asp Sri Lanka columnist shortlisted for Bastiat online journalism prize Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 28 August 2009 http://www.lbo.lk/fullstory.php?nid=2064493850 Broadband woes continue Express Computer India 7 September 2009 http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20090907/market01.shtml South Asia mobile summit starts in city Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 22 October 2009 http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/10/22/news0435.htm Bangladesh ranks low in South Asia mobile use The Daily Star Bangladesh 26 October 2009 http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news‐details.php?nid=111330 Developed countries getting better value from broadband Top 10 broadband UK 9 November 2009 http://www.top10‐broadband.co.uk/news/2009/11/developed_countries_getting_better_value_from_broadband_/ Digital divide: South Asian broadband stuck in international bottleneck ‐ study Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 9 November 2009 http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=431699648 Now use mobile to get pension The Financial Chronicle
India 9 November 2009 Net users in South Asia get less value for money The Hindu India 9 November 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/09/stories/2009110959420400.htm South Asia news in brief: 29 October–11 November 2009 SciDev UK 11 November 2009 http://www.scidev.net/en/news/south‐asia‐news‐in‐brief‐29‐october‐11‐november‐2009.html Sri Lanka’s broadband shows over advertising and under delivery The Sunday Times Sri Lanka 15 November 2009 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/091115/FinancialTimes/ft22.html Exit PC, enter mobile The Hindu Business Line India 16 November 2009 Exit PC, enter mobile The Hindu Business Line India 16 November 2009 http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2009/11/16/stories/2009111650010100.htm The dream of a digital Bangladesh The Daily IIJ Germany 24 November 2009 http://inwent‐iij‐lab.org/Weblog/2009/11/24/the‐dream‐of‐a‐digital‐bangladesh/ Interview with LIRNEasia senior staff on its research work and the LIRNEasia@5 conference Radio Channel International: Masala Canada Canada 28 November 2009 Coverage of presentation made at the Asian Telecom Seminar in Pune, India Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management India 29 November 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST7AleI3bQI
eSri Lanka: Promise realized? IFAP Information Society Unspecified 3 December 2009 http://ifap‐is‐observatory.ittk.hu/node/274 Ideal spectrum: Sri Lanka to get high speed WiMAX connectivity; regulator Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 3 December 2009 http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=1953674252 Sri Lanka to get high speed WiMAX connectivity: Regulator AJ's blog Sri Lanka 3 December 2009 http://ajeewan.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/sri‐lanka‐to‐get‐high‐speed‐wimax‐connectivity‐regulator/ India: Mobiles for gender empowerment IPS Italy 4 December 2009 http://www.ips.org/mdg3/india‐mobiles‐for‐gender‐empowerment/ Digital divide: Sri Lanka state ICT initiative funding not guaranteed; World Bank Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 4 December 2009 http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=1952023570 Sri Lanka's computer literacy up; UN e‐government rankings down Lanka Polity Sri Lanka 8 December 2009 http://lankapolity.blogspot.com/2009/12/sri‐lankas‐computer‐literacy‐up‐un‐e.html Bottom of the pyramid expenditure patterns on mobile phone services in selected emerging Asian countries DIRSI Peru 9 December 2009 http://dirsi.net/en/node/552 Evident policy: Lack of evidence‐based policymaking can be disastrous ‐ Sri Lanka policy forum Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 10 December 2009
http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=1708618780 Live blogging of LIRNEasia conference Indi.ca Sri Lanka 10 December 2009 http://indi.ca/2009/12/live‐blogging‐lirneasia‐conference/ Mobile 2.0 for commerce and entertainment YouTube USA 10 December 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuN_aDLni18&feature=youtube_gdata Sri Lanka policy forum in knowledge economy drive AJ's blog Sri Lanka 11 December 2009 http://ajeewan.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/sri‐lanka‐policy‐forum‐in‐knowledge‐economy‐drive/ Knowledge Drive: Sri Lanka policy forum in knowledge economy drive Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 11 December 2009 http://www.lbo.lk/fullstory.php?newsID=1827142106&no_view=1&SEARCH_TERM=5 Coverage of LIRNEasia@5 conference, including interviews with Rohan Samarajiva and Alison Gillwald Channel One (MTV): Biz 1st Sri Lanka 11 December 2009 Farming message: Sri Lankan farmers can gain from mobile phone services ‐ expert Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 14 December 2009 http://www.lbo.lk/fullstory.php?newsID=1470125181&no_view=1&SEARCH_TERM=5 Capital question: Sri Lanka telecom capex plummet amid price war: operators Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 15 December 2009 http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=1948308066 New data on mobile tariffs in Latin America DIRSI Peru 17 December 2009 http://dirsi.net/en/node/557
Tigo and Dialog CEOs on the state of mobile industry The Sunday Times Sri Lanka 20 December 2009 http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2009/12/20/tigo‐and‐dialog‐ceos‐on‐the‐state‐of‐mobile‐industry/ Live online The Sunday Leader Sri Lanka 20 December 2009 http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2009/12/20/live‐online/ eSri Lanka: Promise realized? newSriLanka Sri Lanka 20 December 2009 http://newsrilanka.com/2009/12/e‐sri‐lanka‐promise‐realized/ A lasting wave: Five years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, reflections on what was lost and what was learned Nafso‐Conveners Diary Sri Lanka 21 December 2009 http://nafso‐convenersdiary.blogspot.com/2009/12/lasting‐wave‐five‐years‐after‐indian.html A lasting wave: Five years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, reflections on what was lost and what was learned Newsweek USA 21 December 2009 http://www.newsweek.com/id/227856 Mentors for PhD in Biotechnology, JMET, GATE, MTech Engineering MentorPolis Blog Unspecified 21 December 2009 http://www.mentorpolis.com/blog/uncategorized/mentors‐for‐phd‐in‐biotechnology‐jmet‐gate‐mtech‐engineering Sri Lanka farmers get mobile phone trade service e‐agriculture Unspecified 23 December 2009 http://www.e‐agriculture.org/19.html?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1884 Dialog Tradenet ‐ GGS in partnership The Daily News
Sri Lanka 24 December 2009 http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/12/26/bus40.asp Dialog Tradenet ‐ GGS in partnership set to revolutionise agri market access: SPOT.LK Sri Lanka 24 December 2009 http://www.spot.lk/article10547‐dialog‐tradenet‐ggs‐in‐partnership‐set‐to‐revolutionise‐agri‐market‐access.html Empowering farmers with data The Nation Sri Lanka 27 December 2009 http://www.nation.lk/2009/12/27/busi2.htm Sri Lanka behind Pakistan in regulatory transparency: Study Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 29 December 2009 http://lankabusinessonline.com/print.php?nid=1860130798 Slow connections Sri Lanka behind Pakistan in regulatory transparency: study Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 29 December 2009 http://www.lbo.lk/fullstory.php?nid=1860130798 New Year greetings…. FX & Nat Geo Wild (comments) Dialog TV Forum Sri Lanka 29 December 2009 http://dialogtv.blogspot.com/2009/12/new‐year‐greetings‐fx‐nat‐geo‐wild.html Sri Lanka regulator checks advertised broadband speeds Lanka Business Online Sri Lanka 30 December 2009 http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=614899951 Sri Lanka regulator checks advertised broadband speeds AJ's Blog Sri Lanka 30 December 2009 http://ajeewan.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/sri‐lanka‐regulator‐checks‐advertised‐broadband‐speeds/