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7th GSR
THE ROAD TO NEXT-GENERATION NETWORKS (NGN):
CAN REGULATORS PROMOTE INVESTMENT
AND ACHIEVE OPEN ACCESS?

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 5-7 February 2007

 

 

PROGRAMME (PDF)                ChairPERSOn's report (PDF)
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Monday - Lundi - Lunes Tuesday - Mardi - Martes Wednesday - Mercredi - Miércoles

 

 

MONDAY / LUNDI / LUNES
ITU-D SECTOR MEMBERS/REGULATORS’ DAY

7h30 - 9h00 REGISTRATION / INSCRIPTION / INSCRIPCIÓN
9h00

Opening Ceremony

Cérémonie d'ouverture

Ceremonia de Apertura

Keynote Speakers:
10h00 - 10h15 SPONSORED COFFEE BREAK
10h15 -12h00

Session I:

HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO AN NGN WORLD?

LES RÉSEAUX NGN - POUR BIENTÔT?

¿CUÁN CERCA ESTAMOS DE UN MUNDO NGN?

Moderator: Mohamed Al Ghanim, Director-General, TRA, UAE and GSR07 Chairperson

GSR Discussion Paper on NGN Overview

Presentation, Dr. Tracy Cohen, Councillor, Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)

Interactive Panel Discussion 

Panelists:

  • Maj Gen (Retd) Shahzada Alam Malik, Chairman, Pakistan Telecom Authority, Pakistan
  • Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Director, RRT, Lithuania
  • Héctor Osuna, President, Cofetel, Mexico
12h00 - 13h30 SPONSORED LUNCH
13h30 - 15h30

Session II:

NGN ROADMAP: UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NGN AND TELECOM WORLDS

VERS LES NGN: COMPRENDRE CE QUI DIFFÉRENCIE L'UNIVERS DES RÉSEAUX NGN DE CELUI DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS

Objetivos para las NGN: Entender la diferencia entre el mundo de las NGN y el de las telecomunicaciones

Moderator: Kathleen Q. Abernathy, Deputy Chairman of the Board and Director, TerreStar Networks, Bermuda

GSR Discussion Paper on Fixed Mobile Convergence
Presentations

NGN Technology Changes, Dr. Jens Arnbak, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics & Informatics (EWI), the Netherlands 
Fixed Mobile Convergence, Ewan Sutherland, Telecommunication specialist, Belgium

Panelists:

  • Dr. Robert Pepper, Senior Managing Director, Global Advanced Policy, Cisco Systems, United States
  • Inoue Yuji, Chief Technology Officer, NTT, Japan
  • Tom Phillips, Chief, Government & Regulatory Affairs Officer, GSM Association, United Kingdom
  • Baohong He, Engineer, Ministry of Information Industry, China
15h30 - 15h45 SPONSORED COFFEE BREAK
  SESSION A: INVESTMENT IN AN NGN WORLD SESSION B: Interconnection in an NGN World
15h45 - 17h30

BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
SESSIONS EN PETITS GROUPES
SESIONES COMPLEMENTARIAS

Moderator: Dr. Tracy Cohen, Councillor, ICASA, South Africa (introduction)

Interactive Panel Discussion

Panelists:

  • Lynne A. Dorward, President, LADCOMM Corporation
  • Basuki Yusuf Iskandar, Director General of Posts and Telecommunications, Indonesia
  • Mr. Nasser Salim, Vice President Network Development, Etisalat UAE
Moderator:  Alan Horne, Director General Designate, TRA, Bahrain

Interactive Panel Discussion

Panelists:

  • J. Scott Marcus, Senior Consultant, WIK-Consult GmbH, Germany
  • Jeanine Vos, Public Policy Analyst, GSM Association, United Kingdom
  • Mohamed Elnawawy, Vice President, Telecom Egypt
19h00 OPENING SPONSORED DINNER  

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TUESDAY / MARDI / MARTES

REGULATORS' DAY

9h00 - 10h30

Session III:

PRICING AND INTERCONNECTION IN AN NGN MULTI-PLATFORM WORLD

FIXATION DES PRIX ET INTERCONNEXION À L'ÈRE DES RÉSEAUX NGN MULTIPLATES-FORMES

La fijación de precios y la interconexión en un marco de multiplataformas NGN

Moderator:  Matthias Kurth, President, Federal network Agency, Germany

GSR Discussion paper on NGN Interconnection and Access
Presentation,
J. Scott Marcus, Senior Consultant, WIK-Consult GmbH, Germany

Interactive Panel Discussion 

Panelists:

  • Halim Shafie, Chairman, MCMC, Malaysia
  • Rajesh Kumar Arnold, Secretary, TRAI, India
  • José Alfredo Rizek Vidal, Executive Director, Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones, Dominican Republic
  • Dan Georgescu, President, ANRCTI, Romania
  • Hiroya Izumi, Director, International Economic Affairs Division, International Affairs Department, Telecommunications Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan
10h00 - 10h15 SPONSORED COFFEE BREAK
10h15 -12h00

Session IV:

COMPETITION IN AN NGN WORLD

LA CONCURRENCE A L'ERE DES RESEAUX NGN

La competencia en un marco NGN

Moderator:   Ernest Ndukwe, Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications Commission

GSR Discussion paper on NGN Enabling Environment
Presentation,
Janet Hernández, Senior Vice President, Telecommunications Management Group, Inc, United States

Interactive Panel Discussion 

Panelists:

  • Nicolas Curien Member of the Board, ARCEP, France
  • Reinaldo Rodrigues Illera, President, CMT, Spain
  • Leong Keng Thai, Director-General & Deputy CEO, IDA, Singapore
  • Lorenzo Villegas Carrasquilla, Executive Director, Comisión de Regulación de Telecomunicaciones de Colombia
12h00 - 13h30 SPONSORED LUNCH
13h30 - 15h30

Session V:

CONSUMER PROTECTION, QUALITY OF SERVICE, AND CYBER SECURITY ISSUES, WHAT CAN BE DONE?

