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1 |
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ICTs–Developing the human potential |
| Author: |
Ambassador Dr Makarim Wibisono |
| Title: |
Member |
| Organisation: |
UN-ICT Task Force |
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Dr Makarim Wibisono is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva. Dr Wibisono currently is a Member of the United Nations Information and Communication Technology (UN -ICT) Task Force, Chairman of the APEC Counter Terrorism Task Force and a former President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the United Nations in 2000. Before moving to Geneva, Dr Wibisono was Director-General for Asia Pacific and Africa and Director-General for Foreign Economic Relations, Department of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia.
Dr Wibisono has a PhD and Master of Arts Degree in Political Economy from Ohio State University, a Master of Arts Degree from the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC and a Doctorandus Degree in International Relations, Gajah Mada University, Jogyakarta, Indonesia |
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| Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) boost economic, social and cultural development, facilitate efforts to combat poverty and promote equality and gender empowerment. Developing countries trying to implement ICTs have often failed due to the quality of the available human resources. This is a dilemma, since many countries implement ICTs precisely to improve their human resources capacity. To foster sustainable human development, a concerted effort is needed to integrate ICTs into educational programmes and to promote learning as a basic human right. |
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2 |
| Topic: |
Pervasive connectivity—Towards building a knowledge society in Malaysia |
| Author: |
The Honourable Dato’ Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik |
| Title: |
Minister of Energy, Water and Communications |
| Organisation: |
Malaysia |
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The Honourable Dato’ Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik, is the Minister of Energy, Water and Communications of Malaysia. He is the President of the People’s Movement Party (Gerakan), within the National Front governing party of Malaysia. Honourable Dato’ Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik was appointed a Senator in 1972 and a Minister with Special Functions in the Malaysian Cabinet. Dr Lim Keng Yaik later served in the State Government of Perak, but returned to the Federal Cabinet as Minister of Primary Industries. Dr Lim Keng Yaik has participated in international conferences including the GATT Negotiations, Rio Earth Summit, Cairns Group Meeting and many others. Honourable Dato’ Dr Lim Keng Yaik served as the Chairman of the Associations of Tin Producing Countries and Vice-President of the World WUSHU Federation, among others. Dr Lim Keng Yaik led the Malaysian delegation in the negotiations for the Forest Principles at the Rio Earth Summit and has actively participated in international Forests and Timber conferences.
Honourable Dato’ Dr Lim Keng Yaik graduated with a degree in Medicine and Surgery from Queens University, Belfast, Ireland and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law by Queens University of Belfast, Ireland. |
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| Malaysia needs to build its ICT infrastructure and increase the effective use of information technology. The government is guiding the country’s transition from a low technology, labour-intensive economy to a high value-added economy. It is extending access to all segments of society, from school children to senior citizens, urban and rural residents, to businessmen and housewives. To create a critical mass of users and applications, Malaysia has provided access in government departments, schools, universities, research institutions, hospitals and clinics, libraries and community centres. |
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Article no.: |
3 |
| Topic: |
Digital television broadcasting in Australia |
| Author: |
Lyn Maddock |
| Title: |
Acting Chair |
| Organisation: |
Australian Broadcasting Authority |
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Lyn Maddock is the Acting Chair of the Australian Broadcasting Authority. Originally appointed in December 2000 for a three-year term as a member of the ABA, Ms Maddock has been reappointed for a further four years commencing 13 December 2003.
