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		<title>LIRNE.NET report benchmarks regulator websites</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2009/09/report-regulator-websites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NRA Websites: Benchmarking National Telecom Regulatory Authority Websites is the title of a report just published by LIRNE.NET. The report takes a detailed look at the state of regulatory authority websites in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and North America and identifies benchmarking indicators for evaluating them.

Download the report &#124; Buy from Amazon.com
Title: NRA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIRSI at LASA 2009</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/11/lirnenet-and-dirsi-at-lasa-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ 14/10/2008; ] 
  

DIRSI network members Hernan Galperin, Roxana Barrantes and Amy Mahan (also LIRNE.NET coordinator), will participate in a panel entitled "Are new communication technologies reducing or increasing inequalities?" in the XXVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association - LASA 2009 [June 11-14, 2009; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]. "Rethinking inequalities" is the main [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LIRNE &#8211; IDRC Meeting, June 2008, Ottawa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
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On 23 June in Ottawa, Canada, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Learning Initiatives on Reforms for Network Economies (LIRNE.NET) network held a meeting with researchers from the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Dialogue on the Information Society (DIRSI), LIRNEasia, the LINK Centre and Research ICT Africa (RIA!), Comunica, and from the LIRNE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presentation of TRE study in Ecuador</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/04/presentation-of-tre-study-in-ecuador/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A DIRSI forum on &#8220;Challenges for Regulation of Telecommunications in Ecuador&#8221; was attended by almost 100 government, industry and telecom sector stakeholders, on Wednesday, 26 March. During the event, Hugo Carrión (of Imaginar) presented &#8220;Regulation and Investment in Telecommunications: an Ecuador Case Study&#8221; The study provides an historical overview and analysis of the fixed and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trinidad and Tobago stakeholders&#8217; meeting</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/03/trinidad-and-tobago-stakeholders-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Kim Mallalieu, DIRSI researcher, organized a stakeholders&#8217; meeting to review findings from the DIRSI Mobile Opportunities study. The meeting, which was held at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Institute of Critical Thinking, brought together invited representatives of key stakeholder groups, including the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, the Ministry of Public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIRSI presentation at CIDE</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/03/dirsi-presentation-at-cide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ 27/03/2008; 11:00 to 12:00. ] [27 March 2008] DIRSI researcher, Judith Mariscal, will present "Oportunidades Móviles: pobreza y acceso telefónico" at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - where she is also Director of the Programa de Investigación en Telecomunicaciones y Tecnologías. The presentation will take place at 11am in the Sala de Seminarios, in the Santa Fe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Benchmark Studies in South Asia and Latin America</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/03/mobile-benchmark-studies-in-south-asia-and-latin-america-compared/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post, Tahani Iqbal and Nirmali Sivapragasam of LIRNEasia compare recent mobile benchmark studies undertaken in Asia and Latin American and the Caribbean.
The findings from LIRNEasia&#8217;s recent comparative study of price and affordability in eight South Asian countries &#8211; Mobile Benchmarks South Asia, March 2008 &#8211; indicate that Bangladesh has the lowest average monthly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LIRNE researchers at ITS Montreal 2008</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/03/lirne-researchers-at-its-montreal-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ 25/06/2008 to 28/06/2008. ] [25-27 June] LIRNEasia Executive Director, Rohan Samarajiva, is organising two panels at the 2008 International Telecommunications Society (ITS) 17th Biennial Conference, to be held at the Hilton Montréal Bonaventure, Montréal, Québec, Canada. The two-part panel is entitled, "New regulatory approaches in the face of rapidly changing demand: Research from four continents presented by LIRNE.NET."

Confirmed participants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LAC Regional Network of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID)</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/02/lac-regional-network-of-the-global-alliance-for-ict-and-development/</link>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2008/02/lac-regional-network-of-the-global-alliance-for-ict-and-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LIRNE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first billion internet users were connected because of particular privileges of access to infrastructure, the ability to afford use, education and geography, amongst others. The next billions to be connected to information society networks won&#8217;t have the same economic and social privileges and will have different reasons for not already being connected. These reasons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latin America TRE Studies</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/01/latin-america-tre-studies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Regional Dialogue on the Information Society for Latin America and the Caribbean (DIRSI)  has released Telecom Regulatory Environment (TRE) studies for Ecuador and Peru. Using interviews and a questionnaire administered to a statistically significant cross-section of industry stakeholders and experts, the TRE assessment traverses six dimensions of regulatory risk (market entry, access to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIRSI at the 6th annual Caribbean Internet Forum</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/01/dirsi-at-the-sixth-caribbean-internet-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2008/01/dirsi-at-the-sixth-caribbean-internet-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ 29/10/2008 to 31/10/2008. ] [29-31 October 2008] The 6th Annual Caribbean Internet Forum will be held in Trinidad at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Port of Spain. The Main theme of the event is Mobile Internet for Development.

Dr. Kim Mallalieu (University of the West Indies and DIRSI member), will chair two sessions, Caribbean Innovations for the Mobile Internet, and Next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIRSI Stakeholders&#8217; Meeting &#8211; Trinidad &amp; Tobago</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/01/dirsi-stakeholders-meeting-trinidad-tobago-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ 04/03/2008; ] [4 March 2008] Kim Mallieu of the Regional Dialogue on the Information Society (DIRSI) will facilitate a DIRSI Stakeholder Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago, and will present and lead discussion on "DIRSI: Regional Telecommunications Policy and Regulatory Research Collaborative." The main objectives of this meeting are:

	Information dissemination on regional research relating to telecommunications policy and [...]]]></description>
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