ITU Policy & Analysis Papers

• Telecom Traffic Indicators.  Prepared by Dr. Tim Kelly and Mark Woodall, (Word, PDF ) for Telecommunications Policy, 2000.

• 'Moving beyond International Accounting Rates' by Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary-General, ITU, for Telecommunications Policy, 2000.
• Accounting Rate Reform: The current debate. Opening remarks prepared for Dr. Henry Chasia, ITU Deputy Secretary-General Annual Council of the Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization, Trinidad & Tobago, September 29th 1998
• Is there life for the accounting rate system after 1998? Paper prepared by Dr Tim Kelly , for TeleGeography 1998 (Word, PDF ).

• The changing international telecommunications environment: The view from 2008; PTC-98 Opening Plenary Session by Dr Pekka Tarjanne, Honolulu, 11 January 1998

• Reforming the international accounting rate system: Current regulatory initiatives and their practical business impact, Opening Remarks by Dr Pekka Tarjanne, PTC-98, Honolulu, 11 January 1998

• Seventh Regulatory Colloquium, Transforming Economic Relationships in International Telecommunications
  (3-5 December 1997)

• The 1998 Telecommunications Revolution: one month to go ..., Speech by Dr Pekka Tarjanne, ITU-T Study Group 3 Meeting, 2 December 1997.

• Suggestion from the Working Group chaired by T. Hagstrom
  WTAC’s Recommendation on International Telecommunication Settlements, World Telecommunications Advisory Council (WTAC), 11th Meeting, Geneva — 22 October 1997Accounting Rates Issues: Next Steps for the Caribbean (PowerPoint), Presentation by Peter Stern, CTU Policy Seminar/ Workshop, St. Christopher & Nevis, 18-22 August, 1997.

• Liberalization and Reform of International Telecommunication Settlement Arrangements (PDF), Peter A. Stern, Tim Kelly, International Telecommunication Union, Brasilia, 14-16 July 1997 (WinWord).

• The 1998 Telecommunications Revolution (PDF), Presentation by Dr Pekka Tarjanne to Plenary Meeting of ITU-T, Study Group 3, Geneva, 27 May 1997.

• Ten propositions for Reform of the Accounting Rate System (WinWord), Dr. Tim Kelly, 22 April, 1997.

• Report of the Informal Expert Group on International Telecommunication Settlements, 24-26 March, 1997, (more on the Informal Expert Group)x

• Secretary General's Paper on Accounting Rate Reform, November 1996, Study Group 3 – Contribution 2.(PDF).

• Call-back, cash-back? (PDF) Dr Tim Kelly, ITU, for Global Telecoms Business, August/September 1996 edition. (WinWord).

• Keynote Address: Opening Ceremony, by ITU Secretary General Pekka Tarjanne at Americas TELECOM 96 , Rio de Janeiro, 10 June 1996

• How will the accounting rate system need to be modified in a liberalized market, Speech by ITU Secretary General, Dr Pekka Tarjanne at IBC Conference, Rome, 25 March 1996, (PowerPoint).

Academic Papers

• From International Competitive Carrier to the WTO:
  A Survey of the FCC’s International Telecommunications
  Policy Initiatives 1985-1998, Lawrence J. Spiwak, 51 FED. COM L.J. 111 (1998). [file name: fclj_limits.doc
  file type: MS Word file size: 464k]
  
• International Settlements: A Time for Change, James Alleman and Barbara Sorce; From Proceedings of the Global Networking '97 Conference, 15-18 June, 1997 (revised 4 August 1997), University of Colorado, Boulder.
  
• Global Telephony After the WTO Agreement. Prepared remarks of Gregory Staple, President, TeleGeography. Inc. Telecommunications CEO Conference Merrill Lynch and Company, Inc. St. Regis Hotel, New York City 20 March, 1997.

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