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The extension of 3G services into more of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) provinces and a flurry of foreign satellite communication investments have highlighted the potential – and the challenges – of investing in telecommunications in the country.

Thanks to the government’s incentives to take up the latest technology, along with a greater willingness among the private sector to take advantage of information and communications technology (ICT) in business, Brunei Darussalam’s ICT sector is witnessing some growth.

Plans for a major new refinery and record exports to Asia have led to heady estimates of Kuwait’s oil revenues for 2012 and the sector is looking to innovative techniques to extract huge reserves of heavy oil.

Confidence in the Philippines’ property market, fuelled by economic growth, an influx of expatriate workers and rising investment by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), is intensifying competition among the country’s major real estate players.

Looking to boost information and communications technology (ICT) usage across the board, but particularly in education, Dubai has committed to embracing ICT in all facets of the teaching and learning process.

Mientras que las protestas estudiantiles en Chile ocuparon los titulares mundiales el año pasado, Colombia está pasando por una transformación educativa similar, aunque menos publicitada. Legisladores y estudiantes se encuentran trabajando juntos en la redacción de una reforma que esperan ponga el sistema educativo superior a la altura de los países más desarrollados.