The impact of ICT convergence on development in the Asian region
Meheroo Jussawalla
Telecommunications Policy, 1999, vol. 23, issue 3-4, 217-234
Abstract:
Emerging economies in the Asia-Pacific region are experiencing dramatic and accelerating changes in patterns of ownership and investment in their telecommunications sectors, as well as in convergence. This paper will highlight the significant dependence of emerging economies of the region on convergence of ICT and how these technologies create new networks. Evidence will be cited from China, the Asian Dragons and the near NIEs like Malaysia and Indonesia, to show how they have created one of the largest markets in the world for telecoms equipment and services. The Southeast Asian countries with their open economies and export oriented investment technologies have proved that such policies have generated trade surpluses and long-term growth despite their current financial crises. They still plan to continue ascribing priority in their investment patterns to converging ICT.
Keywords: Asia; Convergence; Development; NIEs; Regional; networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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