NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW THINKING:
ICT REGULATION IN A CHANGING WORLD
Executive-level Training for Regulators and Policy-Makers

A NOUVELLES TECHNOLOGIES, PENSEE NOUVELLE:
REGLEMENTATION DES TIC DANS UN MONDE EN MUTATION
Formation de Haut Niveau pour Régulateurs et Décideurs

NUEVAS TECNOLOGÍAS, NUEVAS FORMAS DE PENSAR:
LA REGLAMENTACIÓN DE LAS TIC EN UN MUNDO CAMBIANTE
Formación de Nivel Ejecutivo para Reguladores y encargados de formular políticas

Hong-Kong, Chine - 2 et 3 décembre 2006
Hong-Kong, China - 2-3 December 2006
Hong-Kong, China - 2-3 de diciembre de 2006

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The two day Executive Level Training organized by the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) and infoDev, in cooperation with the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA), Hong Kong, China, attracted more than 50 Senior Executives from 27 countries. 

REFERENCE MATERIAL

The training was based on the ITU - infoDev ICT Regulation Toolkit, and focused on New Technologies, New Thinking: ICT Regulation in a Changing World. Challenges posed by new technologies were identified by three regulators in the first session. 

Participants were given an in depth overview of the Toolkit modules. The toolkit authors focused on: - ICT technologies and how they are impacting today's regulatory framework - how to create a regulatory framework for new technologies - legal and institutional challenges - pricing and interconnection challenges and changes to spectrum management practices. 

Parallel interactive break out sessions were organized on the second day providing participants with the opportunity to engage in practical simulation exercises. The break out session on New Technologies took a closer look at IPTV regulation.  The parallel one of Competition, Interconnection and Pricing regulation focused on migrating tariff regulation to the NGN and VoIP environment and included a simulation exercise on mobile roaming. The following break-out session on Spectrum Management focused on spectrum trading and holding a public consultation on assigning spectrum for Broadband Wireless Access services. The parallel one on the Legal and Institutional issues examined the changes to regulatory structures, licensing, and foreign investment regulations as a result of new technologies like VoIP and IPTV.

The training provided participants with the tools to better understand the impact of new ICT technologies on the regulatory environment, the call for a new approach to regulation, new thinking, but learning from the experiences of the past.  

Module 1: Regulating the telecommunications sector -- overview
Module 2: Competition and price regulation
Module 3: Authorization of Telecommunications Services (press release)
Module 4: Universal Service 
Module 5: Radio Spectrum management
Module 6: Legal and institutional framework (press release)
Module 7: New technologies and impact on regulation

FORMATION DE HAUT NIVEAU
POUR REGULATEURS (2005)

1RA. FORMACIÓN DE NIVEL EJECUTIVO
PARA REGULADORES (2005)

Rapid technological changes are taking place in the ICT sector, led by the vast deployment of IP networks, the convergence of fixed and mobile networks and services, and the advent of next generation networks. These developments call for new thinking and informed and sound policy/regulatory decisions. ITU and infoDev have jointly developed the online, interactive ICT Regulation Toolkit to provide regulators and policy makers with the tools they need to create an enabling environment that will ensure a digital world for all.

The Toolkit consists of a series of modules, including Competition, Interconnection and Price Regulation, Legal and Institutional Framework, Radio Spectrum Management and the impact of New Technologies on regulatory practices. The authors of these modules facilitated the training.