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InfoDev Workshop Draft Agenda October 2-3, 2006

This document provides an overview and draft agenda for an information and communication technology (ICT) workshop in Fiji for capacity building of ICT regulators and policy makers in the Pacific region. The workshop will address key issues facing the Pacific such as market liberalization, competition, technological convergence, and access in rural areas. It will introduce an ICT regulatory toolkit to provide guidance and best practices. Over two days, sessions will cover topics like new technologies and their impact on regulation, competition and pricing, authorization of services, universal access, legal frameworks, and implications for the Pacific region. The goal is to help regulators implement reforms and identify capacity needs through discussion and working groups.

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InfoDev Workshop Draft Agenda October 2-3, 2006

This document provides an overview and draft agenda for an information and communication technology (ICT) workshop in Fiji for capacity building of ICT regulators and policy makers in the Pacific region. The workshop will address key issues facing the Pacific such as market liberalization, competition, technological convergence, and access in rural areas. It will introduce an ICT regulatory toolkit to provide guidance and best practices. Over two days, sessions will cover topics like new technologies and their impact on regulation, competition and pricing, authorization of services, universal access, legal frameworks, and implications for the Pacific region. The goal is to help regulators implement reforms and identify capacity needs through discussion and working groups.

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Information for Development Program

An infoDev Workshop in Partnership with the World Bank, AUSAID, and Pacific Forum Secretariat

Capacity Building for ICT/Telecom Regulators and Policy Makers in the Pacific
Fiji Mocambo, Nadi, Fiji October 2-3, 2006
Objectives & Draft Agenda Worldwide the ICT sector has undergone some dramatic changes in recent years, triggered by the market liberalization and privatization of state monopolies, and development of new technologies and the convergence of existing ones, leading now to a merging of markets and services. There have been notable improvements in affordability and access as a result of these changes. Moreover, these developments affect traditional regulatory strategies, raising questions, such as how to deal with growing pressure to adopt converged licensing regimes and how to realize the potential of alternative network infrastructures such as WI-FI and WIMAX to bring both telecom services and high-speed Internet access to urban and rural areas. Many countries in the Pacific Region have undertaken major reform in the information and communication technology (ICT), particularly in telecommunication, during the past ten years. Today, policy makers and regulators are tackling issues such as ICT/Telecoms market liberalization, competition, technological convergence and the difficult problem of access in rural areas and outer islands. This results in a critical need to provide capacity building support to regulators as they implement these changes. As a tool to help regulators identify relevant questions and to provide them with answers and practical, guidance, infoDev has developed an ICT Regulatory Toolkit, in cooperation with the ITU. The objective is to provide regulators, operators, policy makers, sector experts, and the general public with the latest information on regulation strategies, best practices, and case studies. On October 2-3, 2006, infoDev, in partnership with the World Bank, AUSAID, and the Pacific Forum Secretariat, is organizing a two-day workshop on new technologies and their implications, rural access issues, and practical tools for policy makers and regulators. This workshop will be both a capacity building event and an opportunity for infoDev and its partner to better understand the unique regulatory and policy challenges facing the Pacific Region and to ensure these challenges are adequately reflected in the ICT Regulatory Toolkit.

October 2, 2006 By Invitation Only 8:30-9:00 9:009:15 9:15-9:45 9:45-11:00 Registration Welcoming Remarks Introduction to the ICT Regulatory Toolkit Brief introduction on how to use the online Toolkit New Technologies and their Impact on Regulation New technologies and applications, convergence, Internet's impact on networks, business models, market structures, regulation, and broadband. The session will include a particular focus on VoIP and broadband wireless access technologies. Coffee Break
infoDev c/o The World Bank 1818 H Street N.W., Washington DC 20433, USA (202) 458.5153 Fax (202) 522-3186 Email: [email protected] http://www.infodev.org

11:00-11:15

infoDev Information for Development Program

11:15-12:30

Competition and Price Regulation in the new environment Issues to be covered: Fair competition, interconnection and access, prices, benchmark price regulation, data requirements, and effective price regulation. Panel Discussion on New Technologies and Competition Lunch Authorization of Telecommunications Services in the New Environment Issues to be covered: Authorization approaches, competitive licensing processes, authorization practices, and special authorization situations Coffee Break Radio Spectrum Management Issues to be covered: Technical introduction, scope of spectrum use and issues, international administrative framework, national institutional arrangements, allocating frequency bands among uses and technologies, users, pricing monitoring and enforcing, and current trends. Panel Discussion on Authorization and Radio Spectrum Reception October 3, 2006 By Invitation Only

12:30-1:00 1:00-2:00 2:00-3:15

3:15-3:30 3:30-4:45

4:45-5:15 5:15

9:00-10:15

Universal Service Issues to be covered: Principles and basic concepts, market shortfalls and development gaps, roles of the government and the private sector, scope of support beyond the market, principles of costeffective support, and funding sources and mechanisms. Coffee Break Legal and Institutional Framework Laws and regulations, international treaties and agreements, WTO, national legislation and regulations, institutional arrangements for telecommunications regulation, regulatory processes, relationships with judiciary and competition authorities, governance, realistic design options, and human resources and capacity building. Panel Discussion on Universal Service and Legal and Institutional Framework Lunch Working Group Sessions: VoIP, Broadband wireless access, convergence, specific policy/regulatory issues to be determined. This will be an opportunity for regulators to share experiences and concerns in small break-out sessions. Coffee Break Panel Discussion & Summary of the Implications of New Technologies/Trends and Regulatory and Policy Implications for the Pacific Region Identification of capacity needs at the regional level, country perceptions Recommend concrete ways that investors and development partners could help the Pacific Region address these challenges
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10:15-10:45 10:45-12:00

12:00-12:30 12:30-1:30 1:30-2:45

2:45-3:00 3:00-5:00

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