Publications

Africa's Infrastructure: A Time for Transformation

2009-11-12T01:00:00.000-08:00

Minges, Michael, Mark Williams, Rebecca Mayer, Cecilia Briceño-Garmendia, and Howard Williams. 2010. "Information and Communication Technologies: A Boost for Growth." In Africa's Infrastructure: A Time for Transformation. Washington DC: The World Bank.

Mobile Number Portability Around the World

2008-10-28T18:06:00.000-07:00

Michael Minges. 2008. Mobile Number Portability Around the World. TMG, Inc: Arlington, VA.

Benchmarking the Asia-Pacific Broadband Divide

2008-06-27T10:00:00.000-07:00

Michael Minges. "Benchmarking the Asia-Pacific Broadband Divide" presented at the Digital Opportunity Forum, June 27, 2008. Taipei.

IPTV: The Killer Broadband Application

2008-04-18T14:43:00.000-07:00

Michael Minges. 2008. IPTV: The Killer Broadband Application. TMG, Inc: Arlington, VA.

Trade in Information and Communication Services: Opportunities for East and Southern Africa

2008-01-01T14:48:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges and Janet Hernandez. 2008. Trade in Information and Communication Services: Opportunities for East and Southern Africa. World Bank: Washington, DC.

WSIS Target a: ICTs in Villages

2007-12-13T21:03:00.000-08:00

Presented at World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Meeting. Geneva, Switzerland, 13-15 December 2007.

Digital Opportunity Index

2007-10-26T21:03:00.000-07:00

Presented at 2007 Partnership Forum on Measuring the Information Society, Taipei, Taiwan. 26 October 2007.

ICT Trade: Uganda Case Study

2007-10-03T21:03:00.000-07:00

Presented with Janet Hernandez to industry stakeholders. Kampala, Uganda. 3 October 2007.

Measuring the Information Society in South Africa

2007-05-16T21:04:00.000-07:00

Presented at Presidential National Commission on the Information Society Workshop. Johannesburg, South Africa. 16 May 2007.

Como superar el promedio? TICs y Colombia 2019

2006-03-03T13:00:00.000-08:00

Presented at Foro Colombia Segundo Centenario. Bogota. 3 March 2006.

A Primer on Mobile Termination Rates

2006-01-27T14:11:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges and Jeffrey Bernstein. 2006. A Primer on Mobile Termination Rates. TMG, Inc.: Arlington, VA.

Tracking ICTs: World Summit on the Information Society Targets

2006-01-01T13:00:00.000-08:00

Minges, Michael. 2006. Tracking ICTs: World Summit on the Information Society Targets. In 2006 Information and Communications for Development: Global Trends and Policies. Washington DC: World Bank.

Wireless goes Broadband

2005-10-04T15:34:00.000-07:00

Presented at ITU Telecom Americas. Brazil. 4 October 2005.

Mercado Móvil del Perú

2005-08-31T19:49:00.000-07:00

Presented at Utilities Peru Forum, Lima, Peru, 31 August 2005.

Digital Opportunity Index

2005-06-24T19:49:00.000-07:00

Presented at WSIS Thematic Meeting on Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Bridging the Digital Divide. Seoul, Republic of Korea, 23-24 June 2005.

Is the Internet mobile? Measurements from the Asia-Pacific region

2005-03-01T22:55:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges. "Is the Internet mobile? Measurements from the Asia-Pacific region." Telecommunications Policy. March-April 2005.

Mobile communications indicators

2005-02-10T19:51:00.000-08:00

Presented at World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Meeting.
Geneva, Switzerland. 10-11 February 2005.

Superstars of the Mobile Internet

2004-11-30T14:20:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges. 2004. Superstars of the Mobile Internet: Top 10 Mobile Multimedia Nations. TMG, Inc.: Arlington,VA.

Benchmarking the ICT Sector

2004-11-18T19:52:00.000-08:00

Presented at World Bank training workshop. Washington DC. 18 November 2004.

Mis-Measurement of ICT

2004-10-21T19:53:00.000-07:00

Presented at London Business School. 1 October 2004.

The Internet on a mobile phone

2004-09-11T19:53:00.000-07:00

Presented at the Digital Bridges Symposium. Busan, Korea. 11 September 2004.

Asia-Pacific Mobile Multimedia Outlook

2004-09-07T19:54:00.000-07:00

Presented at ITU Telecom Asia, Busan, Korea, 7 September 2004.

