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ITU Regional Seminar
on Costs and Tariffs and
Meeting of Study Group 3 Regional Group for Africa (SG3RG-AFR)
Cairo, Egypt, 4-7 February
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The
ITU
Regional Seminar on Costs and Tariffs is organized jointly by
ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
and the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB)
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collaboration with the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA)
of Egypt in Cairo, Egypt, from 4 to 5 February 2013. A meeting of
SG3RG-AFR will follow the seminar from 6 to 7 February 2013.
Participants are requested to submit, in advance, an update of their
telecommunication sector scenario, by updating the Tariff Policy
Survey at:
www.itu.int/ITU-D/icteye/.
For login information (password and username), please contact us at:
tariffs[at]itu.int.
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Agenda
Jour 1 / Day 1
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08.00 – 10.00 |
Enregistrement des délégués / Delegate registration
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10.00 – 10.30 |
Cérémonie d’ouverture / Opening Ceremony
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M. Fall, Head, RME Division ITU / BDT
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S. Abdoulkarim,
Secretary General, African Telecommunications Union (ATU)
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S. Touré , Sonatel, Sénégal Président, SG3RG-AFR
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Dr Amr Badawi, the Executive President (NTRA) of Egypt
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10.30 – 10.45 Pause Café / Coffee break
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10.45 – 11.30 |
Session 1
: Strategies for the deployment of NGN and NGA in a
broadband environment – Regulatory and economic aspects /
Stratégies de déploiement des réseaux NGN et NGA dans un
environnement large bande - Aspects réglementaires et
économiques
Presentation: R. Steele, ITU Expert
Panelists :
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11.30 – 12.30
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Session 2
: Internet connectivity: a benchmark for broadband
access costs / Connectivité Internet: benchmark pour les
coûts d'accès au large bande
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12.30 – 14.00 Pause déjeuner / Lunch
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14.00 – 15.00 |
Session 3
: Regulation in a converged broadband world /
Régulation dans un monde convergent haut débit
Presentation : R. Hill, ITU Expert
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15.00 – 16.00 |
Session 4
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Initiatives to stimulate demand for broadband services and
development of local content/ Initiatives pour stimuler la
demande de services à large bande et le développement de
contenu local
Presentation :
R. Steele, ITU Expert
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16.0 – 16.30 Pause Café / Coffee break |
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16.30 – 17.30 |
Session 5
: Taxation pressures on the telecommunication
sector / Pressions fiscales sur le secteur des
télécommunications
Presentations :
Panelists :
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Jour 2 /
Day 2
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09.00 – 10.00
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Session 6
: Discussions sessions on the taxation situation in
Africa / Discussions sur la situation des taxes en Afrique
Panelists :
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10.00 – 10.30 Pause café / Coffee break |
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10.30 – 11.30
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Session 7
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The Internet Ecosystem in Africa / L’Ecosystème Internet en
Afrique
Presentations :
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11.30 – 12.30
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Session 8
: Market definition and Significant Market Power (SMP)
designation in a broadband world / Définition de position
dominante sur le marché (SMP) dans un monde de haut débit
Presentation : R.
Hill, Expert ITU
Panelists :
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S.
Mohamed, ANRTIC, Comores
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R. Liza, Telkom, South Africa
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M. Zeinab, NTC, Sudan
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12.30 – 14.00 Pause déjeuner / Lunch
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14.00 – 15.00
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Session 9 :
Presentation of WTSA and WCIT results / Présentation des
résultats de l'AMNT et de la CMTI
Presentations :
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15.00 – 16.30
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Session 10 :
Economics of ICT (relationship between GDP and ICT) /
Economie des TIC (relation entre PND and TIC)
Presentations:
Panelists :
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16.30 – 16.45 Pause café / Coffee break |
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16.45 – 17.30
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Conclusions et clôture / Concluding remarks and Closing |
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The contact person in Cairo is
Ms Maha Badr, Senior Manager, Events
International Relations Department at the National Telecom
Regulatory Authority (NTRA) Tel: +20 2 35344108, e-mail:
mahab@tra.gov.eg.
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