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LIRNEasia has released a report on the challenges and benefits of being a virtual organisation (VO). In order to be able to undertake research in a number of different countries and also to have policy influence across the Asia Pacific region (and beyond), it was imperative that LIRNEasia adopt virtual organisation strategies. To make their experiences useful for others, LIRNEasia has documented their efforts, outcome and lessons learned. The report is intended for any research/civil society (or even private sector or government) organisation, with limited staff, and which intends to work from geographically distant locations. It is also useful for project-based organisations with limited overhead budgets.

Click here to download the full report.

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Ewan Sutherland, Research Fellow at the LINK Centre has just completed a draft study, “Counting mobile phones, SIM cards & customers.” This paper discusses the challenges of counting the number of mobile subscribers in context of the reality multiple SIM card ownership. This has implications for counting the unconnected, for roaming and mobile termination rate regulation, among others.

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LIRNE has updated it list of events and conferences for 2008-09, and it can be downloaded from the link below. Items that have been added since the last version are highlighted in yellow. We have also compiled a list of journals (English and Spanish) where research results can be submitted for review and publication. Journal contact information and links to submission guidelines are also included.

Download list of upcoming events (updated 14 April).

Download list of journals.

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[22-23 May 2008] The Economics of Infrastructures section in the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology, will hold its 11th Economics of Infrastructures Conference on the theme of Transitions in Utility Infrastructures. Regulators and representatives from industry will present their views on and discuss the latest developments in the governance of infrastructures. The conference will be a mixture of plenary keynote session and workshops addressing specific transition issues. Keynote speakers will address the transition in either a specific sector (energy, telecom, water) or from a specific perspective (sociological, technological, economic, political, historical).

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LIRNEasia’s report on CPRsouth2: Empowering rural communities through ICT policy and research is available for download from the CPRsouth website. The conference was held at IIT-Madras, Chennai, India from December 14-18, 2007. The collection of conference papers and presentations is also available; as are papers and presentations from the first CPRsouth conference and photos from both events.

Click here to download the report from the CPRsouth website.
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