Asia-Pacific Mobile Multimedia Outlook

2004-09-01T14:21:00.000-07:00

Michael Minges. 2004. Asia-Pacific Mobile Multimedia Outlook. TMG, Inc.: Arlington, VA.

Bula Internet: Fiji ICT Case Study

2004-06-01T23:18:00.001-07:00

Michael Minges and Vanessa Gray. 2004. Bula Internet: Fiji ICT Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

ICT in the Eastern Caribbean: St. Lucia Case Study

2004-06-01T23:18:00.000-07:00

Michael Minges, Vanessa Gray and Philip Cross. 2004. ICT in the Eastern Caribbean: St. Lucia Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

African Telecommunication Indicators

2004-05-03T14:22:00.000-07:00

Michael Minges. 2004. African Telecommunication Indicators. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.
Seventh edition prepared for Africa TELECOM in Cairo. See Mobile phones the talk of Africa as landlines lose out

ICT in the Atolls: Maldives Case Study

2004-05-01T23:19:00.000-07:00

Michael Minges and Vanessa Gray. 2004. Information and Communication Technology in the Atolls: Maldives Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

Measuring Mobile Internet

2004-01-11T19:55:00.000-08:00

Presented at Pacific Telecommunication Council Conference. Honolulu. 11 January 2004.
http://d-two.info/downloads/2004%2001%20Mobile%20Internet%20PTC%2004.pps

Markets, Monopoly & Mobile: Small Islands Developing States Case Studies

2004-01-11T19:54:00.000-08:00

Presented at Pacific Telecommunication Council 2004 Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii. 11-14 January 2004.

The Fifth Pillar: Republic of Mauritius ICT Case Study

2004-01-01T23:19:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges, Vannesa Gray and Marcelino Tayob. 2004. The Fifth Pillar: Republic of Mauritius ICT Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

World Telecommunication Development Report: Access Indicators for the Information Society

2003-12-04T14:23:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges, Vanessa Gray and Esperanza Magpantay. 2004. World Telecommunication Development Report: Access Indicators for the Information Society. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

Published to coincide with the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), in Geneva, in December 2003.
Digital divide figures 'flawed'

U.N.: Digital Divide Needs More Study

Digital Access Index

2003-11-19T19:58:00.000-08:00

Press Briefing. Geneva, 4 December 2003

ICTs & MDGs

2003-11-10T19:59:00.000-08:00

Presented at Inter-agency and Expert Meeting on Millennium Development Goal Indicators. Geneva, Switzerland 10-13 November 2003.

Measuring Community Access to ICT

2003-10-06T07:21:00.000-07:00

Presented at Indicators workshop on community access to ICTs Mexico City, 6-8 October 2003.
http://d-two.info/downloads/2003%2010%20Mexico%20Presentation_E.pps

Measuring Business Access to ICT

2003-09-08T19:59:00.000-07:00

Presented at UNCTAD Expert Meeting on Measuring Electronic Commerce as an Instrument for the Development of the Digital Economy. Geneva, 8-10 September 2003.
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/publications/wtdr_03/material/Business%20ICT.pdf

Wireless Internet and Developing Nations

2003-08-19T00:12:00.000-07:00

Michael Minges. “Wireless Internet and Developing Nations.” Improving Internet Access in Developing Countries Highlight. Development Gateway. August 2003.

Third-Generation (3G) Mobile: A status report

2003-07-01T09:27:00.000-07:00

Minges, M. & P. Simkhada. (2003). “Third-Generation (3G) Mobile: A status report.” ITU News 6, July-August.

Broadband Korea: Internet Case Study

2003-03-01T23:20:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges, Vanessa Gray and Tim Kelly. 2003. Broadband Korea: Internet Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/cs/korea/material/CS_KOR.pdf

Broadband as Commodity

2003-03-01T23:19:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges. 2003. Broadband as Commodity: Hong Kong, China Internet Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union. http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/cs/hongkong/material/CS_HKG.pdf

State of Latin American Information Society Indicators

2003-02-27T20:01:00.000-08:00

Presented at the Second Workshop on Information Society Indicators. Lisbon, Portugal. 27-28 February 2003. http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/papers/2003/Latin%20American%20Indicators1.pdf

Asia-Pacific Telecommunication Indicators

2002-12-02T14:23:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges and Tim Kelly. 2002. Asia-Pacific Telecommunication Indicators. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

The fifth edition prepared for Asia Telecom 2002 (Hong Kong, 2-7 December 2002).

