NOTES
1. ICT Statistics, International Telecommunications
Union, http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/
ict/index.html.
2. China Internet Network Information Center Report,
Nineteenth Statistical Report on the Development of
the Internet in China, (di shijiu zhongguo hulian wangluo fazhan zhuangkuang tongji baogao), issued
January 23, 2007.
3. Ibid.
4. Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd., India-Key
Statistics and Telecommunications Market Overview,
July 30, 2006, p. 2.
5. Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd., Nepal:
Telecoms Market Overview and Statistics, July 30,
2006, p. 11.
6. World Bank, World Development Indicators (2006),
http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/CPProfile.asp?
PTYPE=CP&CCODE=AFG; Vision 2020: Islamic
Republic of Afghanistan Millennium Development
Goals Report 2005, p. 123, p. 21
7. International Telecommunication Union, World
Telecommunication Indicators 2006.
8. See Kristin Kalning, “Forget reality TV. In Korea,
online gaming is it,” MSNBC.com, February 21,
2007, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17175353/.
9. Internet World Stats, Singapore,
http://www.internetworldstats.com/asia.htm.
10. Terence Lee, “Internet control and auto-regulation in
Singapore,” Surveillance & Society 3(1): 74–95,
http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/
articles3(1)/singapore.pdf.
11. InfoComm Development Authority (IDA), Statistics on
Telecom Services for 2006 (July–December),
http://www.ida.gov.sg/Publications/20061205181639.
aspx (listing 1,489,500 residential dialup subscriptions
and 657,900 residential broadband subscriptions as
of October 2006).
12. 2005 Information and Communication Technology
Survey. National Statistical Office: Thailand,
http://web.nso.go.th/eng/en/stat/ict/ict05_rep.pdf.
See also Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd.,
Thailand-Internet, 2006, p. 1.
13. Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd.,
Telecommunication Sector Snapshot: Thailand,
2006.
14. China Internet Network Information Center Report,
Nineteenth Statistical Report on the Development of
the Internet in China, (di shijiu zhongguo hulian wangluo fazhan zhuangkuang tongji baogao),issued
January 23, 2007.
15. Internet and Mobile Association of India, Internet in
India:2006, http://www.iamai.in/research_index.php3.
16. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Indian
Telecom Services Performance Indicators April–June
2006, October 2006, p. 40, http://www.trai.gov.in/
Reports_content.asp?id=29;
17. Terence Lee, “Internet control and auto-regulation in
Singapore,” Surveillance & Society 3(1): 74–95,
http://www.surveillance-andsociety.org/articles3(1)/singapore.pdf.
18. See Vincent Lim, “Blogging for Democracy in
Nepal,” AsiaMedia, April 13, 2006, http://www.
asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=43000.
19. See Mark Glaser, “Nepalese Bloggers, Journalists
Defy Media Clampdown by King,” Online Journalism
Review, February 23, 2005, http://www.ojr.org/ojr/
stories/050223glaser/.
20. http://advertising.microsoft.com/asia/NewsAnd
Events/PressRelease.aspx?Adv_PressReleaseID=
296.
21. See http://ohmynews.com; Jun Kwanwoo, “‘Citizen
journalism’ wins hearts and minds,” Dawn, March
30, 2007, http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/
article.asp?parentid=66921.
22. See Christopher M. Schroeder, “Is this the Future of
Journalism?” Newsweek, June 18, 2004,
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5240584/site/
newsweek/.
23. Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd., 2006,
Vietnam:Internet, p. 10, July 30, 2006. See also John
Boudreau, “Bay Area Entrepreneur Leads Way in
Online Gaming in Vietnam,” The Mercury News,
January 17, 2007, http://www.mercurynews.com/
mld/mercurynews/business/16475618.htm.
24. China Internet Network Information Center Report,
Nineteenth Statistical Report on the Development
of the Internet in China, (di shijiu zhongguo hulian
wangluo fazhan zhuangkuang tongji baogao),issued
January 23, 2007.
25. Xinhua News Agency, “China has 20.8 million
bloggers,” January 10, 2007.
26. National Electronics and Computer Technology
Center (NECTEC), Thailand MICT Indicators 2005
(February 2005), http://iir.ngi.nectec.or.th/
download/indicator2005.pdf.
27. The Press Trust of India, “Indians prefer good-old
diary to blogs,” November 27, 2006.
28. Deutsche Presse-Agentur, “Vietnam youths arrested
over internet chats released after 9 months,” August
16, 2006. See also Human Rights in China, Press
Release, “Dissident writer Zhang Lin to be tried
next week,” June 15, 2005, http://www.hrichina.org/
public/contents/press?revision_id=22932&item_id=
22931.
29. Xinhua News Agency, “China to issue new regulations
to censor online video programs,” August 16, 2006.
