I Forum CITEL / CCP.I: Seminar on Intelligent Networks

Place: Marriott Plaza Hotel, Florida 1005, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Time	Topic	Files
08:30 - 09:00	Accreditation.
09:00 - 10:15	Opening. Introduction by the Coordinator. Presentation by Secretary of AHCIET, Francisco Gomez Alamillo. Presentation by the President of CICOMRA, Luis Perazo. Inaguration of the seminar by the Secretary of Communications of the Republic of Argentina, German Kammerath.
10:15 - 10:45	Universal Service, Definition; Services Included, Teledensity; Access to Health Systems; Education; Low Income Sectors; Handicapped, etc. ITU Standards Office - Theodore Irmer - Director.
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break.
11:15 - 12:00	Report on the Development of Telecommunications in the Americas. ITU Americas - Juan Zavattiero - Regional Director.
17:30 - 18:00	Privatization of Universal Service AHCIET specialist - Direccion General de Regulación de Telefónica Internacional - Oscar Battiston.
12:45 -14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 14:45	Finance System for Universal Service. Prerequisites for Competition. Universal Service Reform and Interconnection. Teleinformation Institute at Columbia University - Eli M. Noarn - Professor of Finance and Economics and Director of the Institute.
14:45 - 15:30	Cost of and Financing Universal Service Obligations in the European Union and in and Environment of Competition. DGXIII - Jean Eric de Cockborne - Director.
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break.
16:00 - 16:45	Commitments within the OMC and their effects on Universal Service. The various American Offers. AHCIET expert - Raimundo Becca - Vicepresidente Planificación Estratégica CTC Chile)
16:45 - 18:00	Rebalancing rates, interconnection costs, access deficit. Various forms of financing the Universal Service. Country Comparisons. OVUM, an international British consulting firm - Lisa Leidig - Senior Consultant on Regulating Competition

Time	Topics	File
09:00 - 09:35	The Caribbean Jamaica - Delreo A. Newman - Deputy Director General, Office of Utiliies Regulation.
09:35 - 10:10	USA Federal Communications Commision - Mindy Ginsburg - Assistant Chief International Bureau de la F.C.C.
10:10 - 10:40	Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:15	Chile (1) (2) Undersecretariat of Communications Commision for Chile - Juanita Gana Quiroz - Undersecretary
11:15 - 11:50	Francia ART - Autorité de Réglementation des Télécommunications - de Francia. Jean Michel Hubert - Presidente.
11:50 - 12:15	Peru Universal Access and Economic efficiency in a deregulatory environment: Peru. Luis Alberto Bonifaz Fernandez - Manager FITEL
12:15 - 12:45	Round Table
12:45 - 14:00	Lunch

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Topics

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14:00 - 14:30

Rural Telephony - The Peruvian Experience.

OSIPTEL - Luis A. Bonifaz Fernández - Manager of the Telecommunications Investment Funds.

14:30 - 15:00

Special Services in the Republic of Argentina. Services for the Handicapped; Telemedicine; Social Telephony; Access to Telematic Services.

National Argentine Communications Commision. Mauricio Bossa - Manager of International and Institutional Relations.

Hora	Tema	Archivo
15:00 - 15:30	Current Status and Perspective of Wireless Technologies. AHCIET Expert - Delegado de Brasil de AMPER S.A. de España - Marcos García.
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:45	Fixed Wireless Access Systems Ericson Radio Systems - Philippe Charas (1) (2) Nortel - Mario Fournier. AMPER - Marcos Garcia.
16:45 - 17:10	Medium and Low Orbit Satellite System. TE.SA.M. Argentina - Globalstar - Enrique Fernández - President.
17:10 - 18:00	Adjourn Seminar

Seminar on Universal Telecommunication Services