A closer look at South Asia

2002-12-01T23:17:00.000-08:00

Minges, M. & Simkhada, P. (2002). "Telecommunications in Asia: A closer look at South Asia." ITU News 10, December.

Tracking telecom competition in Chile

2002-11-20T20:01:00.000-08:00

Presented at the Competition Policy in Telecommunications Workshop. Geneva, Switzerland. 20-22 November 2002.

The Internet in a Lusophone LDC: Cape Verde Case Study

2002-11-01T13:00:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges, Vanessa Gray and Margarida Evora-Sagna. The Internet in a Lusophone LDC: Cape Verde Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

It’s not just infrastructure: The 3 L’s & the Internet in South East Asia

2002-06-21T20:02:00.000-07:00

Presented with Vanessa Gray at INET 2002. Washington DC, United States. 18-21 June 2002. http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/papers/2002/inet02/VG.pdf

A review of the Mosaic methodology

2002-06-20T20:03:00.000-07:00

Presented at INET 2002. Arlington, Virginia. 20 June 2002.
http://d-two.info/downloads/2002%2006%20mosaic.pps

Mixed Media in the LDCs

2002-04-11T07:12:00.000-07:00

World Telecommunication Development Report: Reinventing Telecoms

2002-03-15T14:25:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges, Tim Kelly and Vanessa Gray. 2002. World Telecommunication Development Report: Reinventing Telecoms.

Launched at the 3rd World Telecommunication Development Conference in Istanbul, Turkey. Japanese edition shown. Stéphane Rollet designed the cover and Sophie Minges drew the picture.

Kretek Internet: Indonesia Case Study

2002-03-01T23:23:00.001-08:00

Michael Minges. 2002. Kretek Internet: Indonesia Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

Multimedia Malaysia: Internet Case Study

2002-03-01T23:23:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges, Vanessa Gray and Lucy Firth. 2002. Multimedia Malaysia: Internet Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

Vietnam Internet Case Study

2002-03-01T23:22:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges and Tim Kelly. 2002. Vietnam Internet Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union. http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/cs/vietnam/material/VNM%20CS.pdf

Bits and Bahts: Thailand Internet Case Study

2002-03-01T23:21:00.001-08:00

Michael Minges, Tim Kelly and Vanessa Gray. 2002. Bits and Bahts: Thailand Internet Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union. http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/cs/thailand/material/THA%20CS.pdf

Internet on the Mekong: Lao PDR Case Study

2002-03-01T13:00:00.002-08:00

Michael Minges and Vanessa Gray. 2002. Internet on the Mekong: Lao PDR Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

Pinoy Internet: Philippines Case Study

2002-03-01T13:00:00.001-08:00

Michael Minges, Tim Kelly, Esperanza Magpantay and Lucy Firth. 2002. Pinoy Internet: Philippines Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

Khmer Internet: Cambodia Case Study

2002-03-01T13:00:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges, Vanessa Gray and Lucy Firth. 2002. Khmer Internet: Cambodia Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

Trinidad & Tobago: On the road to an Intelligent Nation

2001-12-01T09:22:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges. "Trinidad & Tobago: On the road to an Intelligent Nation." ITU News December 2001, No 10.

Measuring the Internet in South East Asia

2001-11-21T21:31:00.000-08:00

Presented at The Internet in South East Asia. Bangkok, 21-23 November 2001.

RP ISPs face uphill fight for survival

African Telecommunication Indicators

2001-11-11T21:42:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges. 2001. African Telecommunication Indicators. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

Prepared for Africa TELECOM 2001

Mobile Internet for Developing Countries

2001-06-07T16:02:00.000-07:00

Michael Minges. "Mobile Internet for Developing Countries" INET 2001. Stockholm, Sweden. 5-8 June 2001.

Mobile Internet

2001-05-28T21:19:00.000-07:00

Presented at Arab Region Internet & Telecom Summit. Muscat, Oman. 28-30 May 2001.

Singapore: The e-City

2001-04-01T23:23:00.000-07:00

Michael Minges, Magda Ismail and Larry Press. 2001. The e-City: Singapore Internet Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland. International Telecommunication Union.

Vincent Tan Fu Ming of Radin Mas Primary School in Singapore drew the picture on the cover.

Electronic Commerce in Nepal

2001-03-01T23:45:00.000-08:00

Larry Press, Seymour Goodman, Tim Kelly and Michael Minges. "Electronic Commerce in Nepal." On the Internet. March/April 2001.