Ms Maddock has extensive management and public policy experience across a range of areas, having held senior positions with the Productivity Commission, the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and Westpac Banking Corporation. Ms Maddock’s policy experience has been concentrated in the areas of transport, communication and resources, regulatory affairs and public sector management. |
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| Digital television broadcasting in Australia, which started in 2001, is now available in some form to more than 90 per cent of the population. The Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) has guided this process along, taking care to protect the rights of consumers and has endeavoured to create a competitive market place. The ABA is now studying uses for the radio spectrum that the move to digital broadcasting will free up by fostering the development of new broadcasting and data services. |
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4 |
| Topic: |
Implementing policy to bridge Korea’s digital divide |
| Author: |
Dr Yeon-Gi Son |
| Title: |
President/CEO |
| Organisation: |
Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity & Promotion |
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| Dr Yeon-Gi Son is the President and CEO of the Korean Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO), Korea. KADO is a public organisation charged with bridging the digital divide, ensuring free access to information and communications throughout Korean society. Before joining KADO, Dr Son was President and CEO of the Information Culture Centre of Korea. At present, Dr Son is a member of the Korean National Commission for UNESCO and of the Advisory Committee for Policy of the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs. Dr Son was awarded the Presidential Award in 2000 and the order of Cambodian National Merit in 2003. Dr Son earned a PhD and Masters in Sociology from Texas A&M University, a Bachelor of Science from Utah State University and a Bachelor of Arts from Korea University, Seoul. |
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| Korea is an information society leader; it has the highest broadband Internet penetration in the world. The Korean Government has developed a stream of policies over the years aimed at reducing the digital divide and promoting the digital inclusion of Korean society as a whole–young and old, handicapped, city dwellers or rural inhabitants. The government provides all these with subsidised or free equipment and Internet access. Now its focus is shifting towards promoting the more effective use of IT. |
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Article no.: |
5 |
| Topic: |
Tax Office tip: to try technology; talk to taxpayers |
| Author: |
Bill Gibson |
| Title: |
Chief Information Officer |
| Organisation: |
Australian Taxation Office |
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68KB |
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Bill Gibson is the Australian Taxation Office’s first Chief Information Officer. Mr Gibson has worked in both the public and private sector, including the Health Insurance Commission where Mr Gibson was involved in the Medibank and Medicare Private programmes.
Immediately before joining the Tax Office, Mr Gibson worked with QANTAS in a variety of IT roles including systems development, infrastructure and operations. In his current position, Mr Gibson is responsible for ensuring that the Tax Office’s IT systems and processes support day-to-day business as well as high-quality service to the community. Over the next few years Mr Gibson will be focusing on supporting specific initiatives designed to make the Australian revenue system easier, cheaper and more personalised for both staff and the taxpaying community. Many of these initiatives include the further development of the office’s online environment to provide people with free, secure and convenient electronic products and services. |
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| Australia’s Tax Office has been working to find ways to make it easier and cheaper for people to comply with their tax obligations. The Tax Office’s Listening to the community program and its state-of-the-art ‘usability lab’ called the ‘Simulation Centre’ allows designers and users of the tax system to share experiences. This has resulted in a series of on-line systems that provide businesses and tax agents with new and enhanced functions, with higher quality, more timely, information and processing. |
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Article no.: |
6 |
| Topic: |
Connecting people–New technologies, new hope |
| Author: |
Bill Owens |
| Title: |
President and CEO |
| Organisation: |
Nortel Networks |
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44KB |
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Bill Owens is President and Chief Executive Officer of Nortel Networks. Previously, Mr Owens was chief executive officer and chairman of Teledesic LLC and President, Chief Operating Officer and Vice-Chairman of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the US’s largest employee-owned high-technology company. Prior to joining SAIC, Owens was vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the second-ranking military officer in the United States. Mr Owens had responsibility for the re-organisation and re-structuring of the United States armed forces in the post-Cold War era. Previously, Bill Owens served as deputy chief of Naval Operations for Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments, commander of the US Sixth Fleet and as senior military assistant to Secretaries of Defense Frank Carlucci and Dick Cheney, the senior military position in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Mr Owens has written more than 50 articles on national security and authored the book High Seas. Mr Owens latest book, Lifting the Fog of War, was published in April 2000. Bill Owens is a graduate of the US Naval Academy with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Mr Owens has a bachelor and masters degrees in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University and a masters in management from George Washington University. Mr Owens is the founder of Extend America, a five-year state wireless telecommunications venture and also sits on the public boards of Nortel Networks and Daimler Chrysler AG. Mr Owens is the senior advisor to AEA Investors LLC and is a member of several philanthropic boards including the Carnegie Foundation, Brookings Institution and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre. Bill Owens is also a member of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. |
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| The World Bank estimates half the people in the world live on less than $2 a day and telephone service is still a luxury for them. Half of Africa’s 800 million people and 75 per cent of China's 1.3 billion inhabitants have never made a phone call. Converged networks, based on packet technologies, can lower the cost of communications, make it affordable for this population, and revolutionize many aspects of their lives–how they work, learn, receive medical services, travel and entertain. |
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Article no.: |
7 |
| Topic: |
Asian tigers in a global market–Technology implications for smaller organisations |
| Author: |
Derek Williams |
| Title: |
Executive Vice President |
| Organisation: |
Oracle Corporation, Asia Pacific Division |
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Derek Williams is Executive Vice-President of Oracle Corporation, Asia Pacific and Japan. He is a member of Oracle's Executive Management Committee and a director for Oracle Japan. Mr Williams formerly was Senior Vice President of Oracle Asia Pacific Division and served as regional director for strategic accounts before moving to head the newly created Asia Pacific Division.
