Lara Srivastava

London School of Economics and Political Science | LSE

Purpose Tariffs for international mobile roaming (IMR) are often viewed by governments as an additional tax on international trade and on tourism. IMR customer bills may appear to be arbitrary and sometimes excessive. The purpose of this paper is therefore to set out a pragmatic approach to assessing international charges for mobile roaming, makin...

The market for safe and traceable food can exclude small-scale producers who lack the resources to comply with strict standards. Wider access to information communication technologies (ICTs) may lift some of these barriers. The proliferation of mobile devices, advances in communications, and greater affordability of nanotechnology offer potential f...

The sucsess of mobile telecommunication services and mobility are discussed. The challenges and future opportunities of mobile telecommunication services and mobility are also highlighted. The most popular wireless LAN standard is currently the IEEE802.11b, or Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) and its range is limited to 100 meters, but its speed is relati...

This chapter begins by discussing the importance of standardization for the Internet of Things (IoT). It then takes a more focused look at the technical specifications for radio frequency identification (RFID), which, in the early days, had primarily been used in inventory control and logistics applications, but whose field of application is growin...

Innovation in smart city systems is based on the principle that devices, places and everyday things can each be enabled to serve people in a real-time and responsive manner. This chapter presents a novel approach to the design of smart city systems that takes into account not only technical installations in a future Internet of Things environment,...

Ageing populations is a phenomenon over the world. The challenges of daily living for the elderly form the basis of the independent living platform proposed in this article. The AGE@HOME platform is intended to detect unusual activity or inactivity in a home, and is designed to alert caregivers and public health service providers of critical enviro...

This chapter explains the evolution of social interactions in networked space. As mobile peer-to-peer networks differ from the old-fashion centralized communication architectures, new aspects such as the principle of sharing, the transspatial and transtemporal perspective, and social aspects in the digital age are explained in detail. This chapter...

ITU. More information about the activities of the ITU's Strategy and Policy Unit can be found at: www.itu.int/spu. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the ITU or its membership. This paper is based on a full‐length case study on RFID technology by Lara Srivastava available at www....

Lara Srivastava examines the subculture that has accompanied the exponential rise in mobile phone usage, arguing that a whole new set of mobile manners have emerged that are in use in different cultures around the world. This article exam- ines two ways in which the mobile phone is impacting daily human existence: social etiquette and spare. The au...

Today's mobile phone is a pervasive tool. It has become such an important aspect of a user's daily life that it has moved from being a mere 'technological object' to a key 'social object'. This paper explores the societal and human implications of advances in mobile technology, and notably the increasingly personalized nature of the mobile device....

"The Portable Internet" is the sixth in the series of "ITU Internet Reports", originally launched in 1997. It has been prepared to coincide with ITU TELECOM Asia 2004, Exhibition and Forum, to be held in Busan (Republic of Korea) from 7 to 11 September 2004. This new report examines the emergence of high-speed wireless Internet access together with...

Mobile communication technologies have come a long way, but they are far from completing their evolutionary path. An examination of the Japanese mobile sector, with its cutting-edge technologies, may provide a glimpse of what is to come for the rest of the world. Japan's mobile users are demanding ever more functionality, and service providers are...

Broadband networks, enabling high-speed and always-on Internet connections, are now seen by many to be critical for economic growth and development, both at the national and global level. Much energy has been invested in the deployment of broadband infrastructure around the world, and governments and industry have now begun addressing the demand si...

This article looks at the potential impact of the mobile Internet for Asia. It addresses the need for appropriate enabling technology and applications developed with a user-oriented emphasis. It looks briefly at the policy and regulation frameworks and concerns about security, and raises a number of questions about the successful commercial adoptio...

3G is important for developed countries but the stakes are even higher for developing countries since failure to develop 3G could widen the “digital divide” even further. While successful development of 3G services will depend on the private sector, it will also be crucially influenced by the policy and regulatory environment, in particular by the...

This article outlines Japan's journey to third-generation mobile, including the factors leading to its introduction, the mobile market structure and the license allocation process. A number of factors have been responsible for driving Japan in the direction of 3G: the unexpected rise of mobile services leading to a shortage of frequency of bands, t...

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) attempted, in late 1999, to introduce the calling party pays (CPP) regime for mobile cellular services, with a corresponding revenue-sharing arrangement between fixed and mobile operators. According to the revenue-sharing proposal, mobile operators in India were to be compensated for carry...

This paper looks at the innovation process in an emerging service product in the financial sector. The