A 5-day Training Program to provide participants with the basic concepts and fundamental principles of the interconnection of telecommunications networks covering commercial, administrative, operational and legal/regulatory aspects.

• Equip participants with the basic knowledge to understand, plan and manage interconnections
• Provide a practical understanding of the key components of interconnection: costing, billing, testing, unbundling, etc.
• Provide the knowledge to develop a Reference Interconnection Offer and interconnection agreements
• Highlight the different issues and challenges operators and service provider face with fixed line, mobile and IP interconnection

• Telecoms managers and personnel responsible for national and/or international interconnections and carrier relations

• Billing, finance, marketing, engineering, operations and other personnel involved in interconnection-related activities

• Managers looking to complement their skill-set by gaining a good understanding of interconnection and carrier relations
  

• The Training Programs combine expert presentations, workshops, case studies and discussions on real-life situations faced by participants.

• Complete training material is provided to all participants for future reference and follow-up action plans.

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• Interconnection and competition
  - Deregulation
  - Interconnection
  - Roles and responsibilities
  - Managing interconnection
  - Interconnection vs. wholesale services

• Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO)
  - Document structure
  - Content and services offered

• Interconnection agreement
  - Purpose
  - Content
  - Dispute resolution

• Billing processes and procedures
  - Information measured and exchanged
  - Establishment of accounts
  - Settlement of accounts
  - Payment of balances
  - Full invoicing
  - Data reconciliation
  

• Cost modeling
  - Cost modeling - Wholesale services
  - Long Run Incremental Costing (LRIC)
  - Cost modeling in mobile networks

• Mobile and IP interconnection
  - Mobile interconnection
  - IP concepts and terminology
  - The Internet
  - NGN concepts
  - Definition and importance of IP interconnection
  - IP interconnection models
  

• The price is per person and includes tuition, materials, lunches and refreshments during the training program.
• The price does not include flights and in country travel to get to and from venue.
• Registrants are responsible for paying all taxes claimed by any authority of their home country.

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