19th ITS Biennial Conference, Bangkok 2012

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19th ITS Biennial Conference
Bangkok, 18-21 November 2012


"Moving Forward with Future Technologies: Opening a Platform for All"

The merging of previously separate technical worlds has ushered in a new era of openness in telecommunications technology. With the integration of fixed and mobile Web 2.0 technologies; for example, third parties are increasingly being given open access to telecommunications networks as a platform through which to communicate, to interact and to innovate. But what does this mean for the future of telecommunications?
For service providers and for consumers, this translates to reduced costs, improvements in service quality and greater choice. This change has also brought new commercial opportunities and, through the emergence of online social networking, has prompted changes in marketing strategies. Service users and consumers, meanwhile, are now being transformed from passive consumers to confident, active players, capable of generating their own news and information. Online technologies also now permeate public policy areas, as the emergence of e-government, e-healthcare and e-education demonstrate. Efficient and environmentally friendly technologies also offer ways of combating global energy dependency and of supporting green movements.
But these benefits should not, however, obscure the associated challenges posed by telecommunications technologies. A significant digital divide still remains between industrialized and developing countries as well as between different socio-economic groups within these societies. At the same time, governments face the challenge of implementing a new regulatory paradigm with the integration of new technologies and the establishment of greater open access capabilities. Ultimately, this process requires ongoing international cooperation; it requires government, private sector, the internet technical community, civil society and individual users to jointly shape the development of new technology and the policy environment for the future of the telecommunications economy.

Collection's Items (Sorted by Title in Descending order): 21 to 40 of 77
Year of PublicationTitleAuthor(s)
2012Service innovation in the drive-recorder businessNagata, Junji; Shinohara, Takeshi; Kunishi, Teruo
2012Analyzing the mobile content consumption in different social contexts: the cases of graduate student usages in Taiwan and U.S.A.Tseng, Kuo-feng
2012The role of media and ICT to motivate people to take post-quake recovery action: An evidence of the Pythagorean EffectMitomo, Hitoshi; Otsuka, Tokio; Kimura, Mikio
2012Mobile service platform competitionNikou, Shahrokh; Bouwman, Harry
2012Mobile ecosystems in global transition: Driving factors of becoming a mobile ecosystem enabled. A comparison between the US and JapanKoeder, Marco Josef; Tanaka, Ema; Misawa, Kaori
2012A comparative analysis of soft computing techniques used to estimate missing precipitation recordsKajornrit, Jesada; Wong, Kok Wai; Fung, Chun Che
2012The bilateral approach to reducing international mobile roaming charges and the application of the GATSRyan, Michael H.
2012Analysis about the development of mobile electronic commerce: An application of production possibility frontier modelUesugi, Shiro; Okada, Hitoshi
2012Enhancing rural connectivity through an extended internet cafés business modelsWilliams, Idongesit; Gyaase, Patrick Ohemeng; Falch, Morten
2012Identifying and quantifying the indirect benefits of broadband networks: A bottom-up approachVan der Wee, Marlies; Driesse, Menno; Vandersteegen, Bernd; Van Wijnsberge, Pierre; Verbrugge, Sofie; Sadowski, Bert; Pickavet, Mario
2012Internet going mobile: Internet access and usage in eleven African countriesStork, Christoph; Calandro, Enrico; Gillwald, Alison
2012An approach to design a real-time transportation information application with enabling technologiesHuang, KuangChiu; Pai, Shu-hsuan
2012Convergence in action: A case study of the Norwegian internetHallingby, Hanne Kristine; Hartviksen, Gjermund; Elaluf-Calderwood, Silvia; Sørensen, Carsten
2012Examining the dominating contributors in the mass collaboration of WikipediaHe, Zeyi
2012Shared access, cognitive radio and transition issuesAlison, Bunel; Denis, Lescop
2012On co-opetition between mobile network operators: Why and how competitors cooperateMarkendahl, Jan; Mölleryd, Bengt G.
2012Cambodia mobile telecommunication market: Opportunities and challengesVong, Sokha; Lee, Duk Hee; Zo, Hangjung
2012Access regulation in the next generation access network environment: A comparative study of Hong Kong and Singapore from the transaction cost economics perspectivesHo, Au Man
2012Exploring mobile pricing strategies and innovations in the Thai mobile communications marketSrinuan, Chalita; Srinuan, Pratompong; Bohlin, Erik
2012Estimating switching costs of changing social networking sitesNakamura, Akihiro
Collection's Items (Sorted by Title in Descending order): 21 to 40 of 77
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