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Recent article from Asia-Pacific III 2007

	Article no.:	9
	Topic:	The Internet - still leaving some behind
	Author:	Manogar D.L.
	Title:	Vice President
	Organisation:	Emerio Corporation
	PDF size:	248 KB

About author:
Mr Manogar D.L. is the Vice President of Emerio Corporation responsible for Global Accounts, Banking and Network Services. He has 16 years of experience in the IT industry, with diverse and in-depth exposure to various disciplines ranging from systems support, consulting, project management and senior management. Mr Manogar was a founding member of R&D Teamworks Pte Ltd Singapore, where he was responsible for the Systems Networking & Consulting Group and the Human Resource Department. Mr Manogar holds a Master’s of Business Administration degree from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, and a Bachelor’s in Engineering from the University of Madras, Chennai, India.

Article abstract:
Although in the more developed regions of the world the Internet has become part of the daily routine for much of the population, only one billion of the world’s 6.5 billion inhabitants have access. In many countries, including India and China, Internet usage is growing rapidly but overall penetration is still quite low. Lack of adequate access infrastructure, literacy rates and high costs all work to prevent the remaining 5.5 billion of the world’s people from using the Internet.

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Free article from Latin America II 1999

	Article no.:	6
	Author:	Houlin Zhao
	Title:	Director
	Organisation:	Telecommunication Standardisation Bureau of the ITU, Switzerland
	Topic:	Standardisation Strategies of ITU-T for a New Millennium
	PDF size:	32 KB

About author
Standardisation plays a key role in making telecommunications accessible to all. The ITU-T faces challenges from the market forces which require specifications and standards to be developed quickly in order to respond to growing demands for the accelerated development of new services and products. Here, Mr. Zhao talks about the efforts to make the ITU-T more dynamic and responsive to strengthen and maintain its leading position in global telecommunications standardisation of the 21st century.

Article abstract
Standardisation plays a key role in making telecommunications accessible to all. The ITU-T faces challenges from the market forces which require specifications and standards to be developed quickly in order to respond to growing demands for the accelerated development of new services and products. Here, Mr. Zhao talks about the efforts to make the ITU-T more dynamic and responsive to strengthen and maintain its leading position in global telecommunications standardisation of the 21st century.