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Executive Summaries Module 1: Regulating the Telecommunications Sector: Overview Module 2. Competition and Price Regulation Module 3. Authorization of Telecommunications Services Module 4. Universal Access Module 5. Radio Spectrum Management Module 6. Legal and Institutional Framework Module 7. New Technologies and Impacts on Regulation

Executive Summaries

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Module 1: Regulating the Telecommunications Sector: Overview

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Module 2. Competition and Price Regulation

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A Methodology to Estimate Effective Charges Due to Rounding Effects

Abuse of Dominance in Morocco

African Telecommunications Network Architecture

Anguilla: Disapproval of Proposed Interconnection Agreement

Austria: Regulation of VoIP Services

Barbados: Policy on Voice over Internet Protocol

Barbados: Price Cap Decision

Being Digital

Belgacom/ Tele Danmark/ T-Mobile Intl./ Ben Nederland Holding Joint Venture

Benchmarking: Adjusting for Exchange Rates

Botswana: Interconnection Dispute Resolution

British Telecom Found Not to Have Significant Market Power

Canada: Misuse of Information and "Win-Back" Behavior

COSITU: ITU Model for the Calculation of Costs, Tariffs and Rates for Telephone Services

Cross Subsidization and Accounting Separation

Customer Lock-In via the SIM Card

Definitions of Dominance

European Commission: Market Definition and Assessing Market Power

European Union: “Light Touch” Regulation of Voice over Internet Protocol

European Union: International Roaming in Member Countries

Fixed and Sunk Costs as Barriers to Entry

Forms of Market Failure

France: Regulating Mobile Termination Charges

Hong Kong: Price Regulation

Hong Kong: Regulation of Voice over the Internet Protocol

Jamaica: Cable & Wireless Reference Interconnection Offer

Jamaica: Relationship between the Sector-Specific Regulator and Competition Authority

Jamaica: The Benefits of Mobile Competition

Japan: Market-Fostering Framework for VoIP

Kenya: A Middle Path to VoIP Adoption

KPNQwest/ Ebone/ GTS Horizontal Merger

Malaysia: Defining the Communications Market

Malaysia: Remedies for Anticompetitive Conduct

Malaysia: Summary of "Guideline on Substantial Lessening of Competition"

Mobile International Roaming among Arab Countries

Network Neutrality

New Zealand: Dimensions of Market Definition

Nigeria: Proposed Regulatory Treatment of Voice over Internet Protocol

Ofcom: Principles for Regulation

Peru: tariff rebalancing case (1998) (Spanish)

Predatory Pricing Charge Against BT

Proposed Rules for Access and Interconnection in Trinidad and Tobago

Quantitative Tests for Market Power

Regulation of Cross Subsidization in Different Countries

Regulatory Forbearance in Canada

Reliance on Competition Law to Regulate Telecommunications in OECD Countries

Summary of the EU Proposal for Mobile Roaming Regulation

Tariff Structures and Rebalancing: ITU-D Study Group 1

Telecommunications Markets in Europe for Which Competition Law Alone Cannot Suffice

Telia/ Sonera Merger

The Bahamas: Benchmarking of International Long Distance (ILD) Call Prices

The European Commission’s New Regulatory Framework

The Importance of Low Latency

United Kingdom: Mobile Termination Charge Regulation

United States (Illinois): rate rebalancing case study

United States: Rules to Prevent Misuse of Information

United States: Safe Harbors for Mergers

United States: Unbundling

United States-Mexico Telecommunications WTO Dispute

Using Competition Law to Regulate Interconnection: The New Zealand Experience

Vertical Price Squeeze Charge Against Deutsche Telekom

Module 3. Authorization of Telecommunications Services

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Australia and Singapore-Facilities-Based and Service-Based Licensing

