East and Southeast Asian and Pacific Regulators

[Update September 2008]

Legislation, Communication, Annual Reports

Statistical and other Reports

American Samoa
American Samoa Telecommunications Authority
http://www.samoatelco.com/
Australia
Australian Communications Authority (ACA)
http://www.acma.gov.au

Telecommunications Act 1997

Universal Service Obligation

Annual Report 2006-07

Statutory reports

Telecommunications today: research report series

Telecommunication Publications

ACMA Communications Report 2006-07

The Australian VOIP market 2007

Payphones Statistics

Online content complaint statistics

Brunei Darussalam

Authority for Info-communications Technology

www.aiti.gov.bn

Cambodia
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Cambodia

http://www.mptc.gov.kh/

China

Ministry of Information Industry
http://www.mii.gov.cn/ (in Chinese)

Fiji
Telecommunication Authority of Fiji
Telecommunication Act 2006
Georgia

Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC)

http://www.gncc.ge

The Law of Georgia on Electronic Communications, No. 1514 - 2005

The Law of Georgia on Broadcasting, No. 780 - 2004

Annual Report 2005 (pdf)

Hong Kong

Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA)

www.ofta.gov.hk/

Telecom Legislation

Hong Kong Annual Report 2005 - Telecommunications

Online Statistics

OFTA Trading Fund Report 2006-2007

Hong Kong Yearbook 2007 - Chapter 17: # Communications, the Media and Information Technology (pdf)

Indonesia

Indonesian Telecommunication Regulatory Body

http://www.brti.or.id/index_en.php

Database
Japan
Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications - http://www.soumu.go.jp/

Information and Communication / Science and Technology: Survey of Research and Development
Kiribati
Telecommunications Authority of Kiribati
http://www.tak.ki
Provision of the telecommunication and ICT Services (doc)
Malaysia

Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)

www.mcmc.gov.my/

Acts and Subsidiary Legislations

Online Statistics

Mongolia

Communications Regulatory Commission

http://www.crc.gov.mn

(no English version)

Myanmar

Ministry of Communications, Posts and Telegraphs

http://www.mcpt.gov.mn

http://www.mpt.net.mm/

http://www.mcpt.gov.mm/ptd/index.htm

Nauru

Nauru Telecommunication Department

New Zealand

Commerce Commission of New Zealand
http://www.comcom.govt.nz/

Telecommunications Act 2001

Telecommunications Annual Report Extract 2002-2003 (pdf)

Regulatory Control and Enforcement Activities of the Commission 2001-2002 (pdf)

Plans & Reports

Telecommunications Overview

Telecommunications Reports 2006 - 2008

2007 Telecommunications Market Monitoring Report (pdf)

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Radio Communications and Telecommunications Technical Authority (PANGTEL)

www.pangtel.gov.pg

Legislation: Telecommunications Industry Act 2002 & Telecommunications Act 1996 (amended)

Philippines

National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)

http://www.ntc.gov.ph/

Previous reports from 2001 - 2006

Laws, Rules & Regulations

Data & Statistics

Telecom Carriers 2006 (pdf)

Telecom Industry Structure

Telephone Distribution by Region

Telephone Distribution by Operator (fixed)

Internet Service Providers

Singapore

Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA)

www.ida.gov.sg/

IDA Annual Report 2006-2007

Previous Annual Reports from 2003

Telecommunications Act, Cap. 323 -1999-2001

Online Statistics

South Korea

Korea Communications Commission

http://www.kcc.go.kr

Taiwan

National Communications Commission

http://www.ncc.tw/

Telecommunications Act 2007 Administrative Plan 2007 (doc)

Telecommunication figures in 2007

Online Statistics

Thailand

The National Telecommunications Commission

http://eng.ntc.or.th/

Telecom Business Act 2001

Vietnam
Department General of Post and Telecommunications

Other Resources:

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Communications: Government and Business Practices in the Asia Pacific Region, by Khelia Johnson (ITU, 2007) (pdf)

World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report 2006: Measuring ICT for social and economic development (8th edition, 2006)

Network Dynamics Associates

Available reports by Ken Zita for the following countries:

Indonesia Telecom Brief (pdf)

Malaysia Telecom Brief (pdf)

Philippines Telecom Brief (pdf)

Sri Lanka Telecom Brief (pdf)

Thailand Telecom Brief (pdf)

Vietnam Telecom Brief (pdf)

Telecommunication Research project

ICT Sector Development in Five Central Asian Economies“: Report for UNESCAP by John Ure, 2005 (pdf)

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Telecommunications & Information Working Group
(APEC TEL Working Group)

Asia-Pacific Telecommunity

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