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How Mobile Money Saved Zimbabwe
BLOG, Financial technology, Fintech, mobile money, ZimbabweEcoCash is the financial technology service of Econet Wireless, the largest mobile operator in Zimbabwe. Launched in 2011, today the service covers close to 80% of the adult population in the country, allowing a range of financial trans...
Technologies That Help Democracy Work
BLOG, Brazil, smart city, smartcity“We had no other option–we had no money,” Luciano Rezende told me when I asked him why he started a smart-city program in his town. Mr. Rezende is the Mayor of Vitória, a beautiful island-city of 400,000 people and the state capita...
India’s Air Passengers to Connect on the Fly
BLOG, aviation, India, Inflight entertainment, WiFiStarting in this year Indian air passengers will be able to enjoy access to inflight entertainment and WiFi, improving the quality of air travel in the country. As 2018 came to an end, the Indian government finally issued its Inflight an...
2019: The Year of Cybersecurity
BLOG, cybersecurity, IoT, smartphonesIt’s a rare week when a big company doesn’t announce a major data breach. Though it’s good these breaches are in the public eye, they shouldn’t happen so frequently. Most cybersecurity experts recognize that it has become imposs...
Five global IoT trends
BLOG, Most-Recent, IoTIn interviews with several Internet of Things executives worldwide we identified five main trends in IoT: Technology is right Enabling policies are lacking Regulations are getting simpler Verticals’ take-up speeds are moving slowly but...
Digital collision
BLOG, Most-Recent, cybersecurity, data privacy, Digital disruptionThree core digital governance models are colliding in today’s world. They are deeply rooted in the politics of digital policy making in three parts of the world—China, the European Union, and the United States. Open the news and you ...
Can digital disruption be governed?
BLOG, Most-Recent, digital, disruption, tradeWe’re just beginning to grasp the full extent of digital disruption. As in the financial crisis of 2008, when top executives revealed they couldn’t really understand the inner workings of financial instruments they had sanctioned, le...
Engineering freedom in India
BLOG, Most-Recent, engineering, exports, India, technology“In India, we first graduate in engineering; then we decide what to do in life,” Dr. BN Suresh, a Distinguished Professor at the India Space Research Organization (ISRO), told me during a conference in New Delhi. Dr. Y V N Krishnamur...
T-Mobile USA, or the value of pro-competition regulation
BLOG, Most-Recent, AT&T, Competition, Deutsche Telecom, FCC, T-MobileOver the past few years, T-Mobile has become the third largest mobile operator in the U.S. after Verizon and AT&T, overtaking Sprint. As of September 2017, T-Mobile reported a customer base of 70.7 mn. It has enjoyed 18 straight quarters...
It takes two to tango, but three to make a market
BLOG, Most-Recent, Airlines, Broadband, Deutsche Telecom, EAN, Inflight entertainment, Inmarsat, satelliteThe satellite and mobile industries are trying a more intimate relationship with the arrangement between Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom (DT) for the European Aviation Network (EAN). This involves a much deeper partnership than wholesale d...
Free trade? Yes, but not on lithium-ion batteries, says China
BLOG, Most-Recent, china, electric cars, Industrial Policy, smartphones, WTOThe World Trade Organization’s Information Trade Agreement (ITA) has done a lot to boost trade and eliminate tariffs on a broad range of ICT products, from semiconductors to telecommunications equipment. Yet, lithium-ion batteries that...
China places big bet on 5G
BLOG, Most-Recent, 5G, china, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Huawei, technology, ZTEChina’s leaders believe 5G will help drive its economy into the future. While both the commercial potential of 5G and the huge costs required to build 5G networks have been well publicized, the economic policies Beijing is employing to...
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