Internet of Things made fun at Bayanihan Creative Labs
On Thursday mornings, a dozen or so students from nearby colleges gather at the University of the Philippines’ Diliman Interactive Learning Center to tinker with bits of hardware for an hour or two....
View ArticleInternet Access, Security Top Policy Concerns for South Asia
Policies on Internet connectivity and cybersecurity have emerged as issues of immediate concern in a survey of 855 Internet Society members across South Asia, topping other topical Internet-related...
View ArticleAn Internet for the Next Billion ... or Two
With its 1.3 billion Internet users, burgeoning ICT industries and sizable online markets, Asia-Pacific is very aware of its significance to the global Internet ecosystem—this much was evident at the...
View ArticleIGF 2014: Small Island States Bring Big Issues to the Table
Is the Internet more important than clean water supply or transport infrastructure? These and other specific concerns were raised at the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) roundtable, where...
View ArticleIGF 2014: Linking local initiatives
The global Internet Governance Forum was not the only one showing vibrancy in Istanbul this week. At the Inter-regional and National Dialogue, national and regional IGFs around the world helped to...
View ArticleZero rating: enabling or restricting Internet access?
Broadband access policies have in recent years occupied a prime spot in digital divide discussions. But at the recently held Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Istanbul, an increasingly common but...
View ArticleEmpowerment through online rights in India
Some of Kolkata’s best minds came together this week for the Asia Internet Symposium, a half-day dialogue organised by the Asia-Pacific Bureau and the Internet Society Kolkata Chapter. Seeking to...
View ArticleMoving data across borders: APAC and the CBPR system
This year, Asia-Pacific is set to surpass North America as the world’s largest e-commerce market. But while it drives the global growth in online transactions, the region has yet to see a similar push...
View ArticleThe Internet as a driver of regional integration in Southeast Asia
In 2007, the 10 economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) decided to accelerate ASEAN Vision 2020 by five years, publishing a blueprint for an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC),...
View ArticleNetwork neutrality – let those packets flow
Discussions around network (or Net) neutrality tend to yield more questions than answers, in some part due to the lack of standardised definitions for the terms involved, but also due to the...
View ArticleBack from RightsCon Manila: trading freedoms for security?
In Asia - a region that at various points in its recent history has been a hotbed for civil unrest, secessionist movements and political instability - the line between national security and public...
View ArticleRural ISPs needed to expand Internet access in India
The Net neutrality debate currently raging in India has brought to light a broader underlying concern: the low—currently below 20%--Internet penetration in the country. Ms. Noelle Francesca De Guzman
View ArticleBreaking economic boundaries with the Internet
Things are looking up for the Internet economy in Asia-Pacific. The region, now the largest e-commerce market in the world, is also home to fast-rising, locally grown Internet firms like Alibaba, whose...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about Internet in the Pacific
Internet in the Pacific is going through some heavy changes. The region has gone from being covered by a single satellite a decade ago to having 10 of its countries, many of them in the South, going...
View ArticleCan mobile Internet bridge the gender digital divide? Lessons from our APrIGF...
The figures suggest that it is possible. The Internet Society’s Global Internet Report 2015, launched this week, found that 94% of the world’s population is covered by a mobile network, and 48% have...
View ArticleNet users in APAC want to participate in Internet policymaking
Governments in Asia-Pacific have made progress in opening up avenues for public input, but a new study by the Asia-Pacific Bureau suggests that stakeholders want more. The 2015 Asia-Pacific Regional...
View ArticleAsia-Pacific reaches out to a digital future
The future of the Internet was very much present at the 15th Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Policy and Regulatory Forum (APT PRF) in Singapore last week. Much of the conversation was around anticipated...
View ArticleThe Internet as a lifeline in Asia-Pacific
Disaster management is becoming more and more prominent in the region’s policy agenda—and with good reason. UNESCAP in a recent report noted that more than half of the world’s 226 natural disasters in...
View ArticleGrowing e-entrepreneurship in Asia-Pacific
Is Internet connectivity enough? A growing body of data suggests that it isn’t. At the 52nd APEC TEL meeting in Auckland last week, member economies have started to shift the conversation to boosting...
View ArticleProposed APEC Cybersecurity Framework gains momentum at TEL 52
APEC’s forthcoming cybersecurity framework continues to take shape following the recent 52nd Telecommunications and Information Working Group meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, where another round of...
View ArticleNational consultation highlights gender digital divide in the Philippines
Last month at the United Nations in New York, world leaders agreed on 17 Sustainable Development Goals which countries must strive to carry out in the next 15 years. Like its predecessor, the 3rd MDG,...
View ArticleIXPs level up in emerging Asia-Pacific
There are currently some 80 or so active Internet exchange points (IXP) operating in Asia-Pacific, according to a database maintained by Packet Clearing House. These are in various stages of...
View ArticleYoung people use mobile Internet more intensively in Asia-Pacific
As the industry gears up for the Mobile World Congress (MWC) this month, a new study released today by the Internet Society suggests that mobile may be everywhere but, contrary to the meeting’s slogan,...
View ArticleCould connecting the next billion sideline the WSIS vision?
A recently released paper entitled the Pattaya Key Messages (PKM), a response to the upcoming WSIS+10 review, cites the dangers of connecting the next billion amid widening inequalities in...
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