A Course On Telecom Reform, Including World Dialogue of Regulation Forum (DRAFT V 2.0)

A course on telecom reform, including World
Dialogue of Regulation Forum (DRAFT v 2.0)
Catalyzing change: Strategies to achieve connectivity and

convergence
LIRNEasia and LIRNE.NET

in association with
School of Communication and Information
Nanyang Technological University
The Elizabeth Singapore
25-30 September 2005
Course Convenors:
Professor Rohan Samarajiva, LIRNEasia &
Professor William H. Melody, LIRNE.NET
COURSE PROGRAM
The reference texts for the course are:
W.H. Melody (ed.), Telecom Reform: Principles, Policies and Regulatory Practices,
www.lirne.net ; and H. Intven (ed.), Telecommunications Regulation Handbook,
www.infodev.org/projects/314regulation handbook.
Hard copies of the first text will be provided at site (possibly the second text too
will be provided in hard copy): material may be accessed in advance online. Copies
of presentations and supporting materials distributed at the course.
Sunday, 25 September (all titles subject to change)
16:00 Registration
18:00 Reception
19:00 Opening Session
Chair
William H. Melody, Managing Director, LIRNE.NET and World Dialogue
on Regulation for Network Economies (WDR); Professor, Centre for
Information and Communication Technologies (CICT), Technical University
of Denmark, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and
Witwatersrand University, South Africa
Welcome
Ang Peng Hwa, Dean, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore
Overview of the program

Rohan Samarajiva, Executive Director, LIRNEasia; Honorary Professor,
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka; Guest Faculty, TERI School of
Advanced Studies, India; DG, Sri Lanka Telecom Regulatory Commission
(1998-99)
Opening presentation
Catalyzing change: Reflections on the evolution of IDA and IDA’s role in the ICT
sector in, Singapore
Leong Keng Thai, Deputy Chief Executive and Director General
(Telecommunications), InfoComm Development Authority of Singapore
20:30 Dinner
www.lirneasia.net asia@lirne.net Tel: +94 11 452 7647 Fax: +94 11 452 7648
Telecom Reform course Catalyzing change: Strategies for connectivity and convergence
18-23, September 2005 Singapore
Monday, 26 September
08:30-09:00 Introduction to the course and its management

Rohan Samarajiva, LIRNEasia
09:00-10:30 Challenges facing telecom regulators: Priority issues

William Melody, LIRNE.NET
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Regulatory design for a catalytic role

12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Challenge of VOIP

15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-17:30 The use of benchmarks in regulatory practice

Ewan Sutherland, INTUG (TBC)
19:30 Dinner
Tuesday, 27 September
08:30-10:00 Interconnection: Light at the end of the tunnel?

10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:30 What corporate customers want

Ewan Sutherland, INTUG (TBC)
11:30-12:30 What individual customers want

12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 The end of price regulation?

15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-17:30 Transitioning to a new licensing regime

Harsha Vardhana Singh, TRAI (TBC)
19:30 Dinner
Wednesday, 28 September
08:30-10:00 Regulating competition, with and without competition law

Malathy Knight John, Institute of Policy Studies
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:30 Alternative regulatory practices and alternative dispute resolution

11:30-12:30 WTO and telecom regulation

Harsha Vardhana Singh, TRAI (TBC)
12:30-13:30 Travel to IDA offices (TBC)
13:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-17:30 Tour and program at IDA [may include topics such as management
of outsourcing; media relations; Internet regulation]
20:00 Dinner at restaurant, location TBA
Thursday, 29 September
08:30-10:00 Spectrum management in the age of WiFi and WiMax

Jens Arnbak, Delft University of Technology (TBC)
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:30 Regulatory aspects of disaster management

11:30-12:30 Regional regulation: Lessons from Europe

Jens Arnbak, Delft University of Technology (TBC)
12:30-1400 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Assessing IDA

Ang Peng Hwa, Nanyang Technological University
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-16:45 Transparency and participation: Asian regulatory web survey

Chanuka Wattegama, LIRNEasia
16:45-17:30 Reflections on the course and learning experience

Course participants
19:00 Course Banquet

The role of telecom in the Asian resurgence
Anthony S. K. Wong, Commissioner for Innovation and Technology
(responsible for hosting ITU Telecom World 2006) and former
Director General of Telecommunications, Hong Kong SAR (TBC)
New directions in telecom reform
Mostafa Terrab, Head, infoDev, Global Information and
Communication Technologies Department, World Bank, Former
Director General of Telecommunications, Morocco (TBC)
Dinner and awards ceremony
Friday, 30 September (World Dialogue on Regulation Forum; program subject to
change)
08:30-09:30 Extending networks: Diverse approaches (including summaries of research

from LIRNE.NET)
09:30-10:30 Regulatory reforms and smart subsidies

Rohan Samarajiva & Harsha de Silva, LIRNEasia
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Having a backbone; making best use of what you’ve got

Harsha Vardhana Singh, TRAI and LIRNEasia
12:00-13:00 Universal Service Fund and Access Deficit Charges

Harsha de Silva & Payal Malik
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-15:30 Is the Grameen mix of telecom and micro finance replicable?

Malathy Knight-John, Institute of Policy Studies and LIRNEasia
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-17:00 WiFi for extending connectivity

TBA

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Dialogue of Regulation Forum (DRAFT v 2.0)

Catalyzing change: Strategies to achieve connectivity and

LIRNEasia and LIRNE.NET

25-30 September 2005

The reference texts for the course are:

Overview of the program

08:30-09:00 Introduction to the course and its management

09:00-10:30 Challenges facing telecom regulators: Priority issues

11:00-12:30 Regulatory design for a catalytic role

14:00-15:30 Challenge of VOIP

16:00-17:30 The use of benchmarks in regulatory practice

08:30-10:00 Interconnection: Light at the end of the tunnel?

10:30-11:30 What corporate customers want

11:30-12:30 What individual customers want

14:00-15:30 The end of price regulation?

16:00-17:30 Transitioning to a new licensing regime

08:30-10:00 Regulating competition, with and without competition law

10:30-11:30 Alternative regulatory practices and alternative dispute resolution

11:30-12:30 WTO and telecom regulation

12:30-13:30 Travel to IDA offices (TBC)

20:00 Dinner at restaurant, location TBA

08:30-10:00 Spectrum management in the age of WiFi and WiMax

10:30-11:30 Regulatory aspects of disaster management

11:30-12:30 Regional regulation: Lessons from Europe

14:00-15:00 Assessing IDA

16:00-16:45 Transparency and participation: Asian regulatory web survey

16:45-17:30 Reflections on the course and learning experience

19:00 Course Banquet

Dinner and awards ceremony

08:30-09:30 Extending networks: Diverse approaches (including summaries of research

09:30-10:30 Regulatory reforms and smart subsidies

11:00-12:00 Having a backbone; making best use of what you’ve got

12:00-13:00 Universal Service Fund and Access Deficit Charges

14:30-15:30 Is the Grameen mix of telecom and micro finance replicable?

16:00-17:00 WiFi for extending connectivity

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