In recognition of his contribution to the development of the Chinese software industry, Mr Williams was awarded an Honorary Professorship from Shanghai Textile University in 1995. |
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| Most large enterprises and governments across Asia Pacific have embraced Internet-based business processes and application. Today, as the first wave of e-business, large organisations are starting to reap the benefits. Behind these large organisations, though, is a network of small and mid-size enterprises, SMEs, which dominates the Asia Pacific business landscape and is the backbone of the value chain for global commerce. Now, Asia Pacific’s smaller organisations can become competitive in the global value chain through strategic adoption of IT. |
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Article no.: |
8 |
| Topic: |
Mobile enterprise: big opportunities for smaller firms |
| Author: |
Mats Victorin |
| Title: |
Regional Head, Asia-Pacific |
| Organisation: |
Ericsson Enterprise |
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60KB |
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Mats Victorin, is Ericsson Enterprise AB’s director for the Asia-Pacific region. After a number of years in the IT industry he joined Ericsson Enterprise in 1993. Mr Victorin has since held numerous managerial positions in the company’s sales and marketing division, including Regional Business Director for sales in UK, Ireland and North America, head of EMEA Sales (Europe, Middle East, Africa) and Director of Global Marketing.
Mr Victorin holds an MBA DHS from Stockholm School of Economics, where he specialised in Marketing and Finance. |
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| As the business world becomes more global, enterprises need to be more responsive, more available, more flexible and more efficient than ever—this is especially true for smaller enterprises that compete with large corporations on the world stage. Mobile enterprise solutions and services have a key role to play in ‘levelling the playing field’ for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) addressing these business challenges. For operators, such services represent a great opportunity to gain competitive advantage and address the valuable enterprise segment. |
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Article no.: |
9 |
| Topic: |
Broadband wireless, people and the economy |
| Author: |
Guy J. Kelnhofer III |
| Title: |
President and CEO |
| Organisation: |
NextNet Wireless, Inc |
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| Guy Kelnhofer III is President and CEO of NextNet Wireless and serves on the Board of Directors of the Wireless Communications Association. Before joining NextNet, Guy served as chief operating officer at Dataradio COR Ltd., as General Manager, Director of International Sales and Director of International Sourcing at E.F. Johnson Company and as Chief Executive Officer of Medical and Electronic Technology Exporters, Inc. Mr Kelnhofer is a graduate of Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China. |
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| Asia’s explosive growth, due partly to its Internet driven integration into the global economy, has fuelled job creation. These high-paying jobs have stimulated the migration of workers to regions with the best essential services and jobs, bringing crowding and overloading the service structures in these regions. These jobs are terrific for economies and people, but threaten traditional family structures and debilitate the local economies of the regions left behind. Wireless Broadband can inexpensively connect these regions and help reverse this decline. |
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Article no.: |
10 |
| Topic: |
VoIP–Networking for economic development in the Asia- Pacific region |
| Author: |
Richard C. Grange |
| Title: |
President & CEO |
| Organisation: |
New Global Telecom |
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80KB |
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| Richard C. Grange began his telecommunications career in 1982 when he co-founded and served as Executive Vice President and chief executive officer of TMC of Colorado, a long-distance reseller. After TMC of Colorado was sold to TelAmerica, Mr Grange founded and served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Meridian Telecom International, a provider of international call termination and international operator services. Mr Grange served also as President of the Technology Resource Group, an international call back carrier. Mr Grange founded NGT in 1996 and has served as its President and Chief Executive since its inception. |
