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ITU Regulatory Tools:
Enabling the Information
Society
Joint Facilitation Meeting on WSIS Action Lines C2, C4 and C6,
ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
20 May 2008
Nancy Sundberg
nancy.sundberg@itu.int
Regulatory & Market Environment Division,
Telecommunications Development Bureau (BDT)
International Telecommunication Union
International
Telecommunication
Union
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Snapshot of regulatory trends
Regulatory agencies, world (cumulative)
137
149
124
106
86
43
14
1990
1995
1998
2000
2002
2004
2007
Source: ITU World Telecommunications Regulatory Database
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Snapshot of regulatory and
market trends
Growth in fixed lines, mobile &
Internet, in billions, 1996-2007
Competition in selected services, world, 2007
Monopoly
Competition
100%
7.0
90%
6.0
80%
70%
5.0
b illio n s
60%
50%
40%
4.0
3.0
Internet users
2.0
Mobile subscribers
1.0
Fixed lines
30%
20%
10%
0%
Basic
services
Mobile
cellular
(2G)
Internet
services
Wireless
local loop
DSL
3G
Fixed
Wireless
Broadband
0.0
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Source: ITU World Telecommunications Regulatory Database
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GSR08
11-13 March, Pattaya, Thailand
Attendance:
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Related event:
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536 Participants from 97 countries
ITU in collaboration with the
Ministry of Information and Communication Technology
and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)
National Telecommunication Commission - Thailand
Six degrees of sharing:
Innovative infrastructure sharing and open access
strategies to promote affordable access for all
- 1st day open to the private sector
- 2nd day reserved for regulators and policy makers
Best practice guidelines on innovative sharing
strategies to promote affordable access for all
ITU Global ICT Industry Leaders Forum, 10 March 2008
(www.itu.int/ITU-D/partners/index.html)
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GSR Past Editions
2007 Next-Generation Network (NGNs) Regulation
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2005 Regulation in the Broadband World
Hammamet, Tunisia
2004 Licensing in an Era of Convergence
Geneva, Switzerland
2003 Promoting Universal Access to ICT's
Geneva, Switzerland
2002 Regulating for End-users
Hong Kong, China
2001 Effective Regulation
2000 Launching the dialogue among Regulators
Geneva, Switzerland
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GSR08 Best Practice Guidelines
on Innovative infrastructure sharing and open access strategies to
promote affordable access for all
ƒ Appropriate Regulatory framework
…We recognize the need for an appropriate regulatory framework fostering
broadband access including Internet, to enable the development of infrastructurebased competition, in addition to service-based competition, and the emergence
of new innovative players at the national level.
ƒ Competition and investment incentives
…We recognize the importance of ensuring that regulatory policy does not restrict
competing market players installing their own independent facilities, and that it
promotes open access to international capacity and international gateways (for
example, collocation and connection services at submarine cable landing
stations).
ƒ Sharing of regulatory practices
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…Regulators recognize the need for an appropriate level of international and
regional harmonization to ensure that best practice regulatory policies on sharing
are widely spread, and regional organizations have an important role to play in
this regard.
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The 10 GSR 08 Discussion
Papers
ƒ Overview: What do we mean by 6 Degrees of Sharing?
ƒ Mobile Sharing
ƒ Extending Open Access to National Fibre Backbones in
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Developing Countries
Breaking Up is Hard to Do: The Emergence of Functional
Separation as a Regulatory Remedy
International Gateway Liberalization: the Singapore
experience
Spectrum Sharing
WRC-07 Results and Impact on Terrestrial Broadband
Wireless Access Systems
End User Device Sharing
IPTV and Mobile TV: New Challenges for Regulators
International Mobile Roaming Regulation – An Incentive
for Cooperation
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Trends in Telecommunication Reform
Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2008:
Six Degrees of Sharing
(Coming soon!)
Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2007:
The Road to Next-Generation Networks (NGN)
Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2006:
Regulating in a Broadband World
Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2004/2005:
Licensing in an era of convergence
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Thank you!
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