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 7th GSR
THE ROAD TO NEXT-GENERATION NETWORKS (NGN):
CAN REGULATORS PROMOTE INVESTMENT
AND ACHIEVE OPEN ACCESS?
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 5-7 February 2007
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PROGRAMME
(PDF)
ChairPERSOn's report (PDF)
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MONDAY
/ LUNDI / LUNES
ITU-D
SECTOR MEMBERS/REGULATORS� DAY
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7h30 - 9h00 |
REGISTRATION / INSCRIPTION /
INSCRIPCI�N |
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9h00
Opening
Ceremony
Cérémonie d'ouverture
Ceremonia de Apertura |
Keynote
Speakers:
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10h00 -
10h15 |
SPONSORED
COFFEE BREAK |
10h15
-12h00
Session
I:HOW
CLOSE ARE WE TO AN NGN WORLD?
LES R�SEAUX NGN - POUR
BIENT�T?
�CU�N CERCA ESTAMOS DE UN
MUNDO NGN? |
Moderator:
Mohamed Al Ghanim, Director-General, TRA, UAE and GSR07 Chairperson
GSR Discussion Paper on NGN Overview
Presentation, Dr. Tracy Cohen, Councillor, Independent
Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)
Interactive Panel Discussion
Panelists:
- Maj Gen (Retd) Shahzada Alam Malik, Chairman, Pakistan Telecom
Authority, Pakistan
- Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Director, RRT, Lithuania
- H�ctor Osuna, President, Cofetel, Mexico
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12h00 - 13h30 |
SPONSORED LUNCH |
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13h30 - 15h30
Session
II:
NGN ROADMAP: UNDERSTANDING THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NGN AND TELECOM WORLDS
VERS LES NGN: COMPRENDRE CE
QUI DIFF�RENCIE L'UNIVERS DES R�SEAUX NGN DE CELUI DES T�L�COMMUNICATIONS
Objetivos para las NGN:
Entender la diferencia entre el mundo de las NGN y el de las
telecomunicaciones |
Moderator: Kathleen Q.
Abernathy, Deputy Chairman of the Board and Director, TerreStar
Networks, Bermuda
GSR Discussion Paper
on Fixed Mobile Convergence
Presentations:
NGN Technology Changes, Dr. Jens Arnbak,
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
Mathematics & Informatics (EWI), the Netherlands
Fixed Mobile
Convergence, Ewan Sutherland, Telecommunication specialist, Belgium
Panelists:
- Dr. Robert Pepper, Senior Managing Director, Global Advanced
Policy, Cisco Systems, United States
- Inoue Yuji, Chief Technology Officer, NTT, Japan
- Tom Phillips, Chief, Government & Regulatory Affairs Officer,
GSM Association, United Kingdom
- Baohong He, Engineer,
Ministry of Information Industry, China
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15h30 -
15h45 |
SPONSORED COFFEE BREAK |
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SESSION A: INVESTMENT IN AN NGN WORLD |
SESSION B: Interconnection in an NGN
World |
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15h45 -
17h30
BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
SESSIONS EN PETITS GROUPES
SESIONES COMPLEMENTARIAS |
Moderator: Dr. Tracy Cohen,
Councillor, ICASA, South Africa (introduction) Interactive Panel Discussion
Panelists:
- Lynne A. Dorward, President,
LADCOMM Corporation
- Basuki Yusuf Iskandar, Director
General of Posts and Telecommunications, Indonesia
- Mr. Nasser Salim, Vice
President Network Development, Etisalat UAE
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Moderator: Alan Horne, Director
General Designate, TRA, Bahrain Interactive Panel Discussion
Panelists:
- J. Scott Marcus, Senior Consultant, WIK-Consult GmbH, Germany
- Jeanine Vos, Public Policy Analyst,
GSM Association, United Kingdom
- Mohamed Elnawawy, Vice President,
Telecom Egypt
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19h00 |
OPENING SPONSORED DINNER |
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TOP
TUESDAY
/ MARDI / MARTES
REGULATORS' DAY
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9h00 - 10h30
Session
III:
PRICING AND INTERCONNECTION IN AN NGN MULTI-PLATFORM WORLD
FIXATION DES PRIX ET
INTERCONNEXION � L'�RE DES R�SEAUX NGN MULTIPLATES-FORMES
La fijaci�n de precios y la
interconexi�n en un marco de multiplataformas NGN
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Moderator: Matthias Kurth,
President, Federal network Agency, Germany
GSR Discussion paper on NGN
Interconnection and Access
Presentation, J. Scott Marcus, Senior Consultant, WIK-Consult GmbH,
Germany
Interactive Panel Discussion
Panelists:
- Halim Shafie, Chairman, MCMC, Malaysia
- Rajesh Kumar Arnold, Secretary, TRAI, India
- Jos� Alfredo Rizek Vidal, Executive Director, Instituto
Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones, Dominican Republic
- Dan Georgescu, President,
ANRCTI, Romania
- Hiroya Izumi, Director,
International Economic Affairs Division, International Affairs
Department, Telecommunications Bureau, Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications, Japan
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10h00 -
10h15 |
SPONSORED
COFFEE BREAK |
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10h15
-12h00
Session
IV:
COMPETITION IN AN NGN WORLD
LA CONCURRENCE A L'ERE DES
RESEAUX NGN
La competencia en un marco NGN
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Moderator: Ernest Ndukwe, Chief
Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications Commission
GSR Discussion paper on NGN Enabling
Environment
Presentation, Janet Hern�ndez, Senior Vice President,
Telecommunications Management Group, Inc, United States
Interactive Panel Discussion
Panelists:
- Nicolas Curien Member of the Board, ARCEP, France
- Reinaldo Rodrigues Illera, President, CMT, Spain
- Leong Keng Thai, Director-General & Deputy CEO, IDA, Singapore
- Lorenzo Villegas Carrasquilla,
Executive Director, Comisi�n de Regulaci�n de Telecomunicaciones
de Colombia
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12h00 -
13h30 |
SPONSORED LUNCH |
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13h30 - 15h30
Session
V:
CONSUMER PROTECTION, QUALITY
OF SERVICE, AND CYBER SECURITY ISSUES, WHAT CAN BE DONE?