Authorization Fees and the EU Authorisation Directive

Authorization Policies

Bahrain -Second Mobile Operator Licensing Schedule -2003

Belgium – Public Consultation on Mobile Telephony- 1999

Belgium –3G Licensing Process Schedule

Canada – Licence Fees Regulations

Comparative Selection Mechanisms

Conditions of General Authorizations

Convergence in the EU Regulatory Framework

Estonia- 3G Tender Information Document-2004

France- 3G Licensing Consultation Document- 1999

General Authorizations in the New EU Framework

Greece – 2G and 3G Licensing Consultation

Hong Kong- Liberalization of Fixed Networks Consultation Document- 2001

India – Transition to the Unified Authorization Regime Chronology

India – Unified Licensing Regime Consultation Paper

India- Regional Authorization

India's Communications Convergence Bill

Ireland – Transition to the General Authorisation Regime

ITU Case Study: India’s Unified Authorization Regime

Jamaican Agreement to Terminate CWJ Monopoly

Japan- Registration or Notification

Jordan – Mobile Operator Licence Consultation

Jordan- Pre-qualification Notice for 3rd Mobile Licence- 2003

Kenya- Prequalification Notice for a GSM Licensing Process

Kenya- Prequalification Notice for a SNO Licences- 2003

Licensing International Services in Canada

Licensing Qualification Criteria

Licensing Selection Criteria

Lithuania- Notification and General Authorizations

Nepal – Rural Telecommunications Services Licensing Schedule

Nepal- Rural Services Licensing- 2003

Norway- 3G Licensing Document- 2000

OECS Agreement to Terminate C&W Monopoly

One-time Fees and Recurring Fees

Process for Issuing General Authorizations

Public Consultation Processes

Recurring Authorization Fees in Selected Countries

Registration Forms for General Authorizations

Regulation and Convergence in Ireland

Regulatory Convergence in Singapore

Saudi Arabia – Data Services Licensing Consultation

Saudi Arabia – Pre-Qualification for Data Services Licensing

Saudi Arabia – Schedule for Data Services Licensing Process

Saudi Arabia- Pre-qualification for Cellular Mobile Services Licensing

Saudi Arabia- Telecommunications Bylaw

Socio-Economic Benefits of Lower Authorization Fees

Summary of EU Authorisation Directive

Summary of the EU Framework Directive

Switzerland - Invitation to Tender for GSM Licences - 2003

Switzerland- GSM Telecom Services Licensing Schedule

The Australian Licensing Process

The Botswana Licensing Process

The Greek Licensing Process

The Jamaican Licensing Process

The New UK Licensing Process

The Regulatory Framework for General Authorizations

The UK's OFCOM- A Converged Regulatory Authority

Trends in One-time Initial Authorization Fees

UK- Continuation of Licence Conditions

Using the Web to Increasing Licensing Transparency

Module 4. Universal Access

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A staged approach to developing e-government

Communications capabilities profiles

Examples of financial services using mobile phones

Examples of the role of ICTs in supporting the MDGs in Asia

Finding out what the necessities of life are and how many people lack them

Guidelines for universal access and universal service in Western Africa

Indicators for measuring the WSIS targets

The eGranary digital library

The prospects of achieving the WSIS targets, 2005

The WSIS principles and commitments, 2003 and 2005

Module 5. Radio Spectrum Management

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Calculating the opportunity cost of spectrum in the UK

Canada: on-line licencing services web site, Industry Canada

Canada: Spectrum Fee Regulations and Guide

Capacity Assessment Grids

Check-list for implementing spectrum markets

Compliance with Technical Standards

Cost Recovery in Australia and Cost Analysis in Canada

CRMO South Korea – Monitoring System Architecture

Definitions: Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)

Definitions: Spectrum Use Standards

Designing property rights for the operation of spectrum markets

EU Directive: Definitions for Mutual Recognition Agreement and Conformity Assessment Bodies

Guideline for Public Sector Investment

Guideline for the ITU World Wide Centre of Excellence

Guideline: Spectrum Management Regulatory Functions, Skills, and Institutional Capacity

Guidelines for Consultative Processes with Stakeholders

Guidelines for Investing in Automated Systems_ITU-R SM.1370

Guidelines for Investing in Monitoring Systems

Guidelines for Spectrum Auctions

Guidelines for Standard Terms of Reference for Spectrum Management Projects.

Inter American Convention on an International Amateur Radio Permits

ITU Publications

ITU Radio Regulations – Article 1, Definitions of Radio Services

New Zealand - International cooperation in spectrum management Ministry of Economic Development

New Zealand - Reallocation of Commercial Spectrum Rights

Ofcom Spectrum Usage Rights

Practice Guideline: Coping with Congestion in Unlicensed Spectrum

Practice Guideline: Transition to Market Based Methods

Pricing Policies for Spectrum Assigned to Government Departments

Public Consultation: International

Radiocommunication Services ITU Regulation

Radiocommunications Act RSC 1985

Refarming of Spectrum Resources

Spectrum Pricing: Administrative Incentive Prices

Spectrum revenues, fees, and administrative charges

Spectrum Trading in Practice

Spectrum Trading: Implementing Secondary Markets in the European Union

Types of band managers

What is Spectrum Trading?

Module 6. Legal and Institutional Framework

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Adjudication in India [7.4.1]

Adjudication in Japan [7.4.1]

Bahrain - Confidentiality of Information [7.2.1]

Box 3-5: United States Tripartite Review [3.3.2]

Box 6-4: OECD Guidelines on Dealing with Conflict of Interest Situations [6.5]

Box 7-10: UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Conciliation [7.4.1]

Box 7-12: Telecommunications-related Investment Disputes Outside the ICSID [7.1.4]

Box 7-8: Interconnection Disputes [7.4.1]

Box 7-9: Morocco’s Approach to Interconnection Dispute Resolution [7.4.1]

Case Study Converged Regulator: Ofcom [6.1.1]

Case Study Multi-Sector Regulator: Latvian Public Utilities Commission (PUC) [6.1.1]

