TRP papers, presentations, and related resources
| April 2010 | Spectrum Liberalization — a presentation by John Ure to the IET-OFTA Asia Pacific Radio Spectrum Conference 2010, Hong Kong 8th-9th April 2010 |
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| February 2010 | Macro-economic effects of Telecoms Reform — presentation by Prof John Ure to the APEC Economic Committee, Hiroshima, Japan, 25 February 2010 |
| January 2010 | Lessons of the First Great Cyberwar Era — by A.M.Rutkowski, info journal, v.12.1, pp. 5-9 in Emerald Info Further information and order details Emerald Info website |
| May 2009 | Internet and the Mid-life Crisis of Telecoms — presentation by John Ure to the ATiS (Association of Telecoms Industry of Singapore) for World Telecom and Information Services Day (WTISD) |
| November 2008 | Security Issues in the Context of Authentication Using Mobile Devices (Mobile eID)" — an ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) Position Paper |
| November 2008 | The 'father of switching' who connected the world — Martin Cooper, is widely credited with "inventing" the mobile phone for Motorola in 1973, but in fact Amos E. Joel Jr, an American electrical engineer patented the idea of a cellular phone system in 1972. He has died at the age of 90. |
| October 2008 | The Broadband Revolution:New Policies, Planning and Development ASEAN Trends — presentation by John Ure to the Malaysian Broadband Conference, 10th Anniversary of the MCMC. |
| August 2008 | M-payments and M-banking — presentation to the IFC, Jakarta, Indonesia, 20th August 2008. |
| April 2007 | China Competitiveness in ICTs, Telecom Services, Standards and IPRs — the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, 19th April 2007. Associated TRP Paper |
| April 2007 | China Standards and IPRs — TRP Working Paper for the
EU-China Trade Project, April 2007 Associated presentation |
| March 2007 | The Use of ICT for Development — presentation by John Ure to the Regional Forum on ICT Capacity Building, UNESCAP-APCICT (Asia-Pacific Centre for ICTs), Incheon, Republic of Korea, 5th March. |
| February 2007 | Radio Spectrum Issues in Hong Kong — TIF briefing paper |
| February 2007 | 3G in Macau — presentation to the Macau Consumer Council by John Ure, 12th February. |
| February 2007 | Fixed-Mobile Convergence in Asia — powerpoint presentation by John Ure to CorVentus conference, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 6th February. |
| October 2006 | TIF Briefing Paper — Fixed-Mobile Convergence in Hong Kong |
| August 2006 | Standards and IPRs in China's ICT Sector — Pre-publication paper by John Ure |
| March 2006 | TIF Briefing Paper — e-Security in the Broadband Age |
| November 2005 | TIF Briefing Paper — Broadband, Broadcast and Content: Where Does Hong Kong Stand? |
| November 2005 | WiMax Regulations in Asia — paper presented by Terry Graham at the WiMax Forum, Beijing 7-11 November 2005 |
| September 2005 | ICT Sector Development in Five Central Asian Economies — A Policy Framework for Effective Investment Promotion and Facilitation' Report for UNESCAP by John Ure, delivered to the International Conference on Strengthening Regional Cooperation for Managing Globalization, Moscow, Russian Federation, 28-30 September, 2005. |
| July 2005 | Internet Traffic Growth: Sources and Implications — Andrew Odlyzko, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA - a 2003 paper which is essential reading for understanding Internet traffic growth and debunking the myths. |
| June 2005 | RFID - Challenges Ahead — Powerpoint presentation by John Ure delivered to the China RFID Applications Forum, Beijing |
| April 2005 | TIF Briefing Paper — Health Informatics in Hong Kong |
| February 2005 | OFTA's Broadband Wireless Access Consultation Paper — Response by John Ure |
| January 2005 | Why VoIP is a Challenge — presentation by John Ure to the IEE Hong Kong |
| January 2005 | Telecoms Data File for East Asia and Pacific Islands |
| October 2004 | TIF Briefing Paper — DTTN, RFID Tagging and the Implications for Telecoms |
| June 2004 | Telecommunications Infrastructure in the EAP: The Way Forward — Powerpoint presentation by John Ure to the Second Workshop, Bali 27-29 June 2004, The World Bank. |