PROTECTION DU CONSOMMATEUR,
QUALITE DE SERVICE ET CYBERSECURITE, QUE PEUT-ON FAIRE?
�Qu� puede hacerse en cuanto a
la protecci�n de los consumidores, la calidad de servicio y la
ciberseguridad?
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Moderator: Valerie D'Costa, Program
Manager, Information for Development Program (infoDev)
GSR Discussion paper
on Quality of Service and Consumer Protection in an NGN World
Presentation, Rosalind Stevens-Strohmann, Consumer Policy Manager,
Ofcom, United Kingdom
Interactive Panel Discussion
- Mohd Ali Hanafiah Mohd Yunus, General Manager, Content, Consumer &
Network Security Division, MCMC, Malaysia
- Ahmed Khaouja, Director of
Competition, ANRT, Morocco
- Xenia Herrera, Directora, Direcci�n de Protecci�n al Consumidor,
ARESEP, Costa Rica
- Dr. Olfat Abdel Monsef, Vice president, National Telecom Regulatory
Authority (NTRA), Egypt
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15h30 -
15h45 |
SPONSORED COFFEE BREAK |
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SESSION C: Universal Access/Service |
SESSION D: International Internet
Interconnection |
15h45 -
17h30
BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
SESSIONS EN PETITS GROUPES
SESIONES COMPLEMENTARIAS |
Moderator: William John
Withers, Executive Chairman, Public Utilities Commission of Anguilla
GSR Discussion paper on NGN and
Universal Access
Presentation, Susan Schorr, Regulatory Officer, RRU, BDT
Interactive Panel Discussion
Panelists:
- Ceferino Namuncur�, Presidente,
CNC, Argentina
- B. Boldbaatar, Chairman, CRC,
Mongolia
- Isidoro da Silva, Executive
Secretary, Communications Regulators Association of Southern Africa
(CRASA)
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Moderator: William Fagan, Executive
Director, Supreme Council for Communications & Information Technology
GSR Discussion paper on International
Internet Interconnection
Presentation, Eric Lie, Telecommunications Specialist, Singapore
Interactive Panel Discussion
Panelists:
- Mohammed Gheyath, Manager
Technical Affairs, TRA, United Arab Emirates
- Mohamed Amir, Chief Executive,
Telecommunication Authority of the Maldives
- Richard Mwanza, Deputy Chief
Executive Officer, Communications Authority, Zambia
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| 17h00 |
SPONSORED COCKTAIL
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WEDNESDAY
/ MERCREDI / MI�RCOLES
REGULATORS' DAY
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9h00 - 10h30
SPEED EXCHANGES
Echanges express
Intercambio r�pido |
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Why hold a
public consultation on NGN and establish NGN industry forums?
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Should
regulators require operators to compensate one another for terminating
traffic in an NGN world?
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Bottlenecks
and what you can do about them
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International
roaming
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Consumer
Protection and Quality of Service
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Legal and
regulatory implications of VoIP
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WTO Telecom
Negotiations: What's next?
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Regulatory
Issues for Convergence
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WSIS Action
Line C5: Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs
Regulators and policy makers will interact
in informal, moderated roundtable discussions on key topics, moving from
table to table, to foster best practice exchanges. |
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10h30 - 10h45 |
SPONSORED COFFEE BREAK |
10h45 - 12h00
THE WAY FORWARD
PERSPECTIVES
El camino
hacia delante |
Moderator: Mr. Mohamed Al Ghanim,
Director General, TRA, UAE
Interactive panel discussion
- Ali Ghodbani, President,
Instance Nationale des T�l�communications de Tunisie, Tunisia
- John S. Nkoma, Director
General, Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA)
- Prof. Prasit Prapinmongkolkarn,
Commissioner, National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), Thailand
- Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Director,
RRT, Lithuania
- Gustavo Pe�a-Quinones,
Secretario General, Foro Latinoamericano de Entes Reguladores de
Telecomunicaciones (REGULATEL)
- Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid, Director, ITU
Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
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12h00 - 13h00
CLOSING
CEREMONY
CÉRÉMONIE DE CLÔTURE
CEREMONIA DE CLAUSURA |
- GREX and GSR awards ceremony
- Mr. Mohamed Al Ghanim, Director
General, TRA, United Arab Emirates
- Mr. Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid, Director, ITU
Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)
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13h00 - 14h00 |
SPONSORED LUNCH |
TOP
FOR
INFORMATION/ POUR INFORMATION / PARA INFORMACIÓN
TOP
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