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Roaming Workshop Programme

ITU High Level Workshop on International Mobile Roaming

Geneva, Switzerland, 23-24 September 2013

Monday, 23 September 2013

08.30 – 09.30 Delegates registration

09.30 – 09.45 Opening Ceremony

Mr Philippe METZGER on behalf of Mr Brahima SANOU, BDT Director

Mr Bilel JAMOUSSI on behalf of Malcolm JOHNSON, TSB Director

09.45 – 11.00 Session 1: Overview of the growth of mobile services and their increased importance for economies

Moderator: Ms Carole G. HAGE, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Lebanon

Presentation First part of the ITU Roaming Report by Mr Dimitri YPSILANTI, ITU Expert

Mobile devices, their growth and use as the main tool for communications
Growth in international travel and international communications
The challenge of high roaming prices in voice and data roaming
Why roaming is expensive?
Cross border roaming or inadvertent roaming

Panelists:

Mr Soumalia ABDOULKARIM, Secretary General of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU)
Mr Kila GULO-VUI, Director, Economics, Consumer & International Affairs, National Information & Communication Technology Authority,
Papua New Guinea
Mr Antoine POKAM, Sub Director Telecommunications and ICT Regulation, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Cameroon

Coffee break

11.30 – 12.30 Session 2: ITU activities related to roaming issues

Moderator: Mr Leslie MARTINKOVICS, Director, International Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Verizon Communications Inc.
and Vice-Chairman ITU-T Study Group 3

Presentation by Mr Makhtar FALL, Chief Regulatory & Market Environment Division, ITU/BDT - Presentation on ITU Activities Related to Roaming Issues

World Conference on International telecommunication (WCIT-2012) results
The new provisions on International Mobile Roaming

Panelists:

Ms Eriko HONDO, KDDI, Japan, Rapporteur of the ITU-T Study Group 3 Mobile Roaming Rapporteur Group,
ITU-T Study Group 3 activities on International mobile roaming and Recommendation D-98
Mr Bilel JAMOUSSI, Chief of Study Groups Department, ITU/TSB

Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 Session 3: Responding to high IMRS prices

Moderator: Mr Philippe METZGER, Deputy to the BDT Director and Chief of Administration and Operations Coordination Department

Presentation Second part of the ITU Roaming Report by Mr Dimitri YPSILANTI, ITU Expert

The cost structure of roaming (cost elements that operators are calculating and that make the roaming expensive)
Business initiatives (economic models applied, there is a tariff methodology? best practices) and technological developments
The availability of substitutes to roaming - alternative roaming procedures
National, regional and international initiatives

Panelists:

Mr Simon FORGE, SCF Associates Ltd, United Kingdom - Presentation on Approaching Roaming Charges Pragmatically

Mr Nick WHITE, Executive Vice-President, International Telecommunications Users Group, INTUG - Presentation on Regulatory and Economic Aspects of Roaming, The User Viewpoint

Ms Maitha ALI JAFFAR, Senior Economist, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Oman

Mr Theis GJEDSTED, Head of Section, Danish Business Authority, Denmark

Coffee break

16.00 – 17.00 Session 4: Private Sector Initiatives on IMR

Moderator: Mr Bilel JAMOUSSI, Chief of Study Groups Department, ITU/TSB

Presentation on GSMA Roaming Transparency Initiative by Mr Vikram RAVAL, Roaming Regulation Public Policy, GSMA

Transparency of IMR retail prices
Operators practices and initiatives

Panelists:

Ms Mercy NDEGWA, Senior Manager, Regulatory Economics & Compliance, Safaricom Limited, Kenya

Mr Nezih DINCBUDAK, Director Regulatory Affairs Africa, Middle East & Asia, Orange, France

Mr Richard ANAGO, Directeur de la Coopération et des Organisations Internationales, Ministère du Développement, de l'Économie
Numérique et des Postes, Burkina Faso

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

09.30 – 10.30 Session 5: Policy and regulatory actions

Moderator: Ms Lee TUTHILL, Counsellor, Trade in Services Division, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland - Paper International Mobile Roaming: Possible Implications for GATS

Presentation Third part of the ITU Roaming Report by Mr Dimitri YPSILANTI, ITU Expert

Protecting and empowering consumers - consumer awareness of roaming costs
Market-based solutions which facilitate the use of substitutes by users
Wholesale price regulation: possibilities and cost determination?
Retail price regulation: possibilities and impact?
Taxation issues
Structural regulatory determinations to develop IMR competition

Panelists:

Mr J Scott MARCUS, WIK, Germany - Presentation on International Mobile Roaming Policy and Regulatory Actions: Theory and Practice
Mr Jorge INFANTE, Chair of the BEREC Expert Working Group on International Roaming
Mr Robert CLARKE, Senior Policy Advisor’ Communications and IT Policy, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, New Zealand
Mr Albert LEWIS, Special Counsel, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), USA

Coffee break

11.00 – 12.15 Session 6: Best practices which have been put forward at the national, regional and international levels

Moderator: Mr Tomas LAMANAUSKAS, Head, Corporate Strategy Division, ITU/SG

Presentation The Best practice Recommendations from the ITU Roaming Report by Mr. Dimitri YPSILANTI, ITU Expert

Best practice for price regulation
Best practice to increase transparency and awareness for users when roaming internationally
Best practice for regulators in IMR markets

Panelists:

Mr Filipe BATISTA, Associação de reguladores de Comunicações e Telecomunicações da Comunidade dos Países de
Língua Portuguesa (ARCTEL-CPLP)

Mr Agustín DÍAZ-PINÉS, Telecommunication Economist, Policy Analyst, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (OECD)

Mr Abilé Romain HOUEHOU, Coordonnateur, Réseau des Consommateurs Africains des TIC (RéCATIC)
Mr Ramunas LINARTAS, European Union (EU)

12.15 – 12.30 Final conclusions and closing of the High Level Workshop