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Course Code6766 
Course TitleLicensing, Interconnection, Costs & Pricing Regulation Frameworks under a Converged/Unified Technology and Licensing Environment
Course LocationMauritius
Course Duration
Course Start Date15/11/2010
Course End Date19/11/2010
Member Fee/Non Member Fee£799/ £1,199
Course StatusConfirmed

Course Description

A 5-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

• Overall picture of the global and competitive telecommunications 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
Target Group
 • Telecommunications personnel involved in telecom regulation and policy-making
 • Telecommunications professionals looking to complement their skill-set by gaining a good understanding of telecom regulation
 
Objectives
 • Provide participants with a sound understanding of the global and competitive telecommunications environment and itsimpact 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
 
Outcomes
Participants equipped with key knowledge of telecom regulation successfully regulate the telecom sector under a converged/unified technology and licensing environment.
 
Pre-Requisites
 
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