PROTECTION DU CONSOMMATEUR, QUALITE DE SERVICE ET CYBERSECURITE, QUE PEUT-ON FAIRE?

¿Qué puede hacerse en cuanto a la protección de los consumidores, la calidad de servicio y la ciberseguridad?

Moderator: Valerie D'Costa, Program Manager, Information for Development Program (infoDev)

GSR Discussion paper on Quality of Service and Consumer Protection in an NGN World
Presentation,
Rosalind Stevens-Strohmann, Consumer Policy Manager, Ofcom, United Kingdom

Interactive Panel Discussion 

  • Mohd Ali Hanafiah Mohd Yunus, General Manager, Content, Consumer & Network Security Division, MCMC, Malaysia
  • Ahmed Khaouja, Director of Competition, ANRT, Morocco
  • Xenia Herrera, Directora, Dirección de Protección al Consumidor, ARESEP, Costa Rica
  • Dr. Olfat Abdel Monsef, Vice president, National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Egypt
15h30 - 15h45 SPONSORED COFFEE BREAK
  SESSION C: Universal Access/Service SESSION D: International Internet Interconnection

15h45 - 17h30

BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
SESSIONS EN PETITS GROUPES
SESIONES COMPLEMENTARIAS

Moderator:  William John Withers, Executive Chairman, Public Utilities Commission of Anguilla

GSR Discussion paper on NGN and Universal Access
Presentation,
Susan Schorr, Regulatory Officer, RRU, BDT

Interactive Panel Discussion

Panelists:

  • Ceferino Namuncurá, Presidente, CNC, Argentina
  • B. Boldbaatar, Chairman, CRC, Mongolia
  • Isidoro da Silva, Executive Secretary, Communications Regulators Association of Southern Africa (CRASA)
Moderator: William Fagan, Executive Director, Supreme Council for Communications & Information Technology

GSR Discussion paper on International Internet Interconnection
Presentation, Eric Lie, Telecommunications Specialist, Singapore

Interactive Panel Discussion

Panelists:

  • Mohammed Gheyath, Manager Technical Affairs, TRA, United Arab Emirates
  • Mohamed Amir, Chief Executive, Telecommunication Authority of the Maldives
  • Richard Mwanza, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Communications Authority, Zambia
17h00 SPONSORED COCKTAIL


WEDNESDAY / MERCREDI / MIÉRCOLES

REGULATORS' DAY

9h00 - 10h30

SPEED EXCHANGES
Echanges express
Intercambio rápido

  • Why hold a public consultation on NGN and establish NGN industry forums?  

  • Should regulators require operators to compensate one another for terminating traffic in an NGN world?  

  • Bottlenecks and what you can do about them  

  • International roaming  

  • Consumer Protection and Quality of Service  

  • Legal and regulatory implications of VoIP  

  • WTO Telecom Negotiations: What's next? 

  • Regulatory Issues for Convergence 

  • WSIS Action Line C5: Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs  

Regulators and policy makers will interact in informal, moderated roundtable discussions on key topics, moving from table to table, to foster best practice exchanges.

10h30 - 10h45 SPONSORED COFFEE BREAK

10h45 - 12h00

THE WAY FORWARD
PERSPECTIVES
El camino hacia delante

Moderator: Mr. Mohamed Al Ghanim, Director General, TRA, UAE

Interactive panel discussion

  • Ali Ghodbani, President, Instance Nationale des Télécommunications de Tunisie, Tunisia 
  • John S. Nkoma, Director General, Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA)
  • Prof. Prasit Prapinmongkolkarn, Commissioner, National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), Thailand
  • Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Director, RRT, Lithuania
  • Gustavo Peña-Quinones, Secretario General, Foro Latinoamericano de Entes Reguladores de Telecomunicaciones (REGULATEL)
  • Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid, Director, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)

12h00 - 13h00

CLOSING CEREMONY
CÉRÉMONIE DE CLÔTURE
CEREMONIA DE CLAUSURA

  • GREX and GSR awards ceremony
  • Mr. Mohamed Al Ghanim, Director General, TRA, United Arab Emirates
  • Mr. Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid, Director, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
13h00 - 14h00 SPONSORED LUNCH

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FOR INFORMATION/ POUR INFORMATION / PARA INFORMACIÓN

OTHER REFERENCE MATERIAL - AUTRES DOCUMENTS DE RÉFÉRENCE - OTROS DOCUMENTOS DE REFERENCIA
Regulatory Issues On Convergence, Global ICT Department, World Bank
Indonesia’s Initiatives to Deploy NGN, Basuki Yusuf Iskandar, Director General of Posts and Telecommunications Republic of Indonesia
Economic Study on IP Interworking -Whitepaper, GSM Association
ATRC Best Practice Guidelines for Public Consultation

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