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| Voice-over-Internet Protocol or VoIP is changing the world’s telecommunications. A VoIP company in the USA, Vonage, won the fight to keep VoIP regulation free and is growing rapidly. Skype, which offers free software and free computer-to-computer voice service, has millions of users worldwide. Large operating companies routinely use IP services to carry much of their long-distance traffic. Within the next few years, companies of all sizes and residences throughout the world will be using VoIP for low-cost, affordable, communications. |
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Article no.: |
11 |
| Topic: |
Wireless internet access as the key to knowledge-based growth and economic prosperity |
| Author: |
Thomas A. Freeburg |
| Title: |
Chief Operating Officer and Director of Strategy |
| Organisation: |
MemoryLink |
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| Thomas A Freeburg is Chief Operating Officer and Director of MemoryLink. Mr Freeburg is one of the foremost experts in broadband Internet, particularly in the area of unlicensed wireless platforms. He has 60 US Patents and more than 120 published papers. With one eye on today and one eye on tomorrow, he rallies 39 years of experience at Motorola, where he served as Corporate Vice President, Chief Futurist and Director of Technology. Mr Freeburg earned a BSEE from Bradley University and a MSEE from the Illinois Institute of Technology. |
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| A World Bank study showed that giving a small farmer a telephone could double his income. The Internet gives that advantage to all occupations. Internet penetration in North America is 60 per cent; in Asia Pacific, penetration is only six per cent. Nearly two billion additional Internet connections are needed for Asia-Pacific to reach North American penetration levels. Wireless—operating in unlicensed frequency bands, with per dwelling capital investments as low as US$9—is the only economical way to provide such widespread connectivity. |
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12 |
| Topic: |
The road to broadband wireless–An industry overview |
| Author: |
Majed Sifri |
| Title: |
President and CEO |
| Organisation: |
Redline Communications Inc |
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| Mr Majed Sifri is President and CEO of Redline Communications Inc., a technology leader in the development of standards-based broadband wireless access solutions. He has extensive experience in information technology and telecommunications, having founded and led several companies in these fields, including: CTI Datacom (Chair and CEO), an International communication network services firm; SIC partnership (Managing Partner), an investment management partnership; and Applications Technologies Inc. (Chair and President), a McLean Virginia natural language processing software corporation which was sold in 1998 to Lernout & Hauspie (L&H). Mr Sifri also founded and continues to serve on the board of Polymore Circuit Technologies, a Tennessee-based innovative circuit board manufacturing company. Mr Sifri also serves on the board of the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA) and on the Wireless Communications Alliance (WCA). Mr Sifri holds an MBA degree in Finance from George Washington University and Juris Doctor (JD) degree from the Washington College of Law at American University. |
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| There is increasing need for high performance voice, data and video communications for e-learning, e-government, surveillance and other bandwidth-intensive services, beyond traditional voice and data. Broadband wireless equipment can provide data and voice backhaul for both mobile and fixed wireless networks and serve as a bridge between widely separated local area or Wi-Fi networks. It offers cost-effective bandwidth, coverage, quality of service (QoS) and security in areas where cost or access difficulties preclude traditional broadband deployment. |
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13 |
| Topic: |
Mobile data adoption and over-the-air device management |
| Author: |
Olivier Graëff |
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co-founder and co-CEO |
| Organisation: |
Swapcom |
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44KB |
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Olivier Graëff is a co-founder and co-CEO of Swapcom. After studying sociology and applied computer science in Lyon, Olivier gained experience in the IT sector working as New Technologies Project Manager for Prosodie, French IT and Telecoms facilitator. Mr Graëff subsequently worked in the development and sales departments of Mediaprogrčs, an IT company specialised in online Videotext services.
Mr Graëff was recently invited by French President Jacques Chirac to take part in an official delegation of French businesses on a presidential tour of Vietnam. When not at work, Olivier is actively involved in the electronic music scene and enjoys composing music.
