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Please refer to the BusyInternet case study. What dimensions of the law are likely to be most critical to the near term success of BusyInternet? How about longer term? |
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Near term,legalisation of VOIP would have a major impact on BusyInternet, both for its own telephone use and because it would have a new public service to offer.
Longer term, More...
How can an enterprise like BusyInternet compete for local government interest. The incumbent interests (monopolies, state run ICTs), almost seem untouchable due to long-standing and often familial ties. Any enterprise More...
I'd like to make a few short comments here:
-first, it is very dangerous to generalize about 'Africa;' it is a continent rather than a homogenous social or cultural entity. More...
Telecom law is likely to be the single biggest short-term measure of success; the relationships with the PTT and the ability to offer VOIP services without breaking the law will More...
Yep, I agree with you, VoIP is on the top of the agenda. Long term: could you please illustrate what concerns about IP in particular?
Laws that will make VOip widely available will be critical to the near term success of Busy Internet. In my opinion, Laws towards internet cafe standartization will also be critical. More...
In keeping with the ecosystem analogy offered by the authors of this module (Moore et al.), achieving the right framework to optimize the value-add of VOIP may equate to incenting More...
One of the limitations of H2O's attempt to insure equity in the asking and answering of posts is that the assignment system can result in someone getting a post that More...
How to respond? Laws are needed. Steve's observation is valid, but I have no improvement to recommend...
VOip is cheaper and more reliable. I think regulating it so as to reder its exercice less difficult and free for cybercafés is a very good deal. But this project More...
If we approach your statement within the context of development we face a contradiction. Of course universal access to VoIP could significantly lower the cost of long distance and international More...
I would follow this context with the extension of financial auditing practices to enhance credibility and accountability of companies' operations. Criterion that suit the contention and decrease of administrative barriers, More...
1. Creating the "culture" of accountability
2. Creating the structures of formal financial auditing practices
3. Creating the structure of law and enforcement
Steve Eskow
Based on what I've read, I'm not entirely clear if VOip is needed for BusyInternet to turn a profit and grow. I hope not--approvals for this activity could possibly take More...
If there is one lesson I am learning from my colleagues with far more expertise in development than I have, it is that there is not one single 'best approach' More...
Based on the case study, it seems that two critical success factors have contributed to the project's success so far :
• the telco regulations are sufficiently open to allow More...
1 - Ref law and allowing export of profits, to encourage investment. The local investment was also good, benefiting the local economy.
2 - Ref local advice for managing issues More...
It is interesting to research about emerging new and transition in the old (traditional) forms of business life considering global villaga business.
From one hand there are multinationals with complete More...
A significant issue that could impact BusyInternet is VOIP regulations.
E-commerce laws (local and international) could have impact in long term.
The laws for e-commerce will have a major impact on ventures of this kind. it may be an chance to equalise opportunities or they may just reinforce the existing obstacles More...
I agree with you that it is necessary to tap local expertise, even in the case of lease problem they encountered local expertise might have advised them better. It is More...
Near term:
a) Communications law allowed for international connection via satellite, increasing quality of service
b) International law allowed foreign investment, information and communication trade
c) Civil Liberties law made More...
Priorities must be clearly defined to excel and develop a healthy legal system for ICT development and support leaders like BusyInternet.
Just a quick note on my prior experiences with More...
It was an intresting comparison TurkWorldCom made. Still it seems like TurkWorldCom is disappointed of how the visitors use the Internet cafés. Yet I do not understand where the answer More...
The devil is in the details, however. A policy might be good for one industry and bad for another or better for foreign investors than for local entrepreneurs. For example,foreign More...
Many of the developing countries, by now have developed their ICT policies in association of different stakeholders of the community. ICT Policies are usually drafted and finalized through many interactive More...
For the kind curiosity of Katarina Jouper, I suggest to review my previous posts.
True, I am disappointed with the Internet Cafes in Turkey.
Having had the privilage to coordinate More...
Antitrust and competition: The VOIP challenges could present BusyInternet with insurmountable competitive challenges. The high profile nature of the venture makes them a prime candidate for enforcement of government restrictions. More...