Case Study Single Sector Regulator - Instituto das Comunicações de Portugal (ICP-ANACOM) [6.1.1]

Case Study Single Sector Regulator: Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) [6.1.1]

Case Study: Conflict of Interest Regulations in Bahrain [6.5]

Copyright in the US and Europe

Different Approaches to Facilitate In-Band Migration [4.3.2]

EU Copyright Directive [4.4.3]

Examples of Data Retention Rules in Different Countries [4.4.4]

FCC Rules Regarding Emergency Calls for VoIP Service Providers (E911) [4.3.1]

Foreign Ownership in Canada [3.4.2]

Foreign Ownership in the United States [3.4.2]

Hong Kong (SAR)- Public Consultation Process [7.2]

In-Band Migration [4.3.2]

Licensing broadband wireless access in Switzerland and France

Licensing of Wireless Technology in Different Countries [4.3.2]

Privacy and data retention policies in selected countries

Regulating WiFi and WLAN

Regulatory Treatment of WiFi and WLAN [4.3.2]

Singapore - Confidentiality of Information [7.2.1]

Spam Legislation in Australia, China, Malaysia, and the United States [3.4.4]

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Public Consultation Process[7.2]

Table 3-1: Countries Committing to WTO Reference Paper with Different Legal Traditions [3.1.2]

Table 3-2: Jamaica and Brazil - Comparison of Telecommunications Laws in Civil and Common Law System [3.1.3]

Table 3-3: Countries that Established an Independent Regulator Post WTO, EU and Other Regional Commitments [3.2]

Table 3-5: Entity with Jurisdiction over Competition Issues in the Telcommunications Sector in Certain Countries with both a Telecommunications Regulator and Competition Authority [3.3.2]

Table 3-6: Foreign Telecommunications Ownership Restrictions in Selected Countries [3.4.2]

Table 4-2: Pros and Cons of Legislative Approach in Telecommunications/ICT Regulation [4.2.1]

Table 4-8: Licensing in Malaysia [4.5.3]

Table 5-1: Aspects of Effectiveness [5.1]

Table 6-1: Model 1 – Single-Sector Regulator [6.1.1]

Table 6-2: Model 2 – Converged Regulator [6.1.1]

Table 6-3: Model 3 – Multi-Sector Regulator (MSR) [6.1.1]

The American Arbitration Association (AAA) [7.4.1]

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) [7.4.1]

UK Office of Communications [4.4.1]

Understanding GATS [3.2.1]

United Kingdom - Ofcom Principles of Written Consultations [7.1]

US Copyright Directive [4.4.3]

Module 7. New Technologies and Impacts on Regulation

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A Community owned Wifi/VoIP Network in Laos

Allocating Spectrum Efficiently

Argentina: Cooperatives in a competitive terrain

Capital Telecom

Citel and Regulatel

Common public IT standardisation in Denmark

Computerization of Nepal Telecom

Convergence between radio and the Internet

Cost analysis for Cable Networks

Cost analysis for DSL Networks

Cost analysis for FTTH

Cost analysis for WiMAX

Definition of a Mobile Virtual Network Operator

Digitalisation of TV

Digitalisation, a short technical description

Diversifying participation

Duet

E.164

easyMobile Provision of mobile service via the Internet

E-Banking

E-Education

E-Government

E-Health – Need for new services and networks

ENUM

Examples of public-private partnerships

FTTH provided by NESA in Denmark

Ghana: Research and Education Network

GSM, the line development

How to help technology help African entrepreneurs

ICANN

Influence of convergence on competition in the USA

Interactive entertainment and gaming

iPass

IPTV, Optimal Stream

Licensing in Malaysia

Licensing of VoIP in Latin America

M-Banking

M-Banking in Korea

M-Banking Motorola

Mexico: Open bands for WiMAX

Mobile Communication in Cambodia

Mobile in developing countries – an example from China

MobiTV

MVNOs Classification and Marketing strategies

Network neutrality

Numbering in Columbian Telephone Numbering Plan

Peru: An Irrigation & Communication Technology Network

Peru: Non-profit-organisations in the telecom market

Price cap on leased telecom lines

Radio Spectrum in demand

Refarming of Spectrum Resources

Regulatory implication of VoIP

Review of Canadian Price regulation

Scenario III, phone2Internet

Service providers in Africa

Skype – a global provider of VoIP

Somaliland: Internet Connectivity

Structural Separation of BT

The cost of VSAT connectivity in Somaliland

The essential facility doctrine

The European market for triple play services

Types of Converged Licenses in India

Universal Access to Telecommunications Service in Bhutan

USA: Community initiatives in new communication technologies

VoIP and the US Universal Service Fund

VoIP in China

VoIP Numbering schemes

VoIP scenario I, Pure Internet

VoIP scenario II, Internet2phone

VoIP signaling standards

What is a dark fibre?

Wireless broadband in USA

Wireless Macedonia