ITU Regional Regulatory Seminar
Enhance the administration
according to the regulation
Zhang Rongsheng
Director
Liaoning Communications Administration
(LCA)
August 2002, Dalian, China
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Introduction
l Opportunities
and changes brought by
the entrance of WTO
l Starting with legislation, the authorities
should improve the legal management
and administration based on the
regulation
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Main topics
l Establish
“Telecommunications
Regulations of Liaoning” (TRL), starting
with the legislation
l Measures and achievements by the LTAB
l Discussion of telecommunications
regulations
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Establishment of Liaoning
Telecommunications Regulation
l Necessity
l Significance
l Contents
l Particularization,
breakthrough,
innovation
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Necessity
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Introduction
Need for re-determination of executive entity due
to changes of administration systems
Need for guarantee of regulation for the
development of telecommunication industry
Need for establishment of regulation due to
existing problems
Procedure of the establishment
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Introduction
l Historical
positive effects of
“Telecommunications Regulations of
Liaoning”
l “Telecommunications Regulations of
Liaoning” is currently not adapted because
of changes of internal and external
telecommunication environments
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Changes of administration
system
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Separation of telecommunications and posts
Withdrawal of Posts & Telecommunications
Administration Bureau
Telecommunications Administration Bureau
becomes new executive entity
Need for confirmation of provincial legislation for
position, administration contents and power of the
new executive entity
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Guarantee of regulation for the
development of telecommunication industry
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operators founded in Liaoning
l Over 50 private networks
l Over 300 value-added services providers
l Near 6000 net bars
l All kinds of services
—— Requiring legislation to promote the
telecommunication industry
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Current problems
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Construction Market:
Illegal constructions of fiber optic and duct,
unlicensed design, engineering and
supervision
Operation Market:
Unlicensed IDD services
Price war of mobile communications
Terminal Market:
Counterfeit and tinpot products
Resource Management:
Use of phone numbers is in a state of disorder
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Procedure of the establishment
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Wide investigation and study at seminars and
symposia
Hard work on conceptions and contents of TRL
Suggestions from related departments
- Until the 8th edition of the TRL draft
Argumentation and review of the draft
Suggestion from Law Affairs Office and
members of provincial people congress
- Final draft after the 16th edition
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Significance of the TRL
l Support
the unification of the national law
system and authority of the law
l Full of local characteristics and creativities
l Emphasis on the solutions of major
problems occurred in the development of
telecommunications industry
l Maneuverable and flexible administration
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Contents
? 49 items of 7 chapters
Chapter 1 General Principles(4 items)
Chapter 2 Marketing Management(12 items)
Chapter 3 Service & Administration(9 items)
Chapter 4 Planning & Construction(4 items)
Chapter 5 Security and Protection(7 items)
Chapter 6 Law Responsibility(12 items)
Chapter 7 Attachment(1 item)
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Particularization, Breakthrough
and Innovation Part I
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Recognition of the LTAB as new executive entity
Recognition of the legitimacy of setting up local
institution
Forming “Interconnection and interwork institution”
is necessary by the regulation
License to the mobile phones' sale
License to the construction of telecommunication
duct
Practice of Professional Qualification Certificate
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Particularization, Breakthrough
and Innovation Part II
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Define the services and regulation of the
telecommunications
Define the promised payment mode
Define the behavior of the executives
Clarify the authority over the planning and
regulation of Three Networks(PSTN, CATV
network and Internet)
Enhance the security and protection of the
networks and facilities of the telecommunications
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Regulation of Liaoning Telecommunications
Duct will be coming on
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Solve the problems of telecommunication duct
construction
Enhance the regulation of telecommunication
duct
Reasonable utilization of the resource of
telecommunication duct
Avoid repeated construction
Explode the monopolization
Ensure security of telecommunication duct
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Achievements of the administration
l Enhance
the quality of the executive staff
l Establish inner executive procedure and
methods
l Insure the executive entity and legal
procedure
l Enhance the administration according to
the regulation
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Enhance the quality of the
executive staff
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Enhance the development of executive
organizations
- Separate the regulation department from
the administrative office
- Form executive force of
telecommunication administration
Enhance the quality of the executive staff
- Training for regulation every quarter
- Training for English for 3 months in 2
sections
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Establish inner executive
procedure and methods
l 16
executive ordinances of the regulation
of telecommunication administration
l Publication of Liaoning Telecommunication
Guideline Manual
l Establishment of the headquarter of
telecommunication administration
l 9 inner ordinances
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Insure the executive entity
and legal procedure
l Confirmation
of the qualification of the
executive entity
l Application of penalty license
l Application of payment license
l Application of ID cards of the executives
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Enhance the administration
according to the regulation Part I
l Set
up acceptance windows for
applicants
l Enable Acceptance on net
l Co-Examination and co-approval with
Business Administration Bureau
l Attempt to use BBS and Electronic
Touch Screen for administration
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Enhance the administration
according to the regulation Part II
? 197 Values- added Licenses
? 107 noncommercial ICPs on record
? 1416 mobile terminal licenses
Completion 100% Satisfaction 100%
1500
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Value-added
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ICP on record
Mobile Terminal
License
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197 Value-added Licenses
l Pager
l ISP
l ICP
l Other
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Pager
ISP
ICP
Other
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Enhance the administration
according to the regulation Part III
? Train 6000 net-bars’ owners in over 40 training
programs
? Train Over 100 mobile phone repairers in 3 training
programs
? Train 350 professional qualification investigators
? Qualify over 2000 persons for mobile operation
? Give publicity to laws and regulations to over 800
persons
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Enhance the administration
according to the regulation Part IV
? Establishment of Interconnection and interwork system
? Establishment of Telecommunication Project Quality
Supervision Center
? Establishment of Liaoning sub-Center of National
Administration of Computer Networks and Information
Security
? Putting in order of phone numbers resource of Liaoning
province
——104 of 122 short numbers have been put in order
Finished 85%
Underway 15%
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Enhance the administration
according to the regulation Part V
? 2076 executive examinations
*282 correction of violations
*33 warnings
*Fined RMB ? 903,700 in 46 cases
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Corrections
Warnings
Fine
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Discussions of
telecommunication regulation
l Establishment of networks management center
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Establishment of the foundation of universal
service
Nondiscrimination and portability in phone
number resource management
Price management of calling cards
Development planning in a multi-operators
environment
Establishment of branches in local areas
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— Thank You —
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