| June 2004 | TIF Briefing Paper — The Economics of Software Development |
| March 2004 | TIF Briefing Paper — Hong Kong as Asia's Wireless Development Centre |
| March 2004 | Broadband?s Role in Economic Development: Focus on the User Community in Hong Kong — Powerpoint presentation by John Ure to APEC TEL Broadband Workshop #3, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 23rd March 2004. |
| March 2004 | FDI in Telecommunications Services in Asia — working paper by John Ure to the UNCTAD and ASEAN High-Level Policy Seminar on Services FDI and Competitiveness in Asia, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, 2-4 March 2004. Presentation slides |
| February 2004 | Unbundled Local Loop? — John Ure's response to OFTA's Review of the Regulation Policy for Type ll Interconnection (16 December 2003) |
| January 2004 | Stop Spam — papers by the Hong Kong Anti-Spam Coalition and OFTA More details |
| December 2003 | Perspectives on Mobile Cellular Telecommunications — by John Ure. |
| December 2003 | A Perspective on the mobile markets in Japan and Korea — by Lawrence Cheung |
| December 2003 | Mobile Data Communications in China — by Xu Yan |
| December 2003 | The Role of Wireless Telecommunications in the Age of Digital Media: USA' — by Andrew Lih |
| December 2003 | Consultation Paper on 2004 Digital 21 Strategy — a view on the need for a unified regulatory body, submitted by John Ure. View all responses |
| December 2003 | Regulatory Issues and Privatization — John Ure - Paper 1 presented to the APDIP/UNDP Asia Forum on ICT Policies and e-Strategies, Kuala Lumpur, 20-22 October 2003 Paper 2: Evidence and some lessons |
| November 2003 | Regulation and Poverty Reduction — a paper by John Ure presented to the ESCAP Experts Group Meeting, Government Policies and Strategies on ICTs for Rural Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific Region, 27-28 November, Bangkok, Thailand |
| October 2003 | Policy-Induced Competition: The Telecommunications Experiments — Prof. Gerald R. Faulhaber, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania: pre-publication paper. Abstract of published paper in Information Economics and Policy |
| October 2003 | Telecommunications Privatisation: evidence and some lessons — John Ure - Paper 2 academic version |
| September 2003 | Telecom Trade in Services — Presentation by John Ure to Workshop on Trade, 15th General Meeting of PECC, Brunei Darussalem, 1 September 2003 |
| August 2003 | The Uncertainties of Broadband: implications for unbundling the — Dr Bronwyn Howellls, Research Principal, ISCR |
| August 2003 | Competition and Investment in the Local Loop — A Hong Kong-China Trade-in-Telecommunication Services Perspective (A paper by John Ure in response to 'Review of the Regulatory Policy for Type ll Interconnection' Consultation Paper, 23 May 2003, OFTA) |
| July 2003 | TIF Briefing Paper — Interconnection Revisited: Time for a Change or Not?. |
| June 2003 | Broadband Uptake and Infrastructure Regulation: Evidence from the OECD Countries — paper by Prof. Bronwyn Howell, New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation (ISCR) February 2002 Original papers, etc. |
| March 2003 | Hong Kong's Mobile Market in Perspective — a paper by John Ure for "Hong Kong: The Servicing Economy" published by the Hong Kong Coalition of Service Industries, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce |
| February 2003 | TIF Briefing Paper — Mergers and Acquisitions: a telecoms policy for Hong Kong? |
| February 2003 | The Future of TV in China — a research paper by Terence Graham for the Center for the Future of China. |
| January 2003 | Mobile Commerce in Hong Kong — a Research Paper by John Ure, delivered to the Center of Telecom management, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California (USC) 15 January 2003 |
| December 2002 | India's telecoms market, policy and regulation. — Presentation at TRP on 9 December 2002 by Dr T.H. Chowdary Editor of the Journal of the Center for Telecom Management and Studies |
| November 2002 | TIF Briefing Paper — Next Generation Wireless Services Development in Hong Kong |
| November 2002 | 3G bidders misunderstood the target — Letter from John Ure responding to Paul Klemperer - published Financial Times, 28 November (London edition) and 2 December (International edition) |
