On September 11, 2006 will take place the
Workshop on Interconnection and Next Generation Networks: Addressing
the regulatory challenges, organized by the ITU Telecommunication
Development Bureau together with CITEL and in close collaboration with
the Secretaría de Comunicaciones del Ministerio de Planificación
Federal, Inversión Pública y Servicios of the Republic of Argentina.
This workshop will look at the status of Next Generation Networks (NGN)
deployment in the region and the associated challenges to regulatory
and policy frameworks. The workshop will focus in particular on
interconnection aspects, which arrangements make sense in an NGN world,
providing a unique opportunity to develop a common understanding to
these current issues. Please find below the
draft agenda and
the registration form.
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08h00 – 09h00 |
Registration |
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09h00 – 09h30 |
Opening Ceremony
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09h30 – 10h30 |
Overview: What do we mean when we say NGN? |
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- What’s driving the move to NGN?
- What’s the difference between NGN Core and NGN Access
networks?
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Presentations and Interactive discussion |
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10h30 – 10h45 |
Coffee break |
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10h45 – 12h30 |
How does NGN impact the regulatory framework? |
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- What happens when the telecom regulatory framework meets the
IP world?
- How can we design regulatory frameworks to foster investment,
innovation and affordable access to NGNs?
- QoS regulations in a converged/IP/NGN environment?
- What does universal service imply in a broadband-based IP-enabled
NGN environment? How is access for all ensured?
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Presentations and Interactive discussion |
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12h30 – 02h30 |
Lunch |
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02h30 - 04h00 |
Regulatory challenges: NGN interconnection—based on regulatory
intervention, or a hands-off approach of agreements between
operators, service and application providers? |
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- Bill & Keep
- Peering
- Transit
- Calling Party Pays
- What applies in the migration phase?
- Does NGN solve the last mile access problem or not?
- What are the NGN interoperability concerns?
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Presentations and Interactive discussion |
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04h00 – 04h15 |
Coffee break |
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04h15 – 06h00 |
Regulatory challenges: Market power and pricing |
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- What new kinds of market power does NGN enable? What old
kinds of market power disappear in the NGN world?
- Is there any reason to regulate end user tariffs in an NGN
world?
- What’s the impact of bundled services on regulated tariffs?
- Are flat rate tariffs good or bad for consumers?
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Conclusions and
recommendations |
Workshop on
Interconnection and Next Generation Networks: Addressing the
regulatory challenges