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1. ICT Statistics, International Telecommunications
Union, http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/
ict/index.html.
2. China Internet Network Information Center Report,
Nineteenth Statistical Report on the Development of
the Internet in China, (di shijiu zhongguo hulian wangluo fazhan zhuangkuang tongji baogao), issued
January 23, 2007.
3. Ibid.
4. Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd., India-Key
Statistics and Telecommunications Market Overview,
July 30, 2006, p. 2.
5. Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd., Nepal:
Telecoms Market Overview and Statistics, July 30,
2006, p. 11.
6. World Bank, World Development Indicators (2006),
http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/CPProfile.asp?
PTYPE=CP&CCODE=AFG; Vision 2020: Islamic
Republic of Afghanistan Millennium Development
Goals Report 2005, p. 123, p. 21
7. International Telecommunication Union, World
Telecommunication Indicators 2006.
8. See Kristin Kalning, “Forget reality TV. In Korea,
online gaming is it,” MSNBC.com, February 21,
2007, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17175353/.
9. Internet World Stats, Singapore,
http://www.internetworldstats.com/asia.htm.
10. Terence Lee, “Internet control and auto-regulation in
Singapore,” Surveillance & Society 3(1): 74–95,
http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/
articles3(1)/singapore.pdf.
11. InfoComm Development Authority (IDA), Statistics on
Telecom Services for 2006 (July–December),
http://www.ida.gov.sg/Publications/20061205181639.
aspx (listing 1,489,500 residential dialup subscriptions
and 657,900 residential broadband subscriptions as
of October 2006).
12. 2005 Information and Communication Technology
Survey. National Statistical Office: Thailand,
http://web.nso.go.th/eng/en/stat/ict/ict05_rep.pdf.
See also Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd.,
Thailand-Internet, 2006, p. 1.
13. Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd.,
Telecommunication Sector Snapshot: Thailand,
2006.
14. China Internet Network Information Center Report,
Nineteenth Statistical Report on the Development of
the Internet in China, (di shijiu zhongguo hulian wangluo fazhan zhuangkuang tongji baogao),issued
January 23, 2007.
15. Internet and Mobile Association of India, Internet in
India:2006, http://www.iamai.in/research_index.php3.
16. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Indian
Telecom Services Performance Indicators April–June
2006, October 2006, p. 40, http://www.trai.gov.in/
Reports_content.asp?id=29;
17. Terence Lee, “Internet control and auto-regulation in
Singapore,” Surveillance & Society 3(1): 74–95,
http://www.surveillance-andsociety.org/articles3(1)/singapore.pdf.
18. See Vincent Lim, “Blogging for Democracy in
Nepal,” AsiaMedia, April 13, 2006, http://www.
asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=43000.
19. See Mark Glaser, “Nepalese Bloggers, Journalists
Defy Media Clampdown by King,” Online Journalism
Review, February 23, 2005, http://www.ojr.org/ojr/
stories/050223glaser/.
20. http://advertising.microsoft.com/asia/NewsAnd
Events/PressRelease.aspx?Adv_PressReleaseID=
296.
21. See http://ohmynews.com; Jun Kwanwoo, “‘Citizen
journalism’ wins hearts and minds,” Dawn, March
30, 2007, http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/
article.asp?parentid=66921.
22. See Christopher M. Schroeder, “Is this the Future of
Journalism?” Newsweek, June 18, 2004,
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5240584/site/
newsweek/.
23. Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd., 2006,
Vietnam:Internet, p. 10, July 30, 2006. See also John
Boudreau, “Bay Area Entrepreneur Leads Way in
Online Gaming in Vietnam,” The Mercury News,
January 17, 2007, http://www.mercurynews.com/
mld/mercurynews/business/16475618.htm.
24. China Internet Network Information Center Report,
Nineteenth Statistical Report on the Development
of the Internet in China, (di shijiu zhongguo hulian
wangluo fazhan zhuangkuang tongji baogao),issued
January 23, 2007.
25. Xinhua News Agency, “China has 20.8 million
bloggers,” January 10, 2007.
26. National Electronics and Computer Technology
Center (NECTEC), Thailand MICT Indicators 2005
(February 2005), http://iir.ngi.nectec.or.th/
download/indicator2005.pdf.
27. The Press Trust of India, “Indians prefer good-old
diary to blogs,” November 27, 2006.
28. Deutsche Presse-Agentur, “Vietnam youths arrested
over internet chats released after 9 months,” August
16, 2006. See also Human Rights in China, Press
Release, “Dissident writer Zhang Lin to be tried
next week,” June 15, 2005, http://www.hrichina.org/
public/contents/press?revision_id=22932&item_id=
22931.
29. Xinhua News Agency, “China to issue new regulations
to censor online video programs,” August 16, 2006.
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