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JANUARY 28, 2000, VOLUME 26 NUMBER 3
Monitor
Call Waiting Is a Service, Not a Problem
Four Asian economies have taken the need to improve telecommunications most seriously. Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore are locked in a vigorous competition to keep their phone and data systems not only technologically current but affordable, too. The National University of Singapore's Center for TeleMedia Strategy uses those two factors, plus the range of consumer choice and transparency of regulating commissions, to rank competitiveness. The Center notes the differences between the top four is minimal and get smaller each year.
| RANKING ASIA'S MOST WIRED |
| Country |
2000 |
1999 |
| Australia |
1 |
2 |
| Japan |
2 |
4 |
| Hong Kong |
2 |
3 |
| Singapore |
4 |
1 |
| New Zealand |
5 |
6 |
| South Korea |
6 |
5 |
| Taiwan |
7 |
7 |
| Malaysia |
8 |
8 |
| Thailand |
9 |
9 |
| Philippines |
10 |
10 |
| Indonesia |
11 |
11 |
| India |
12 |
12 |
| China |
13 |
13 |
Source: National University of Singapore's Center for TeleMedia Strategy
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