Opening Remarks:·(PDF, Word)

• Mr.Su, Jing Sheng, DG, MII, China

• Dr. M.Calvano, ITU

Global Trends in Policy & Regulatory Issues· (PDF, Ppt)

• Dr. E.J. Kim, ITU

An overview of Interconnection worldwide: What's at stake and who decides? (PDF, Ppt)

•  Dr. T.Kelly, ITU

Regulations & procedures of interconnection

• Establishment of interconnection agreements (e.g., contents including POI & signaling, planning & forecast, traffic measurement & routing, billing, QoS, termination etc.)

• Key theories and models of the cost-determination on the interconnection of the local networks (e.g., fully allocated cost, long-run incremental cost)

• Negotiation of interconnection arrangements or agreements (PDF, Ppt)

  • Mr.D.N.Townsend, ITU Expert (USA)

Economic & financial terms of interconnection

• Settlement or resolution of disputes

• Specific interconnection costs and bases for calculation (e.g., start-up, interconnection links etc.)

• Level and structure of interconnection charges (e.g., fixed & variable, peak & off-peak, unbundled, universal service & ADC, Internet charges etc.)

• Unbundling of interconnection charges for different network components and services

• Any other economic & financial issues·(PDF, Ppt)

  •  Mr. D.N.Townsend, ITU Expert (USA)* - *Academic aspects of interconnection issues

• Economic & financial aspects of fixed-2-mobile interconnection (PDF, Ppt)·

  • Dr. T.Kelly, ITU
• Key practices of the cost-determination in interconnection
• Resale of network facilities and services
• Case studies of current interconnect rates between fixed and mobile networks
• Any other related issues (PDF, Word)

• Mr.T. Jordan, ITU Expert (Australia)* - * Operational & practical aspects of interconnection issues

International interconnection issues (PDF, Ppt)

•  Dr. T. Kelly, ITU

Technical & operational aspects of interconnection

• Operational aspects of fixed-2-fixed and fixed-2-mobile interconnection

• Open network standards and technical compatibility

• Points of interconnection

• Access to unbundled networks

• Local loop unbundling

• Sharing infrastructure and collocation

• Equal access

• Quality of services to interconnecting operators (PDF, Ppt)

  • Mr. T.Jordan, ITU Expert (Australia)