Mr Graëff holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Applied Computer Sciences. |
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| Mobile operators in developing countries are attempting to popularise data services. SMS, multimedia, games and such play a major role familiarising users with mobile data. Once accustomed to data, users are more likely to use more serious, ‘useful’ applications. Nevertheless, the complexities and costs of serving these relatively unsophisticated users challenge operators. Device recognition software permits over-the-air troubleshooting, bug patching, service updates and service installation, reduce the costs, make usage simpler for the customer and promote usage of advanced services. |
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Article no.: |
14 |
| Topic: |
New technology, new users, new possibilities in China |
| Author: |
Charles Henshaw |
| Title: |
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer |
| Organisation: |
China Resources Peoples Telephone Company Limited |
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Charles Henshaw is the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of China Resources Peoples Telephone Co. Ltd. Mr Henshaw joined China Resources Peoples Telephone Co. Ltd. as Chief Technology Officer in September 1998. Mr Henshaw was responsible for the strategy and implementation of new technologies within the Company, focusing on enhancements of mobile services into messaging, transaction and multimedia services.
Previously, Mr Henshaw worked with Ericsson in a variety of telecommunications management capacities in different countries. He was the General Manager of the Fixed and Cellular Networks of Ericsson in Hong Kong before leaving for China Resources Peoples Telephone Co. Ltd. Mr Henshaw also sat on the committee of the Hong Kong Telecommunications Association from 1997 to 1998 and advised on issues within the HK mobile telephone market. |
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| China, the world’s largest cellular area still has low market penetration. Hong Kong has one of the world’s highest penetration rates. In both, voice drives mobile usage, but data services are proliferating. In China, the Internet is not yet widely used; mobile handsets substitute PCs for e-mail and text; SMS bridges between wireless and wired Internet. Mobile growth in Hong Kong depends upon applications and content availability. Growth in mobile data is limited while China awaits governmental regulation of 3G. |
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15 |
| Topic: |
Locating everything–Electronic trackers |
| Author: |
Chris Wade |
| Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |
| Organisation: |
CPS–Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd |
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80KB |
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| Chris Wade is the Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. – CPS. Chris Wade joined CPS—then, a start-up venture capital funded company—and transformed it into a global leader in high accuracy mobile location technology. Before joining CPS, Chris was European Managing Director for network infrastructure supplier DSC Communications. Previously, he worked for Nortel, holding a number of senior positions in Norway, Turkey and the USA. Chris also acts as a telecommunications consultant and non-executive director to a number of leading venture capital companies. |
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| New, highly accurate technology lets mobile operators accurately track users, even in crowded city centres and indoors. Device manufacturers and solution providers are now integrating standardised, high accuracy location technology into their phones, PDAs and other devices. The uses of this technology range from parental child tracking to fleet and workforce management. As both the cost and size of tracking devices drop, they will be increasingly used in laptops, cash boxes and other valuable assets to track their whereabouts. |
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16 |
| Topic: |
Real-time billing makes its mark in emerging markets |
| Author: |
Yossi Shabat |
| Title: |
Division Vice President, Asia Pacific |
| Organisation: |
Comverse |
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Mr Shabat is Comverse Division Vice President for the Asia-Pacific region. Mr Shabat has worked for over 10 years leading business efforts in Greater China, Australia, South East Asia and India. Currently, Mr Shabat is the Vice President of Indo-China, managing seven offices in the region and an extensive R&D Centre in ShenZhen.
Previously, Mr Shabat worked for such innovative technology companies as Apple Computers, Orbotech and Applied Material.
Mr Shabat holds an MBA from the University of Tel-Aviv. |
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| The Asia-Pacific region makes use of real-time billing that lets operators handle credit and debit-based usage for their entire customer base. By reducing subscriber bad debt risk, real-time billing, lowers costs and assures revenues. Real-time service authorisation, monitoring, tariffing, charging and account updating are basic functions, which make prepaid systems possible. Consequently, they make possible most of the mobile services in the developing regions of the world. Real-time billing lets emerging markets enjoy the same services available in developed markets. |
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