A 10-day Training Program to provide participants with the basic concepts, methodologies and tools to gain an all-around understanding of telecom regulations, to perform regulatory activities and tasks and to ensure a fair, equitable telecom environment.

• Provide participants with a sound understanding of the global and competitive telecommunications environment and its impact on the activities of a regulator
• Present the basic concepts of regulation and of the role and responsibilities of the regulator
• Perform an in-depth review of competition policy and licensing concepts
• Present the role and responsibilities of the regulator related to interconnection and tariffs
• Provide an understanding of numbering and spectrum management and the challenges it represents for the regulator
• Present the regulatory challenges and issues of VoIP and Local Loop Unbundling
• Present the different dispute resolution mechanisms and the role of the regulator in settling disputes

• Telecommunications managers and personnel involved in telecom regulation and policy-making

• Managers looking to complement their skill-set by gaining a good understanding of telecommunications regulation
  

• 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.

12 June 2009

26 June 2009

• Overall picture of the global and competitive telecoms environment
  - Deregulation/liberalization
  - Privatization
  - Globalization
  - New players & services
  - International trends
  - Implications for regulators

• Regulation
  - The need to regulate
  - Principles for effective regulation
  - Current issues

• The regulator
  - Role
  - Responsibilities
  - Organization

• Competition policy
  - General principles
  - Basic concepts
  - Methods of control

• Licenses
  - Types of licensing regimes
  - Types of licenses
  - Licensing procedures
  - Licensing practices
  - Fees

• Interconnection
  - Definition and importance
  - Role and responsibilities of the regulator
  - Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO)
  - Interconnection agreement
  - Interconnection charges

• Costs & tariffs
  - Definitions
  - Types of costs
  - Cost modeling
  - Types of tariffs
  - Methodologies for tariff-setting
  - Tariff regulation

• Numbering
  - Numbering plan
  - Allocation of numbers
  - Number portability

• Spectrum policy
  - Spectrum allocation
  - Spectrum management
  - Monitoring and control

• Local Loop Unbundling (LLU)
  - Implementation of LLU
  - Challenges & issues

• Universal service and universal access
  - Role of the regulator
  - Universal Service Obligations (USO)
  - Net cost
  - Benefits
  - Funding

• Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
  - Basics of VoIP
  - Regulation of VoIP services

• Dispute resolution
  - Role of the regulator
  - Dispute resolution mechanisms

• 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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