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09:00 - 10:30
SESSION 4: UNIVERSAL ACCESS POLICIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Moderator: Ms S.
Scholze, Executive Superintendent, Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (ANATEL),
Brazil
Background
Paper on
Bringing broadband to rural
areas: a step-by-step approach, the experience of the
Dominican Republic,
[presentation]
Mr. Edwin San Roman, Senior Telecom
Expert, Peru
Interactive panel discussion:
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Are Universal Access and Service (UAS) policies
stuck in the 20th Century?
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Is the time right for innovative approaches?
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Public-private partnerships, what role for the
government in funding UAS?
Panelists:
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Prof. I. Kadi, Senior Advisor, Communications and
Information Technology Commission (CITC), Saudi
Arabia
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Dr. E. Spio-Garbrah, CEO, Commonwealth
Telecommunications Organisation (CTO)
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Mr. Mohsen Jaziri, Vice-President, Instance Nationale des
Télécommunications (INTT), Tunisia
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Gustavo Peña, Secretary General, Latin American
Forum of Telecom Regulators (REGULATEL)
For information:
Background Paper on
Trends in Universal
Access and Service Policies, Ms. Sofie Maddens, Senior International Expert for the ITU-EC Project to Provide
Support for the Establishment of Harmonized Policies for the ICT
Market in the ACP (HIPCAR)
10:30 - 10:45
COFFEE BREAK
10:45 - 12:15
SESSION 5: IP AND TRADITIONAL TELECOM (VOICE)
INTERCONNECTION - A WORLD OF DIVERGENCE
Moderator: Mr. A. Horne, General Director,
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), Bahrain
GSR Discussion Paper on
Coexistence of
traditional and IP interconnection,
[presentation]
Ms. Natalija
Gelvanovska, Head, Network and Access Division,
Communications Regulatory Authority, Lithuania
Interactive panel discussion:
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Coexistence of both worlds: how can traditional
strongly regulated interconnection coexist with
self-regulated IP interconnection?
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Data transport/interconnection: who pays for what?
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Net neutrality: what does it mean? Is it a developed
country issue? How will it affect developing
countries?
Panelist:
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Mr. C. Lizcano Ortiz, Executive Director, Comisión
de Regulación de Comunicaciones (CRC), Colombia
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Mr. Hirohisa Furuichi, Director, Tariff Division, Telecommunication Business Department,
Telecommunication Bureau,
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(MIC), Japan
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Mr. S. A. M’Poue, Secretary General, Agence des
Télécommunications de Côte d'Ivoire (ATCI), Côte
d’Ivoire
12:15 - 14:00
SHARING & NETWORKING LUNCH
14:00 - 15:30
SESSION 6: MOBILE TERMINATION: TO REGULATE OR NOT TO
REGULATE?
Moderator: Dr. M. Treschow, Director General,
National Post and Telecom Agency, Sweden
GSR Discussion Paper on
Mobile termination: to
regulate or not?
[presentation]
Dr. Vaiva Lazauskaite, Economic
Analyst, ITU/RME
Interactive panel discussion:
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Should mobile termination rates be regulated or left
to the market? What regulatory approach to choose?
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Symmetric regulation to promote investment and
competition: can the EC approach be replicated in
other parts of the world?
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How are convergence, NGNs and the transition to
all-IP networks changing the situation?
Panelists:
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Mr. A. Alfehaid, Deputy Governor, Communications and
Information Technology Commission (CITC), Saudi
Arabia
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Mr. A. Haire, Deputy Director General (Telecoms &
Post), InfoComm Development Authority of Singapore
(IDA)
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Mr. J. Salvat, CEO, Servei de Telecomunicaciones
d’Andorra (STA)
15:30 - 15:45
COFFEE BREAK
15:45 - 17:15
SESSION 7: MARKET ENTRY IN A CONVERGED WORLD
Moderator:
Dr. J. S. Sarma, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI),
India
Report from ITU-D
Study Group 1,
Question 10-2/1 Regulation for licensing
and authorization of converging services,
[presentation]
Ms. Mindel
De
La Torre, ITU-D Study Group 1 Rapporteur, Question
10-2/1
Interactive panel discussion:
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Unified and multi-service authorizations and
licensing: innovative approaches to meet the
requirements of a converged world
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Are you ready for open entry and general
authorization? Lessons learned
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Harmonizing the licensing regimes: regional
approaches
Panelists:
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Dr. I. Hoballah, Board Member and Head of
Telecommunications Technologies Unit, TRA,
Lebanon
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Prof. J. Nkoma, Director General, Tanzania Communications
Regulatory Authority (TCRA), Tanzania
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Mr. R. Rodriguez-Illera, President, Comisión del
Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones, Spain
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Mr. I. Ursu, Deputy Director,
National Regulatory Agency for Electronic
Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI),
Moldova
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