| November 2002 | Wi-Fi's sobriety test: taking stock of the hotspot phenomenon — an informative dose of realism by IT jouralist Dan Sweeney. First published in Telecom Technology, November 2002 (A Decisive Publishing newsletter published by Grahame Lynch) |
| August 2002 | Global and National Factors Affecting E-Commerce in China — y Zixiang (Alex) Tan and Wu Ouyang Reproduced with permission from CRITO |
| July 2002 | TIF Briefing paper — IP Networking: is the jury ready with its verdict? |
| July 2002 | Telecoms in China: Towards a Post-WTO Shock Therapy? — by Eric Sautede. First appeared in China Persepctives, No.41, May-June 2002. See CEFC |
| June 2002 | Financial Times on 3G — original editorial and letter in response by John Ure |
| June 2002 | Who invented the telephone? — A sad case of intellectual property rights and Mr. Meucci ( story from The Guardian as reproduced by the South China Morning Post, 18 June 2002 ) |
| April 2002 | China's Telecoms and IT Sectors: Planning and the WTO? — a Working Paper by John Ure, 18 April 2002 Presentation slides |
| April 2002 | De-constructing 3G and reconstructing telecoms? — A TRP Working Paper by John Ure |
| March 2002 | TIF Briefing paper — Digital Entertainment in Hong Kong: Driving the Demand for Broadband? |
| March 2002 | TIF Briefing paper — Digital Entertainment in Hong Kong: Scope and Potential by Dr Lily Chiang, President of E1 Media Technologies Ltd. who provides input to the Hong Kong Government on this topic. |
| March 2002 | Chinese High-Tech Manufacturers — Centre for the Future of China |
| February 2002 | Activity Based Costing — presentation by Alan Lung, Director & General Manager, ABC Technologies (Hong Kong) Limited at TRP Lunchtime Seminar, 28 February 2002. Presentation text |
| January 2002 | Revisiting the Revolution that Wasn't: Reassessing Consumer Broadband — a pre-publication paper by Ken Zita (kzita@sprynet.com) to appear in a Brookings Institution and Columbia University jointly published book, spring 2002. |
| December 2001 | Home Networking, Internet Appliances, Digital TV and the Changing Role of the Consumer Electronics Industry — Presentation to TRP seminar, Thursday 20th December, by Balz Wyss (RealNetworks) and Mimi Vong |
| December 2001 | Cambodia: Networks, Services and Regulatory Reform — Presentation at TRP Lunchtime Seminar, 7-12-01 by David Butcher & Associates |
| November 2001 | TIF Briefing Papers — Regulating Telecom Pricing in Wholesale and Retail Markets - Has Hong Kong Got It Right? 1. FTNS 2. PNETS |
| October 2001 | The Future of Digital Entertainment: Interactive TV Revisited — a working paper by Dr Balz Wyss and Mimi Vong |
| September 2001 | TIF Briefing Paper — Big Pipes, Big Dreams or Little Nightmares? Bandwidth Capacity in Hong Kong |
| June 2001 | Government Online — the case of Hong Kong, China (based on presentations to APEC Tel in Canberra, Australia, March 2001, and IBM's E-Government Briefings, Austrialia and New Zealand, June 2001) |
| May 2001 | Electronic Commerce and Asia — Powerpoint presentation (ZIP file) byJohn Ure: Workshop on Strategic Electronic Commerce and Management, Electronic Commerce Resource Center (ECRC) under the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEXC), National Science and Technology Development Agency, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Siam City Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, 23-25 May 2001 |
| May 2001 | Biometric Solutions for e- & mCommerce Security — Powerpoint presentation (ZIP file) by Mac McGolpin, CEO of AsiaWebCo |
| April 2001 | Telecommunications Regulation Handbook — Book review by John Ure |
| February 2001 | TIF Briefing Paper — E-Business and E-Marketplaces |
| February 2001 | Modelling Critical Mass for E-Commerce: the case of Hong Kong — John Ure, Director, Telecom Research Project. This TRP Working Paper is an updated version of a paper that first appeared in March 2000, using data collected December 2000. Readers are free to quote, but please also cite the reference. |
| December 2000 | Satellites — Powerpoint presentation to the Business & Technology Exchange Forum, HKITCC 7-8 December 2000, Hong Kong |
