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ITU Regional Seminar on Costs and Tariffs for Asia and Pacific and meeting of the SG3RG-AO 

Tokyo, Japan, 8-10 April 2013

Event Description

The ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) organized the ITU Regional Seminar on Costs and Tariffs, held at the Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, Japan from 8 to 9 (morning) April 2013, in collaboration with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan (MIC). The Regional Meeting of the Study Group 3 Regional Group Asia and Oceania (SG3RG-AO) organized by the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) had been held just after the seminar, the afternoon of the 9 to 10 April 2013.

 

 

Agenda for the Seminar

 

Monday

08.30 – 09.00

Delegates registration

09.00– 09.30

Opening Ceremony

*         Mr Byoung Nam LEE, Chairman SG3RG-AO

*         Mr Seiichi TSUGAWA, Chairman Study Group 3, KDDI, Japan

*         Mr Wisit ATIPAYAKOON, ITU Asia and Pacific Regional Office

*         Mr Soichiro SEKI, Director-General for International Affairs, MIC Japan

 

Chairman of the Seminar: Mr Seiichi TSUGAWA, Chairman Study Group 3, KDDI, Japan

 

09.30 – 10.15

Session 1:  Strategies for the deployment of NGN and NGA in a broadband
 environment  – Regulatory and economic aspects

- Presentation of the ITU/BDT paper by Mr Roger STEELE, ITU Expert
 

Coffee break

10.30 – 11.45

Session 2:  Competition and regulation in a converged broadband world – the Significant Market Power (SMP) definition

- Presentation of the ITU/BDT paper by Mr David BERNAL, ITU Expert

How Competition and Regulation Drive Broadband in Sri Lanka

- Presentation by Mr Nishantha PALIHAWADANA, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission
     of Sri Lanka

SMP and Competition Regulation in Thailand

- Presentation by Ms Onwaree JARERNPORN, NBTC Thailand

Market Power and Competition Policy in the Telecommunications Market

- Presentation by Mr Atsushi UMINO, Director for Policy Planning,Tariff and Telecommunications
     Access Policy Division, MIC, Japan
 

11.45 – 12:30

Session 3:  Results from the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) related to costs and tariffs issues

- Presentation by Ms Carmen PRADO-WAGNER, ITU/BDT

Lunch

14.00 – 16:00

Session 4:  Cost modeling and tariff policies discussion session

*     Comparative review on methodological aspects of BU-LRIC models, by Mr Yongsun CHOI, INJE University, Korea

*   Telecommunications Price Regulation in Thailand, Ms Onwaree JARERNPORN, NBTC Thailand

*   Tariff Policy in Mongolia, by Ms Erdenechuluun URANZAYA, Information Technology, Post and Telecommunications Authority of Mongolia
 

Coffee break

16.00 – 17.00

Session 5:  Initiatives to stimulate demand for broadband services and development of local content: online administration, e-learning, e-government

- Presentation of the ITU/BDT paper by Mr Roger STEELE, ITU Expert

Future School Promotion Project

- Presentation by Ms Yuka KOBAYASHI, ICT Accessibility and Human Resources Development Division,
  MIC, Japan

 

Tuesday

09.00 – 10.00

Session 6:  International roaming services: a review of best practices

- Presentation of the ITU/BDT paper by Mr Dimitri YPSILANTI, ITU Expert

                  ITU-T Study Group 3 activities on International Mobile Roaming (IMR) and
 Recommendation D-98

-  Presentation by Ms Eriko HONDO, KDDI, Japan
 

10.00 – 10.45

Session 7:  Taxation of telecommunication services

- Presentation of the ITU/BDT paper by Ms Carmen PRADO-WAGNER

 

Coffee break

10.45 – 11.30

Session 8:  Providing broadband services through PPP (Public Private Partnership) models

- Presentation by Mr David BERNAL, ITU Expert

 

11.30 – 12.15

Session 9:  With possible erosion by OTT, is International Telephone Service on the brink of abyss  

- Presentation by Mr MATSUDA, Vice-Chairman of the SG3RG-AO
 

12.15 – 12.30

Final conclusions and closing of the seminar

Lunch

14.00 – 17.00
and 10 April

Regional meeting of the Study Group 3 Regional Group for Asia and Oceania (SG3RG-AO)

 

 

Events Details  

Date Seminar:  8 to 9 (morning) April 2013

Date Meeting SG3RG-AO: 9 (afternoon) to 10 April

Time: 9:00-17:00

Location: Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Address:
2-2-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Sinjuku-ku,
               Tokyo 160-8330, Japan
Tel
:  +81 3 3344 0111
Fax
:  +81 3 3345 8269
Website
: www.keioplaza.com/

 

Local Contact Person:

Mr Toshiyuki INAMI,
Phone: +81 3 5253 577
Email: sg3-local[at]ml.soumu.go.jp


The Seminar and Meeting had been conducted in English.


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