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Session on economic issues in modern telecommunication/ICT markets

Time and place: Tuesday, 25 September 2018,14:30 – 17:30 (Room H)

This session on economic issues in modern telecommunication/ICT marketswill take place at ITU Headquarters (ITU Montbrillant building, Room H) in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday, 25 September 2018, from 14:30 to 17:30 prior to the ITU-D Study Group 1 Question 4/1 meeting dedicated to “Economic policies and methods of determining the costs of services related to national telecommunication/ICT networks”

Background information

The session contributes to the implementation of the Question 4/1 work plan.

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[14:30 - 14:40] Welcome and Setting the scene

Mr Arseny Plossky, Russian Federation, Rapporteur for ITU-D Study Group 1 Question 4/1

[14:40 - 16:00] Session 1: General economic issues of modern telecommunication/ICT markets

Session 1 will discuss general economic issues of modern telecommunication/ICT markets (changing business and services consuming models, impacts of OTT and convergent networks, etc.)

Moderator: Mr Wesam M. Sedik, National Telecommunication Regulatory Agency (NTRA)(Egypt), Vice-Rapporteur for ITU-D Study Group 1 Question 4/1 
Economic and regulatory issues in the era of free services
Ms Archana G. Gulati, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, India [Presentation]
Telecommunication market in depression: Is there a solution?
Mr Pape Gorgui Touré, Tactikom-Africa (Senegal) [Presentation]
Setting the right goals to achieve economic-effective national program on ICT development
Mr Arseny Plossky, Radio Research & Development Institute (NIIR), Russian Federation [Presentation]
How spectrum and competition policy will drive the future of the mobile industry
Mr Pau Castells, GSMA [Presentation]
Q&A and interactive discussion

16:00 - 16:15 Coffee/tea break

[16:15 - 17:15] Session 2 : Economic issues of modern telecommunication/ICT markets from an operator’s view

Session 2 will discuss economic issues of modern telecommunication/ICT markets from an operator’s view (decreasing the lifecycle of telecommunication/ICT technology, increasing the number of operation stations to meet consumer demands, increasing the cost of spectrum resource by the expanding of spectrum auctions, population irregularity leads to commercial positive and commercial negative territory zones for building networks, etc.)

Moderator: Mr Talent Munyaradzi, Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) (Zimbabwe), Vice-Rapporteur for ITU-D Study Group 1 Question 4/1
ICT Platforms and infrastructure sharing: focusing on the new economic challenges linked to externalities and switching costs
Mr Emanuele Giovannetti, Anglia Ruskin University and Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) [Presentation]
The impact of IXPs on lowering the costs of international bandwidth
Mr Luc Servais Missidimbazi, Agence de Régulation des Postes et des Communications Electroniques (ARPCE), Congo [Presentation]
Mobile money in Paraguay: An experience of collaborative regulation
Mr Victor Martinez, National Telecommunication Commission/Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL)(Paraguay) [Presentation]
Structuring economic policies for the development of the digital economy in Côte d'Ivoire
Mr Antony Adopo, Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications/TIC de Côte d'Ivoire (ARTCI)(Côte d'Ivoire)[Presentation]
Q&A and interactive discussion

Q&A and interactive discussion

[17:15 - 17:30] Wrap-up and closing

Mr Arseny Plossky, Russian Federation, Rapporteur for ITU-D Study Group 1 Question 4/1

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