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Japan: surviving a tsunami, rebuilding communications
A natural disaster with global implications for infrastructure policy
The Japanese tsunami has been the world's worst natural disaster to hit a developed country to date. With staggering destruction and loss of life, restoring communications services became a top priority in the aftermath of the event.
In a special report with unprecedented behind the scenes access granted to Editor in Chief Stephen McClelland, Intermedia reviews the rebuild and the policy implications associated with critical infrastructure planning in a time of major national crisis, implications that are both profoundly challenging and globally relevant.
Read the Intermedia report as a flippable flash file in the left panel (single or double click to expand view to actual size).
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International Regulators Forum (IRF) 2011
The IIC International Regulators’ Forum (IRF) is the world’s only independent international membership body established solely for statutory regulators in the communications and media industries to study wide-ranging themes that are of direct importance to them. The IIC IRF holds a wide brief globally and discusses key current and emerging subjects as they directly affect the regulator.
IIC Annual Conference 2011
Radhakrishna L. Padayachie (Roy) MP, Former Minister of Communications, South Africa.
IIC Annual Conference 2011 and IIC IRF 2011 Resources
"Our country is privileged to host you as you seek answers to the pressing challenges of the day, especially as it relates to the drive to promote universal service and access to communications technologies.
This is the second time that our country is hosting the Annual General Meeting of the IIC." Radhakrishna L. Padayachie (Roy) MP, Former Minister of Communications, South Africa.
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Broadband in North America
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The US and Canada are seeing remarkably divergent national broadband deployment policies being formulated. Which is more progressive?
Download the overview article by Dr Heather E Hudson here 
Innovative partnerships for Africa?
Has the astonishing growth in African mobile been possible through new business models? Dr Laura Hosman and Dr Elizabeth Fife evaluate the lessons of progress
That Elusive Digital Single Market
It may be some time in coming, as the IIC Brussels Telecommunications and Media Forum suggests. Download the wrap summary in Intermedia by Peter Alexiadis and Alvaro Garcia-Delgado here
Net neutrality: deja vu all over again?
Prof Andrew Odlyzko argues we've seen it all before: in 19th century canals and railroads. Download his commentary here.