The 8th annual GSR
focused on best practices in regulatory measures to foster and encourage the
sharing of infrastructure resources and the potential of such measures to
stimulate investment and growth in the ICT sector to meet the WSIS targets and
Millennium Development Goals. (more...)
Chairperson:
General Choochart Promphrasid
Chairman of the National
Telecommunications Commission (NTC)
Thailand
The focus of this year’s meeting was the road to next-generation networks: can regulators promote investment and achieve open access? The meeting examined pressing regulatory issues such as NGN investment, competition, interconnection, consumer protection, universal access and international internet interconnection. (more ...)
Chairperson: Mr. Mohamed Al Ghanim, Director-General, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), United Arab Emirates
The GSR’s new vision for enhanced broadband deployment, which encompasses reduced regulatory burdens, innovative incentives and coordinated efforts, is designed to rapidly unleash commercial broadband deployment opportunities, (more ...)
Chairperson: Mr. Ali Ghodbani, President, Instance nationale des t�l�communications, Tunisia
The meeting focused on ways to adapt and evolve licensing and regulatory structures to cope with convergence of information and communications technology sectors. The chairperson of the GSR was Kathleen Q. Abernathy, a member of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States. The GSR was held in conjunction with the Second Annual Meeting of Regional Regulatory Associations, held 7 December 2004 at the same location in Geneva, (more ...)
Chairperson: Ms. Kathleen Q. Abernathy, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission of the United States
"Bridging the digital divide can be achieved," said Hamadoun I. Tour�, Director of ITU’s Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT). "Developing countries have all the tools at their disposal now to make the universal access dream a reality," the BDT Director added. "The measures identified by the world’s regulators are entirely feasible. But they need the full support of governments at the highest level. I have no doubt that this support will come from the heads of state and governments participating in the World Summit on the Information Society." (more ...)
Chairperson: Ms. Muna Nijem, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) of Jordan
The third annual Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR), organized by BDT and hosted by the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA), Hong Kong, China, focused on regulating for end-users, especially in achieving universal access. GSR 2002 unveiled a series of regulatory models on establishing a fund to jump-start financing for the deployment of basic and advanced communications services in rural and other un-served areas. (more ...)
Chairperson: Tan Sri Nuraizah Abdul Hamid, Chairman of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission
The second annual Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR) was organized around the theme of ‘effective regulation’ and sought support for affordable and geographically-accessible skill-building for regulatory staff particularly in the legal, economic and accounting fields. (more ...)
Chairperson: Anthony S.K. Wong, Director General of OFTA, Hong Kong, China
The Development Symposium for Regulators is a watershed event for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), marking the first time that ITU has organized an event just for telecommunications regulators and policy-makers interested in establishing a regulatory body. (more ...)
Chairperson: Mr. Cuthbert Lekaukau, Executive Chairman of the Botswana Telecommunications Authority
Enabling
Tomorrow’s Digital World
