Asia Pacific is an exciting
and diverse ICT test bed according to the new 2003/2004 edition
The Digital Review of Asia Pacific provides
a quick overview of how ICTs are being deployed across the region to facilitate
socioeconomic development. The 2003/2004 Edition focuses on nine important
areas: Local online content, online services, industries, key local and national
initiatives, enabling policies, regulatory environment, open source movement,
research and development, and trends.
Click here for the co-publishers' foreword
to the latest edition.
Asians refine content,
online services and regulatory models
The Asia Pacific is a fascinating test bed of a wide range
of strategies for Internet governance, publication of local content, and
provision of online services. The variety of business and regulatory models
being evolved reflect the diversity of the region which range from some of
the economically and technologically most deprived countries to others which
are world leaders and trendsetters in the digital industry.
Click here for an overview of the 2003/2004
Edition by Chief Editor, Chin Saik Yoon which provides a quick survey
of the 28 chapters of this edition of the Digital Review of Asia Pacific.
Content and ICTs
Danny Butt and Madanmohan Rao writing on behalf of the Authors'
Working Group on Content discuss the challenges, innovation and prospects
facing the content sector: "Content plays an important role in the potential
use of ICTs to develop the diverse societies of the Asia-Pacific region.
In many cases, the availability of relevant content and related services
motivates groups to adopt digital tools, platforms, standards and channels
to create and access digital content . . . ."
Click here for the full analysis.
Online services
Narantsetseg Baljin writing on behalf of the Authors' Working Group
on Online Services: "Online services require a combination of factors to
be set in place before they can be run successfully. An Internet infrastructure
operating at a fairly good speed is a prerequisite. Users need to develop
a suitable degree of trust in the systems they will be interacting with remotely
. . . ."
Click here for the full analysis.
Policy, legal and regulatory
issues
Goh Seow Hiong writing on behalf of the Authors' Working Group on
Governance: "Asia-Pacific economies share many governance issues relating
to ICTs. Economies with the same degree of ICT uptake generally share the
same sets of unique concerns. . . . ."
Click here for the full analysis.
Open source
software
Pindar Wong overviews the open source software movement: "Open source
software such as the Linux operating system, appears to be gaining wider
acceptance in the region. It is now promoted by local user groups, conferences,
universities and governments. However, the motivation for adopting open source
software varies widely . . . . ."
Click here for the full analysis.
Authors meet in Kuala
Lumpur
The authors visited MIMOS Berhad and the Multimedia Development Corporation
while they were in Kuala Lumpur to learn first hand the Malaysian experiences
in building the ICT sector.
Click here for the full story.
|
