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ICT infrastructure in emerging Asia: policy and regulatory roadblocks/ edited by Rohan Samarajiva and Ayesha Zainudeen - Ottawa: SAGE Publications, 2008. - 333 p.

Introduction: What is... and What Could Have Been...

I DEMAND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID
What do Users at the Bottom of the Pyramid Want? / Ayesha Zainudeen
Strategies on a Shoestring / Ayesha Zainudeen and Tahani IqbalI
Just Called to Say: Teleuse Under a Ceasefire / Rohan Samarajiva, Mariam Hameed and Ayesha Zainudeen

II: ACCESS, AGAINST ALL ODDS
Geektivism Making a Business Out of a Village Phone / Malathy Knight-John
Wi-Fi: The Network Fix / Divakar Goswami

III: REGULATION: TO STIFLE OR ENABLE?
One Backbone, or Two? / Harsha Vardhana Singh and Rohan Samarajiva
The Dumbing-down of Smart Subsidies / Harsha De Silva
Universal Service Obligations: To Incumbents / Payal Malik
Access Deficit Tax? / Harsha De Silva

IV: WHAT COULD BE...
High AMPU from Low / Arpu Mahinda B Herath
Regulating for the Next Billion / Rajendra Singh and Siddhartha Raja
Through the Markets / Visoot Phongsathorn
Appendices
Index

Dewey Class. No.: 343.0945 / SAM/I