Information Session - Agenda |
Information Session, March 15, 1998 - CICG (Geneva)
Chairman: Amb. Anthony Hill (Jamaica)
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11:00 to 13:00 |
POLICY PANEL 1:
GIIC-ITU ROUNDTABLE IMPLEMENTING
THE WTO AGREEMENT ON BASIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chairman: B.K. Zutshi
Moderator: D. Gilhooly
Sponsored by GIIC
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13:00 to 14:30 |
Luncheon
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14:30 to 16:00 |
POLICY PANEL 2:
ACCOUNTING RATES: TOWARDS THE YEAR 2000
Chairman: D. Leive
Moderator: M.Tyler
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16:00 to 16:30 |
Coffee Break
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16:30 to 18:00 |
POLICY PANEL 3:
COUNTRY CASE STUDIES
Chairman: B. Rouxeville
Moderator: D. Ypsilanti
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Cocktail
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GIIC-ITU
Telecom Regulators Roundtable:
Implementing the WTO Agreement on Basic Telecommunications
Co-sponsored by the ITU and the GIIC (Global Information Infrastructure
Commission), this Roundtable will be one of the first opportunities for independent
telecommunication regulators, many of whom are newly appointed, to share views and
experiences. In those countries which have made commitments under the WTO basic
telecommunications agreement, independent regulators will have an important role in
applying trade principles to the telecommunications sector. They may need to modify
existing laws, regulations and administrative guidelines to bring them into line with
their WTO commitments and to benefit from the new environment that this agreement creates,
or they may need to draft new laws and regulations where these do not exist. These might
address key issues such as competitive safeguards, interconnection and universal service.
This Roundtable brings together regulators from different countries at different stages of
market liberalization.
Accounting Rates: Towards the Year 2000
The accounting-rate system was established at a time when most
international telecommunications traffic was exchanged between national monopoly
providers, through correspondent relations. Some three-quarters of international
telecommunications traffic now originates in countries that permit competitive service
provision. This is already having a profound impact on the accounting-rate system. In
particular, operators which are able to establish commercial presence in other countries,
will be able to bypass the traditional correspondent relationship arrangements when
delivering and receiving calls. Many developing countries that depend on settlements to
fund network expansion and universal service goals will be under increasing pressure to
reduce their accounting-rates and seek other sources of funding for network development.
This panel will explore the impact of changes in the evolving accounting-rate system,
drawing on the experiences of a panel composed of operators and regulators from countries
at different stages of liberalization.
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