IP Telephony Around the World

2001-03-01T08:31:00.000-08:00

Minges, M. & T. Kelly. (2001). "IP Telephony Around the World." ITU News 2, March.

The Internet in the Andes: Bolivia Case Study

2001-02-01T13:00:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges, Sonia Jorge and Ben Petrazzini. 2001. The Internet in the Andes: Bolivia Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

The Internet in an African LDC: Uganda Case Study

2001-02-01T00:00:00.000-08:00

Brown, Walter, Tim Kelly and Michael Minges. 2001. The Internet in an African LDC: Uganda Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

Asia-Pacific Telecommunication Indicators

2000-12-04T23:14:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges and Tim Kelly. 2000. Asia-Pacific Telecommunication Indicators. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

The fourth edition of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunication Indicators was launched at Asia Telecom 2000 (Hong Kong, 4-9 December 2000).

Internet from the top of the world: Nepal Case Study

2000-11-01T23:24:00.000-08:00

Seymour Goodman, Tim Kelly, Michael Minges and Larry Press. 2000. The Internet from the top of the world: Nepal Case Study. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.
See the post in Internet Case Study blog.

Computing at the top of the world

2000-11-01T23:00:00.000-08:00

Goodman, S., Kelly, T., Minges, M. and Press, L. 2000. "International perspectives: Computing at the top of the world." Communications of the ACM 43, 11 (Nov. 2000), 23-27.

From handyphone to i-mode

2000-11-01T09:15:00.000-08:00

M. Minges, T. Kelly & B. Petrazzini. (2000). “Asia-Pacific Mobile Markets: From handyphone to i-mode." ITU News 9, November.

Trouble in paradise

2000-10-01T21:19:00.000-07:00

Minges, M. (2000). "Trouble in Paradise: International voice telephone traffic trends." ITU News 8, October. Also presented at the TeleNor Carrier Event. Lofoten, Norway. 29 August - 1 September 2000.

Trouble in paradise

2000-08-29T17:21:00.000-07:00

Presented at TeleNor Carrier Event. Lofoten, Norway. 29 August - 1 September 2000.

Counting the Net: Internet Access Indicators

2000-07-19T21:42:00.000-07:00

Minges, Michael. 2000. "Counting the Net: Internet Access Indicators." In Proceedings of the Internet Global Summit, INET 2000. Reston, Va: Internet Society.

Counting the Net: Internet Access Indicators

2000-07-19T20:48:00.000-07:00

Presented at INET 2000, The Internet Global Summit, Yokohama, Japan, 18 - 21 July 2000. http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/papers/inet2000/isoc2000.pdf

e-commerce in three landlocked nations

2000-07-18T20:48:00.000-07:00

Presented at the Developing Countries Networking Symposium, Yokohama, Japan. 18th July 2000.

Uganda Internet Case Study

2000-06-06T20:49:00.000-07:00

Presented with Tim Kelly at the African Internet and Telecom Summit. Banjul, The Gambia, 6 June 2000.

Telecom meets the Internet

2000-06-05T20:49:00.000-07:00

Presented at the African Internet and Telecom Summit. Banjul, The Gambia, 6 June 2000.

Impact of Regulation, Socio-economics & Technology on the Arab Internet Market

2000-03-08T20:49:00.000-08:00

Presented at C@INET 2000, Cairo, Egypt, 8 March 2000.
http://d-two.info/downloads/2000%20March%20CAINET2000.pps

Open Sesame: Arab Mobile Markets

1999-11-22T17:18:00.000-08:00

Presented at Regional Seminar on Regulation, Financing and the Private Sector. Rabat, Morocco. 22-25 November 1999. http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/papers/1999/MM-Arab-Mobile-Markets-Nov99.pdf

Measuring access to telecommunications

1999-11-03T17:19:00.000-08:00

Presented at the meeting on Partnerships and Rural Telecom Development, Kampala, Uganda, 3-5 November 1999.

Getting unwired in East Africa

1999-11-03T17:18:00.000-08:00

Presented at Parternerships and Rural Telecommunication Development. Kampala, Uganda 3-5 November 1999.
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/papers/1999/MM-Uganda-Mobile-Nov99.pdf

The future is bright, the future is mobile

1999-11-01T13:00:00.000-08:00

Tim Kelly, Laura Männistö and Michael Minges. 1999. "The future is bright, the future is mobile." info. Volume: 1 Issue: 6 Page: 485 - 496.

