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Regional Seminar on the economic and financial aspects of
telecommunications Study Group 3 Regional Group for
Latin America and Caribbean (SG3RG-LAC)
ITU - ICT Eye and other
Regulatory Tools
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
6-7 July 2010
Carmen Prado-Wagner
Regulatory
and Market Environment Division (RME)
Carmen
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Development Bureau
Regulatory and Market Environment
Telecommunication Development Bureau
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Enabling Environment
Global Regulators’ Exchange (G-REX)
ICT Eye
ICT Regulation Toolkit
ICT DEC
Cost modeling tools
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Enabling Environment
Objective:
 Establish enabling environment for ICT investment
through attractive policy/regulatory frameworks
Actions:
 Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR) and Global
Industry Leaders Forum (GILF)
 Support regional harmonization efforts
 Studies, guidelines, tool kits, best practices, information
sharing
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Annual Global Symposium for Regulators
(GSR)
• A unique venue for regulators and policy
makers from developed and developing
countries to meet and exchange views and
experiences
• To develop a common understanding,
and
• Adopt best practice guidelines
addressing key regulatory issues
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GSR 2010
Date:
Location:
Organization:
Chair:
Theme:
Programme:
Expected Output :
10 – 12 November
Dakar, Senegal
ITU in collaboration with ARTP, Senegal
Agence de Regulation des Telecommunications et des
Postes (ARTP) , Senegal
Enabling tomorrow’s digital world
- 1st day open to the ITU-D Sector members
- 2nd Day reserved for Regulators and Policy makers
Best practice guidelines in relation with the theme
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg
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The GSR-10 Discussion Papers
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Building tomorrow's digital world today: the impact of
broadband on the economy
21st Century regulation
Spectrum in transition: the digital dividend
Dispute resolution in a digital world
ICTs and climate change: what role for regulators ?
Adressing cybercrime
Living the information society
Measuring regulatory efficiency
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Global Regulators’ Exchange (G-REX)
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ICT Eye
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http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/finance/
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Keeping an “Eye” on ICTs
 The ICT Eye website is one
stop-shop for Telecom/ICT
data, providing historical
and up to date statistics,
regulatory and policy
profiles, national tariff
policies and more
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A Platform Providing a Complete
Data Cycle
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ICT Eye Data is used for
ITU Publications such as
Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2009:
Hands-on or hands-off?
Stimulating growth through effective ICT
regulation
Measuring the Information Society 2010
Yearbook of Statistics –
Telecommunication/ICT Indicators –
1999-2008
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Does a separate Telecommunication
Regulatory Authority exist?
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Competition in mobile services
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Cellular subscribers per 100 inhabitants
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ICT Eye Topics
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ICT Statistics
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Topic: Regulatory Information
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Tariff Policies
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Dynamic Reporting: 4 Steps
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Dynamic Reporting: Output
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Dynamic Reporting: Output
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Data Collection
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ICT Regulation Toolkit
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Economic and Finance studies
 International mobile roaming,
 The impact of international gateway
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liberalization,
Regulatory accounting Guide,
Efficient Network implementation Guide,
Tariffs policies survey,
Guide on the application of economic modeling
in the telecommunication sector,
In preparation: The Broadband Study
And other interesting studies published in the
ITU-D finance website ….
www.itu.int/ITU-D/finance/
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Training activities
ITU Expert Level training on cost modeling for Regulatory
Authorities and Operators 2010 – Advanced Level
Regional training organized in coordination with the CoE :
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Arab States: Damascus, Syria, August 2010;
The Caribbean: Kingston, Jamaica, September
2010;
Africa: for English-speaking African countries in
Lilongwe, Malawi, October 2010
Asia Pacific : Bangkok, Thailand, 15-19 November
2010
Latin America: November, 2010
Africa: for French-speaking countries, Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso, November or December 2010
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For more information
 Telecommunication Development Bureau
 www.itu.int/net/ITU-D/
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Regulatory and Market Environment Division :
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The Global Symposium for Regulators GSR :
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ICT Eye : www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/
ICT Regulation toolkit :www.ictregulationtoolkit.org/
Trends in Telecommunication Reform
 www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/
 www.itu.int/ITU-D/finance/
www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/Events
 TREG : www.itu.int/ITU-D/grex/
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 www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/publications/
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Thanks for your attention
carmen.prado[at]itu.int
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