TRPC staff members Dr John Ure, Stacy Baird, Cheryl Tan, Gareth Tan and Grace Gown contributed substantively to the development of an assessment of capacity building needs regarding trade-related aspects of E-commerce...
TRPC recently contributed substantively to the development of a report on applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in APEC, for the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC). The report showcased several compelling use...
As part of the Australia-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement, a Digital Trade Standards research report was undertaken to support the harmonisation of key standards to support digital trade. This study recommends ten...
About The Inter-Modal Transport Data-Sharing Programme The Inter-Modal Transport Data-Sharing Programme is a research programme that will commence with a conference and convene a Working Group to explore alternative...
The inaugural DPI 2020 is the first index to establish an objective, data protection assessment mechanism based on the seven Principles of Personal Data Protection in the ASEAN Framework on Personal Data Protection 2016...
The digital economy runs on data. With 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created each day, it is estimated that the world’s data will grow to 175 zettabytes by 2025. Global data flows are expected to contribute to a 3.5%...
A report by TRPC and GSMA. This new report examines the digital society plans of eight Asia Pacific countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, and Thailand. While these markets...
A report by Joshua P. Meltzer and Peter Lovelock Unprecedented increases in global data flows have led to new economic and trade opportunities around the world, where Asia Pacific, as one of the fastest growing regions...
Framing Policies for the Digital Economy Towards Policy Frameworks in the Asia-Pacific TRPC and Peter Lovelock were the primary authors of this discussion paper meant for those who are involved in policy debates on the...
Download PDF Overview The Internet is rapidly becoming the most popular way people access and consume content, such as music, movies, TV shows, sports, social media postings and increasingly smart device apps, for...
GSMA Press Release New GSMA Study Tracks Digital Society Progress in Asia New Report Highlights Role of Connectivity and Regulation in Delivering a Connected Asia A new report by the GSMA underscores the role mobile...
The CA Technologies Asia Pacific & Japan Application Economy Index 2016 identifies the readiness of 10 APJ markets to thrive in today’s digital world. Today, consumers interact differently with the Internet, and the...
The APEC E-Payment Readiness Index: Ecosystem Assessment and Status report assesses the level of readiness and future potential of the 21 APEC economies to engage in, adopt and reap the broad range of economic and...
On June 9th at the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) offices in Hanoi, TRPC kick-started the first of a series of forums in Asia to discuss how different sectors of the economy can leverage off the...
Download PDF (Full Report) View Infographic Overview Asia is in transition. Countries are moving from an Internet economy towards a fully “digital” one, relying upon IP-enabled networks and platforms as part of the...
Executive Summary Being a networked government can offer tremendous opportunity for governments globally to connect with their citizens, productively collect and use information, as well as streamline and enhance the...
Download PDF (Full Report) Download PDF (Executive Summary) Overview As the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) goes into effect this year, this report looks at data on Internet connectivity, infrastructure and...
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 (Bernama) — A report on “Unleashing the Potential of the Internet for ASEAN economies” revealed that the Internet has become more pervasive with the cost of not going online is...
John Ure, Associate Professor and Director of TRPC, has written a ‘Briefing’ on the Impact of the Sharing Economy in the March 2015 issue of the InterMedia journal (Vol 43, Issue 1). “The modern...
March 8, 2015 11:01 pm Society is hardly in need of champions of technology Sir, Jérôme Wittamer (Letters, March 6) totally misses the point of the impact of technological change on society, as does Walter Isaacson...
A short briefing paper on e-Payments and e-Commerce in Asia Pacific, that was used for our Roundtable event on July 2014: APEC-TRPC Forum: Asia Pacific Payments and e-Commerce Introduction “B2C e-commerce sales in Asia...
A joint report for the Asia Pacific Carriers Coalition (APCC) and the Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA) June 2014 The purpose of this paper is to contribute to, and help drive the formation of, policies...
The ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2015 (AIM 2015) has reached its halfway mark in 2013. It is, therefore, an appropriate milestone to pause and take stock of what has been achieved thus far. The AIM 2015 Mid-Term Review...
Baker & McKenzie’s report, “Social Media: The Opportunities and Constraints in Southeast Asian Emerging Markets,” is based on in-depth interviews and discussions with senior executives from organisations...
The IFC commissioned a report on an assessment of the market demand of mobile payment services in Sri Lanka. Reasons for the study: Lack of reach to the bottom of the pyramid segments: Financial institutions have been...
With the digital dividend on the agenda of economies of the Asia Pacific region it is timely to review the spectrum requirements of Public Safety services, also known as Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR)...
Access Price Benchmarking for APCC – a study produced for the Asia Pacific Carriers’ Coalition (APCC) Executive Summary 1. This report follows similar APCC Access Benchmarking reports in 2003, 2006 and 2009. This report...
Social networking has become global based as it is on the Internet. Less certain has been its transformation into sustainable businesses models. Most SNS have either disappeared or their market share has been absorbed...
Digitization & web boom in the past two decades has led to the evolution of IP issues. There is a huge challenge for incumbents to tackle digitised media, and the emergence of Internet distribution channels...