World Telecommunication Development Report: Mobile Cellular

1999-10-01T23:26:00.000-07:00

Michael Minges, Tim Kelly and Laura Männistö. 1999. World Telecommunication Development Report: Mobile Cellular. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

The fifth edition prepared for Telecom'99 in Geneva. The cover was designed by Stéphane Rollet using the cartoon "mobiles" provided by MACH, a GSM clearing house.

Direction of Traffic: Trading telecom minutes

1999-10-01T23:25:00.000-07:00

Tim Kelly, Michael Minges, Boutheina Guermazi and Greg Staple. 1999. Direction of Traffic: Trading telecom minutes. Geneva, Switzerland and Washington DC: ITU/TeleGeography.
The third edition of the ITU/TeleGeography Direction of Traffic collaboration.

Mobile cellular in the Southern African region

1999-08-01T21:44:00.000-07:00

Michael Minges. “Mobile cellular communications in the Southern African region.” Telecommunications Policy. August-September 1999.

Measuring the diffusion of the Internet

1999-06-23T17:13:00.000-07:00

Presented at Inet '99. San Jose, California. 23 June 1999.

Mobile cellular in Southern Africa

1999-05-03T17:20:00.000-07:00

Presented at Workshop on Telecommunication Reform Gaborone, Botswana 3-5 May 1999
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/papers/1999/MM-Botswana-Mobile-May99.pdf

African Telecommunications: Towards a Renaissance

1999-02-11T17:20:00.000-08:00

Presented at AfriTel 99. Driving Wireless Basic Telephony for Africa. 11-12 February 1999, Cape Town, South Africa.

The African telecommunications renaissance

1999-01-01T20:30:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges. “The African telecommunications renaissance.” In Handbook on Communications Technology: Telecommunications and Corporate Networking in Southern Africa and selected African countries. (BMI TechKnowledge: South Africa, 1999).

Internet & Developing Countries

1998-12-15T23:37:00.000-08:00

Presented at Promotion and use of the Internet infrastructure in developing countries. Bonn, 15-16 December 1998.

Developing the Market

1998-09-28T23:37:00.000-07:00

Presented at the Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization (CTO). 38th Meeting of Council. Trinidad, 28 September 1998.

Forecasting the growth of the Internet

1998-05-25T23:38:00.000-07:00

Presented at Market Forecasting in the Telecoms Industry, 25-27 May, Hong Kong.

African Telecommunication Indicators

1998-05-01T23:27:00.000-07:00

Michael Minges, Tim Kelly, Laura Männistö and Peter Lovelock. 1998. African Telecommunication Indicators. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

Prepared for Africa TELECOM 98.

World Telecommunication Development Report: Universal Access

1998-03-24T23:27:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges, Tim Kelly and Peter Lovelock. 1998. World Telecommunication Development Report: Universal Access. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.
The fourth edition prepared to coincide with the World Telecommunication Development Conference in Malta in March 1998.

African telecom: Private sector to the rescue?

1998-01-01T20:27:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges. “African telecom: Private sector to the rescue?” In 1998 BMI TechKnowledge Communications Technologies Handbook.

Statistics for Regulators

1997-12-01T13:00:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges. “Statistics for Regulators.” 1997. In Telecom Reform: Principles, Policies and Regulatory Practices. Technical University of Denmark.

Asia-Pacific Telecommunication Indicators: New Telecommunications Operators

1997-06-08T23:28:00.000-07:00

Michael Minges, Tim Kelly and Ben Petrazzini. 1997. Asia-Pacific Telecommunication Indicators: New Telecommunications Operators. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

World Telecommunication Development Report: Trade in Telecommunications

1997-02-14T13:00:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges and Tim Kelly. 1997. World Telecommunication Development Report: Trade in Telecommunications. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

The cover picture was drawn by Gl Banu Altinok, 13, of Turkey.

The economic impact of the Information Society

1997-01-01T22:58:00.000-08:00

“The Economic Impact of the Information Society.” (With T. Kelly). In The Economics of the Information Society. (European Union: Belgium: 1997).

Telecom Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa

1997-01-01T16:25:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges. “Telecom Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa.” 1997. In Telecommunication for Business in Africa. IOS Press: The Netherlands.

Arab States Telecommunication Indicators

1996-11-11T23:29:00.000-08:00

Michael Minges. 1996. Arab States Telecommunication Indicators. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

Prepared for the Arab States Regional Telecommunication Development Conference.