| August 2000 | TIF Briefing Paper — 3G: The Case Against Auctions in Hong Kong |
| July 2000 | China Telecommunications Regulations 2000 — A TRP summary of some key points from a draft of the regulations |
| May 2000 | Third Generation Mobile: To Auction or Not to Auction? — A TRP Response to OFTA's Consultation Paper and Reply to Jake van der Kamp, Monitor Column, SCMP |
| April 2000 | TIF Briefing Paper — China and the WTO |
| February 2000 | The Era of International Simple Resale: not waving, but drowning? — John Ure, Director, Telecom Research Project |
| December 1999 | Position Paper — Hong Kong - A test-bed for Third Generation (3G) Wireless? |
| December 1999 | TIF Briefing Paper — Broadband in Hong Kong |
| November 1999 | Broadband Interconnection — A Response to the Consultation of OFTA, 3 November 1999 |
| October 1999 | How to Build an E-commerce Transaction Platform in Hong Kong When the Banks ask for $1million deposit - alternative Approaches, a Practical Guide — Steve Corbin, Partnership Program Manager, FirstEcom.com |
| September 1999 | Position Paper — Hong Kong as an Internet Financial Hub |
| September 1999 | TIF Briefing Paper — Hong Kong: A test-bed for Third Generation (3G) Wireless? |
| September 1999 | The Law of Web Commerce through Technological Lenses & the Convergence Kipling Missed: Wireless and Wireline Meet at H.323 — George E. Darby, Teleport Asia |
| August 1999 | Building an Associative Chinese Search Engine — Prof W.S. Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| July 1999 | Quality Issues and Programme Diversity — Response to the 1998 Review of Television Policy |
| June 1999 | TIF Briefing Paper — The Internet and Hong Kong's Future as a Financial Hub |
| June 1999 | Auctioning Bandwidth in Asia: Telecoms Goes Wholesale - Online — Asia Capacity Exchange |
| March 1999 | TIF Briefing Paper — E-commerce and Hong Kong |
| January 1999 | Position Paper — Television Policy in an Era of Convergence |
| January 1999 | TIF Briefing Paper — Regulating Convergence |
| October 1998 | TIF Briefing Paper — Hong Kong's Broadcasting and New Media Services |
| July 1998 | TIF Briefing Paper — Hong Kong's IT Future |
| April 1998 | TIF Briefing Paper — Hong Kong 2000?What Follows the Framework Agreement? |
| April 1998 | Home Computers and Networking in Hong Kong |
| April 1998 | Telecommunications Policy in China: A Two-tier Bargaining Model |
| April 1998 | The Internet in China — a Bargaining Model Perspective |
| April 1998 | Hong Kong's Telecommunications Policy |
| December 1997 | Information Society in Hong Kong and other Asian 'tiger' economies |
| October 1997 | Telecommunications in China - More Than Was Bargained For? |
| May 1997 | China Telecoms: Regulations and Market Forces |
| May 1997 | The Economic Benefits of Telecoms Liberalization in Hong Kong |
| December 1996 | Telecommunications and Privatization in Asia |
| December 1996 | Ji Tong Communications Co Ltd |
| December 1996 | LianTong or China United Telecommunications Corp (Unicom) |
| December 1996 | Home Computers and Networking in Hong Kong |
| May 1996 | Getting Wired — data networking on the edge of a breakthrough in China |
| March 1996 | Banking and IT |
| December 1995 | Telecommunications: Hong Kong and the SAR |
| November 1995 | Information Service Technology in Hong Kong and China |
| November 1995 | Telecommunications: The Other Hong Kong Report |
| November 1995 | Telecommunications in Hong Kong |
| September 1995 | The Chinese Telecommunications Market |
| June 1995 | PCS: Regulation and Markets |
| May 1995 | China's Networking and Hong Kong's Access |
| December 1994 | Telecommunications and the China Circle |
| December 1994 | Book Review of Noam, et al Telecommunications in the Pacific Basin: An Evolutionary Approach (OUP) |
| October 1994 | Financing China's Telecoms |
| September 1994 | China's Information Technology Services Industry: Regulation or De-Regulation? |
| September 1994 | Hong Kong and China: Telecommunications After 1997 |
| April 1994 | Reforms in China's Telecommunications |
| March 1994 | China's Telecommunications: The Price of Reform |
| October 1993 | Costs, Tariffs and Telecoms |
| September 1993 | Corporatization and Privatization of Telecommunications in Asean Countries |