It seems like the VoIP will be a challenge for BusyInternet to overcome in a short term period. And as the first entrepreneur in this kind of business they will More...
I would not recommend the freeworlddialup service. They're competing against very hard network effects (no interconnection with the regular PSTN).
Instead, I would recommend Vonage (www.vonage.com) or possibly http://www.iconnecthere.com. I More...
... but Voice over IP is a major concern. There is a major conflict between the desires of Ghana Telecom (GT) and the interests of everyone else in Ghana. Everyone More...
http://www.afrol.com/Countries/Ghana/netscapeindex.htm
We face a similar situation in South Africa with a divide emerging between those with Internet access and the information and good sense to use VoIP services regardless of what More...
Tony that might seem like a good compromise but the reality "on the ground" is that once you have a good internet connection you don't need the Telkom for anything More...
In order to identify particularly important dimensions of law that are critical to the success of BusyInternet, I suggest to ask first what the most critical (current and potential) tussles More...
I would say that SWOT analysis (Strenghts - Weaknesses, Opportunities - Threats) can be also applied in this matter.
Developing nations require huge set-ups and cash infusions. BusyInternet may be viewed as international interloper comming trying to 'reap the wheat', without providing the benefit farms and local business do. More...
... which would you pick? I am not intending to say that one or the other of the issues you raise are more or less important. However, we all have More...
Reading the case study, I'd address the VoIP (Comm Law) problem first.
I have not seen the initial materials and am not sure how to comment here.
E-commerce and other commercial laws in Ghana can enhance or impede the success of BusyInternet. Lack of specialized enabling laws covering e-commerce may also slow the adoption of commercial applications.
Is the legislation based to regulate the peoples behavior or is the peoples behavior going to make the legislation to be formed after them?
In eighter case it is a More...
The argument seems to be that that law should respond to social change rather than precipitating it. However Ms Jouper points out some societies have legal systems which are more More...
It seems to me this argument (which one hears often regarding technology regulation) is an argument to do nothing. Whatever the suggested intervention, a company can always argue that it More...
I agree that transparency is a key to good governmental decision making. A few enlightened individuals in key positions don't hurt either, especially when issues are complex and the stakeholders More...
A start towards articulating the role of stakeholders would be to create market incentives to both support and energize the BusyInternet venture. Apart from promoting transparency and accountability would programs More...
Transparency in any given conduct will increase efficiency, foster creativity thus enabling decision makers to act just in time when necessary. In respect to your comment on key positions, leadership More...
The argument seems to be that that law should respond to social change rather than precipitating it. However Ms Jouper points out some societies have legal systems which are more More...
The dimensions that will be most critical to the near-term sucess of BusyInternet and similar enterprises are those that do not yet exist in Ghana, i.e., those that permit (or More...
Consumers are at their most free-spending and loyal when they are psychologically addicted to a product or service. Psychological addiction takes shape in the part of the brain called the More...
Missed the keyword 'law'...
E-commerce and other commercial laws in Ghana and the U.S. can enhance or impede the success of Busy Internet. Lack of specialized enabling laws covering e-commerce (such as the inability More...
In my opinion comes to mind the effects of regulations. As such, the establishment and development of proper internet capabilities (whether on the short or long term perpectives), will have More...
Tax laws related to business activities on the internet. Laws governing telecommunication access. BusyInternet works because it is making a scare commodity available. As long as the internet access is More...
Since voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) is not allowed, yet it is widely practiced. "BusyInternet, with its high visibility, cannot participate in grey market services, and so has been lobbying More...
As far as I see in my country (i.e., Romania which is not a developing country, but also not quite far away from this status) justice takes too much to More...
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... my earlier reaction to Bogdan's statement.
One has to appreciate that IP law are emerging in a number of countries.The same goes for e-commerce laws and to some degree the laws regulating Telecoms eg VOIP. I More...
From my perspective, Bogdan addresses a very important long-term dimension. Interesting that you are focusing on a legal process deficiency (see chart 2 provided in the module). What do you More...