Uganda Internet Case Study

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

Telecom meets the Internet

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

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

Open Sesame: Arab Mobile Markets

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

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

Getting unwired in East Africa

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

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

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

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

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

Measuring the diffusion of the Internet

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

Mobile cellular in Southern Africa

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

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

The African telecommunications renaissance

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

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

Developing the Market

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

Forecasting the growth of the Internet

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

African Telecommunication Indicators

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

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?

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

Statistics for Regulators

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

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

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

“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

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

Arab States Telecommunication Indicators

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

Prepared for the Arab States Regional Telecommunication Development Conference.

Direction of Traffic: Trends in international telephone tariffs

Tim Kelly, Michael Minges and Gregory Staple. 1996. Direction of Traffic: Trends in international telephone tariffs. Geneva, Switzerland and Washington DC: ITU/TeleGeography.

The second edition of the ITU/TeleGeography collaboration.

Trade in Telecommunications

Presented at Telecommunications and Economic Growth. Webster University, Geneva, Switzerland. 20 September 1996.

African Telecommunication Indicators

Michael Minges and Tim Kelly. 1996. African Telecommunication Indicators. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

Prepared for the African Regional Telecommunication Development Conference in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 6 to 10 May 1996.

Telecommunications liberalisation and employment

"Telecommunications, Liberalization, and Employment." (with Tim Kelly). ITU Discussion Papers. Dec. 1995.

World Telecommunication Development Report: Information Infrastructures

Michael Minges,Tim Kelly and Doreen Bogdan. 1995. World Telecommunication Development Report: Information Infrastructures. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

The second edition of the World Telecommunication Development Report was published to coincide with TELECOM 95, the 7th World Telecommunication Event held in Geneva, October 3 - 11.

Asia-Pacific Telecommunication Indicators

Michael Minges and Tim Kelly. 1995. Asia-Pacific Telecommunication Indicators. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.
The picture on the cover was drawn by Qian Weijia of China for the ITU’s 1991 Youth Contest Drawing Competition.

The Pacific Telecommunications Century

Michael Minges. “The Pacific Telecommunications Century.” Pacific Rim Business. September 1995.

Telecommunication Indicators for the Least Developed Countries

Michael Minges, Tim Kelly and Joseph Elotu. 1995. Telecommunication Indicators for the Least Developed Countries. Geneva: ITU.

The picture on the cover was drawn by Suzanne Beinwachs of Austria for the ITU's 1991 Youth Contest Drawing Competition.

Multimedia and convergence

Presented at Telecommunication Challenges in Asia: A roundtable dialogue. Hongkong. 14 June 1995.

Internet dispersion in developing countries

"Internet dispersion in developing countries." The Internet and the Global Information Infrastructure, Internet Day ‘95, Geneva (Switzerland), 28 March 1995

Philippines telecommunications in an ASEAN context

Michael Minges. "Philippines Telecommunications in an ASEAN Context." In Philippine Telecommunications ’94, Manila (Philippines), 21-23 November 1994.

Rural Telecommunications in Asia-Pacific

Michael Minges. "Rural Telecommunications in Asia-Pacific." Pan-Asian Rural Communications Summit, Hongkong, 24-26 October 1994.

Rural telecom overview for Asia-Pacific

Presented at Pan-Asian Rural Communications Summit. Hong Kong, 24 October 1994.

Direction of Traffic: International telephone traffic

Michael Minges, Tim Kelly and Gregory Staple. 1994. Direction of Traffic: International telephone traffic. Geneva, Switzerland and Washington DC: ITU/Telegeography.

Cover drawing by Fei Lap Liu of Hongkong who was 9 years old at the time it was made.

World Telecommunication Development Report

Michael Minges, Tim Kelly and Doreen Bogdan. 1994. World Telecommunication Development Report. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

Ten years on from The Missing Link, the first World Telecomunication Development Report was launched at the World Telecommunication Development Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina in March 2004. The picture on the cover was drawn by Chomchon Fusinpaiboon (10) of Thailand to commemorate the launching of Thailand's first communications satellite, Thaicom, on 17 December 1993.

African Telecommunication Indicators

Michael Minges and Tim Kelly. 2004. African Telecommunication Indicators. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

Prepared for Africa TELECOM 94.

The Paradoxes of African Telecommunications

“The Paradoxes of African Telecommunications ” (with T. Kelly). In Telecommunications and Development in Africa . (IOS Press: Amsterdam, 1994).

Asia-Pacific Telecommunications in Facts and Figures

Michael Minges. "Asia-Pacific Telecommunications in Facts and Figures." Pan-Asian Telecommunications Summit, Bangkok (Thailand), 7 December 1993.

Asia-Pacific Telecommunications in Facts and Figures

Presented at Pan-Asian Telecommunications Summit '93, Bangkok, 7-9 December 2003.

Asia-Pacific Telecommunication Indicators

Michael Minges and Tim Kelly. 1993. Asia Pacific Telecommunication Indicators. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.


The first edition launched at ITU Asia Telecom in Singapore.

African Telecommunication Indicators

Michael Minges. 1993. African Telecommunication Indicators. Geneva, Switzerland: International Telecommunication Union.

Telecommunication statistical data base: a case study on microcomputers

“Telecommunication statistical data base: a case study on microcomputers.” (with V. B. Dang). Telecommunication Journal. Vol. 56 XI/1989. p. 713