Telecommunication
Development Bureau (BDT)
Ref.:
BDT/IEE/RME/DM/167
Geneva, 19 March 2012
Contact:
M. Fall, Head, Regulatory
and Market Environment
Division
+41 22 730 6256
+41 22 730 5545/5484
makthar.fall@itu.int
ITU Member States and ITU-D Sector Members in Africa
Telephone:
Telefax:
E-mail:
Seminar on Costs and Tariffs for Study Group 3 Regional Group for Africa (SG3RG-AFR),
Cotonou, Bénin, 8 - 9 May 2012
Subject:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am pleased to invite you to participate in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Regional Seminar
on Costs and Tariffs, organized jointly by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) and the
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB), in collaboration with the “Autorité Transitoire de Régulation
des Postes et Telécommunications” of Benin (ATRPT) in Cotonou, Benin, from 8 to 9 May 2012.
A meeting of SG3RG-AFR will follow the seminar from 10 to 11 May. The invitation for this meeting has been
sent with a separate mail. Participants are invited to pre-register for these meetings by 10 April. Preregistration of participants to these meetings is carried out online at: www.itu.int/ITU-D/finance. Delegate onsite registration will begin at 14:00 hours on 7 May.
Participants are requested to submit, in advance, an update of their telecommunication sector scenario, by
updating the Tariff Policy Survey at: www.itu.int/ITU-D/icteye/. For login information (password and
username), please contact us at: makhtar.fall@itu.int or tariffs@itu.int.
Information concerning these meetings is available online at: www.itu.int/ITU-D/finance. Please follow the visa
instructions available in the Information Note to avoid delays. Hotel reservations should be made directly with
the host organization by 10 April 2012 using the Hotel Reservation Form. The contact person in Cotonou is Mr
BOKO Y. A Luc, Chef, Division affaires economiques et de la prospective, Email : bluc@atrpt.bj. Tel: +229 21 31
01 65 / Mobile: +229 66 30 05 30.
Applications for fellowships should be made through an official letter from the Administration to the Director
of the BDT (fax number +41 22 730 5778) no later than 8 April 2012. Due to budgetary constraints, fellowship
beneficiary countries may be asked to contribute to the cost of the fellowship.
In order to build on work in progress and optimize transfer of knowledge, I strongly recommend that, where
possible, organizations designate their SG3RG-AFR representative to attend this seminar or register an official
who has the expertise and responsibility for matters of costs and tariffs. Both meetings will be conducted in
English and French and interpretation will be provided.
International Telecommunication Union • Place des Nations • CH-1211 Geneva 20 • Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 730 5111 • Fax: +41 22 730 5545/730 5484 • E-mail: bdtmail@itu.int • www.itu.int/itu-d •
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I have enclosed the provisional agenda for your information, and I look forward to your participation in this
event.
Yours faithfully,
[Original signed]
Brahima Sanou
Director
Annex 1:
Provisional agenda
-3ANNEX 1
Séminaire régional sur les coûts et tarifs pour les pays
Membres du Groupe régional pour l’Afrique
(SG3RG-AFR)
Regional Seminar on Costs and Tariffs for Member
Countries of the Regional Group for Africa
(SG3RG-AFR)
Cotonou , Bénin , 8–9 May 2012
Jour 1 / Day 1
08.00 – 08.45
Enregistrement des délégués / Delegate registration
09.00 – 10.00
Cérémonie d’ouverture / Opening Ceremony
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10.00 – 10.30
10.30 – 11.30
11.30 – 12.30
12.30 – 14.00
Autorité Transitoire de Régulation des Postes et des télécommunications
(ATRPT)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Secretary General, African Telecommunications Union (ATU)
Président du SG3-AFR / Chairman SG3RG-AFR
Pause Café / Coffee break
Session 1 :Mise en place des points d’échange Internet / establishment of IXPs
Session 2 :Tarification des services roaming international ; Réseau Unique
/international roaming services pricing ; unique network
Pause déjeuner / Lunch
14.00 – 15.00
Session 3 : Connectivité internationale d’Internet / international Internet
connectivity
15.00 – 15.30
Session 4 : Impact des réseaux sociaux / Impact of social networks
15.30 – 16.00
16.00 – 17.30
Pause Café / Coffee break
Session 5 : Taxation des services ; taxation du trafic international sortant /
services taxation ; taxation of international outgoing trafic
Jour 2 / Day 2
09.00 – 10.00
10.00 – 10.30
Session 6 : Aspects économiques et des coûts des NGNs / Economic Aspects And
Costing of NGNs
Pause café / Coffee break
10.30 – 11.30
Session 7 : Tarification des services larges bandes / Pricing of Broadband services
11.30 – 12.30
Session 8 : Portabilité des numéros ; Dégroupage / numbers Portabiliy ;
unbundling
12.30 – 14.00
Pause déjeuner / Lunch
14.00 – 15.00
Session 9 : VoIP, Réglementation et enjeux / Regulation And Challenges of VoIP
15.00 – 15.30
Session 10 : Préparations de la CMTI12 (Propositions africaines) / Preparation of
WCIT12 (African proposals)
15.30 – 16.30
Discussions de groupe / Group discussions
16.30 – 16.45
Pause café / Coffee break
16.45 – 17.30
Conclusions et clôture / Concluding Remarks And Closing