ITU Telecom World 2009 In Review government, and different mechanisms for reaching disadvantaged people in rural areas. The panelists agreed that there might be less regulation in the fu-ture, but it will not cease. Moderator * Mr Peter Alexiadis, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Llp., Belgium Panellists * His Excellency General Siphiwe Nyanda, Minister, Ministry of Communications, South Africa * Mr Robert Pepper, Vice President, Global Technology Policy, Cisco Systems, Inc., Unit-ed States * Mr Alan Horne, General Director, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), Bahrain * Mr Peter Leonard, Partner, Gilber + Tobin, Australia REG.3 : MOBILE BROADBAND AND NGN Advances in radio technologies have allowed evolutionary paths to be plotted for 3G and for Wi-Fi with greatly increased transmission capacities. There are also many alternative and potentially disruptive and/or complementary tech-nologies including WiMAX and Wireless Gigabit. Technology neutrality is allow-ing operators greater freedom in their use of existing spectrum assignments. Key questions: –– How do you balance the interests of existing market players with new entrants? –– What are implications of the extension of services to cars, trucks and planes? –– Where will satellites be an affordable access method? –– Is anytime, anyplace, any network achievable any time soon? 107 Forum Summary Report