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	<title>L I R N E . N E T &#187; mobile</title>
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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>Call for papers &#8211; Mobile 2.0: Beyond voice?</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/10/call-for-papers-mobile-20-beyond-voice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIRNEasia  is organising the pre-conference event, Mobile 2.0: Beyond voice? [20-21 May 2009, Chicago, USA], for the 2009 Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) [21-25 May 2009, Chicago, USA]. A call for papers is being issued for the pre-conference event.
Mobile phones are becoming increasingly important in bringing people into the Information Society. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CMI &#8211; First International Conference on Converging Mobile Media</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/09/cmi-first-international-conference-on-converging-mobile-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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The Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies (CMI), of the Copenhagen Institute of Technology (CIT), Aalborg University, Denmark, will host its First International Conference on Converging Mobile Media on 28 November 2008. The conference is organized in cooperation with the Advanced technology network on Mobile Systems, CTiF Copenhagen, and CMI&#8217;s CAMMP Project.
William Melody, founder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GSMA Development Fund Top 20 Research Reports</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/08/gsma-development-fund-top-20-research-reports/</link>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2008/08/gsma-development-fund-top-20-research-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The GSMA Development Fund, an initiative of the operator-led trade association representing the global mobile industry, has compiled and published a list of the best research reports on the economic and social impact of mobile communications in developing countries.  Selection was based on content, relevance, originality and credibility. GSMA notes that although not an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ICT infrastructure in conflict zones</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/07/ict-infrastructure-in-conflict-zones/</link>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2008/07/ict-infrastructure-in-conflict-zones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LIRNE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent LIRNEasia publication ICT Infrastructure in Emerging Asia: Policy and Regulatory Roadblocks in its Chapter 3, &#8220;I Just Called to Say: Teleuse under a Ceasefire,&#8221; explores the value and modes of access to telecom in the Jaffna District of Sri Lanka. Clearly there is a great need for infrastructure in such areas to replace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>mobility project</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/07/mobility-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Banks, founder of Founder of kiwanja.net in a recent posting to a mobile for development list on dgroups (Development through Dialogue) comments on the inception of the mobility project. &#8220;The challenge was this. How do we empower individuals in developing countries to develop and build their own mobile applications?&#8221; (See full post on next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LIRNEasia in i4d magazine</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/07/lirneasia-in-i4d-magazine/</link>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2008/07/lirneasia-in-i4d-magazine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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LIRNEasia has a featured article in the June 2008 issue of the Indian-based international magazine i4d (Information for development). Anu Samarajiva (freelance),  Ayesha Zainudeen and Harsha de Silva have contributed an article, LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka: Benefiting the bottom of the pyramid? highlighting LIRNEasia&#8217;s research on mobile usage by the poorest sectors of society. Research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Issue of info – Call for Papers</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/07/info-special-issue-%e2%80%93-network-development-wireless-applications-for-the-next-billion-new-users/</link>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2008/07/info-special-issue-%e2%80%93-network-development-wireless-applications-for-the-next-billion-new-users/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LIRNE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[William Melody and Amy Mahan will guest edit a special issue of info &#8211; the journal of policy, regulation and strategy for telecommunications, information and media on Network Development: Wireless Applications for the Next Billion New Users. This special issue focused on wireless applications for the next billion users will examine priority issues relating to [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2008/03/mobile-benchmark-studies-in-south-asia-and-latin-america-compared/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LIRNE</dc:creator>
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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>LIRNEasia at ICT&amp;S Center, University of Salzburg</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/03/lirneasia-at-icts-center-university-of-salzburg/</link>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2008/03/lirneasia-at-icts-center-university-of-salzburg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ 03/04/2008; 18:00 to 20:00. ] [3 April 2008] LIRNEasia's Executive Director, Rohan Samarajiva, will present on the topic, “More than voice at the bottom of the pyramid: Telecommunication for development in Asia” at the ICT&#38;S Center, University of Salzburg. The presentation will examine the potential for the take-up of “more-than-voice” applications among the fast growing user populations in the lower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assistant Prof in Economics of Electronic Communications</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/03/assistant-professor-in-economics-of-electronic-communications/</link>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2008/03/assistant-professor-in-economics-of-electronic-communications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LIRNE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Economics of Infrastructure section at Delft University of Technology has a e is a vacancy for an Assistant Professor in Economics of Electronic Communications. The Electronic Communications domain covers the widening field of electronically-mediated communication, which is evolving from formerly separate fields of voice and data in fixed and mobile communications, towards the convergent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ICT Usage and Its Impact on Profitability of SMEs in Africa</title>
		<link>http://lirne.net/2008/02/ict-usage-and-its-impact-on-profitability-of-smes-in-13-african-countries/</link>
		<comments>http://lirne.net/2008/02/ict-usage-and-its-impact-on-profitability-of-smes-in-13-african-countries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just published in Information Technologies and International Development (ITID), this article by Steve Esselaar, Christoph Stork, Ali Ndiwalana, Mariama Deen-Swarray, reports on a Research ICT Africa survey. It argues that the negative return on investment reported in the literature can be attributed to the failure to distinguish between the formal and informal sectors. This article [...]]]></description>
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