Table of Reference Documents
Reference documents provide documents and other data which are representative of actual practices and precedents on telecommunications authorization issues. A consolidated list of reference documents used by the different modules of the ICT Regulation Toolkit is presented here. Documents listed are in PDF format. Note: Clicking on these links will open a new browser window.
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Module 1: Regulating the Telecommunications Sector
Module 2. Competition and Price Regulation
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Module 4. Universal Access and Service
Module 5. Radio Spectrum Management
Module 6. Legal and Institutional Framework
Module 7. New Technologies and Impacts on Regulation
Module 1: Regulating the Telecommunications Sector
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GSR 2009 Background Paper, Bringing Broadband To Rural Areas: A Step-by-Step Approach, the Experience of the Dominican Republic
GSR 2009 Background Paper, Trends in Universal Access and Service Policies
GSR 2009 Discussion Paper, Coexistence of Traditional and IP Interconnection
GSR 2009 Discussion Paper, Consumer Protection: Meeting the Expectations of the Connected
GSR 2009 Discussion Paper, Draft Background Paper on Cybersecurity: The Role and Responsibilities of an Effective Regulator
GSR 2009 Discussion Paper, Effective Regulation: The “Stimulus Plan” for the ICT Sector
GSR 2009 Discussion Paper, Impact of Effective Regulation on Investment: an Investor’s Perspective
GSR 2009 Discussion Paper, Mobile Termination: To Regulate or Not?
GSR 2009 Discussion Paper, Report from ITU-D Study Group 1, Question 10-2/1 Regulation for Licensing and Authorization of Converging Services
GSR 2009 Discussion Paper, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP): Enemy or Ally
GSR 2009: Connectivity, Openness and Vulnerability: Challenges Facing Regulators
IC4D 2009: How Do Manual and E-Government Services Compare? Experiences from India
Netherlands: Agreements between the Commission of the Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority
(OPTA) and the Director General of the Netherlands Competition Authority (the NMa) on the method of
cooperation in matters of mutual interest, 2004
Next Generation Networks and Universal Access: The Challenges Ahead
Nigeria: Memorandum of Understanding between the Consumer Protection Council and the Nigerian Communications Commission
Open Access Models
Open Access Report
Training Regulators in Africa
Trends in ICT Regulation 2010
World Trade Organization - Reference Paper
Module 2. Competition and Price Regulation
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ACCC Inquiry to make a final access determination for the Domestic Mobile Terminating Access Service (MTAS), 7 December 2011
ACCC Methodology for administration of the Telstra carrier charges price control arrangements, October 2010
ACCC Review of Telstra’s price control arrangements, March 2010
ACCC Telstra’s compliance with the price control arrangements: 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010
ACCC, Final Access Determination for Fixed Line Services, July 2011
ACMA: Converged Legislative Frameworks
ARCEP, Annual Report 2010
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Telecommunications and Information Working Group, Tuesday, 25 April 2006, TEL 33 - Regulatory Roundtable, “What are APEC Member Economies' laws, policies, and/or regulations on Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP)? How many VoIP users are there in each Economy?”
Asia-Pacific: Telecommunications Regulation - Competition - ICT Access
Australia: ACCC, Accounting separation of Telstra: Imputation testing and non-price terms and conditions report for the June Quarter 2011, October 2011
Australia: Developments in next generation applications and services, ACMA
Australia: NBN Co. Product and Pricing Overview for Access Seekers, Dec 2010
Australian Productivity Commission, Radio Communications Inquiry Report, 2002
Backbone networks: Extending Open Access to National Fibre Backbones in Developing Countries, Feb 2008
Bahrain, A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Implementing Mobile Number Portability in Bahrain, February 2008
Bahrain, Number Portability Specifications Consultation Report, March 2011
Bahrain: Development, implementation and use of bottom-up fixed and mobile network cost models, October 2011
Bahrain: TRA, Strategic and Retail Market Review, August 2007
Bangladesh -- Guidelines for Infrastructure Sharing
Bangladesh - VoIP and relevant Issues
Bangladesh: International Long Distance Telecommunications Services Policy, May 2010
Barbados Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Policy
Barbados: Equal Access and Indirect Access Policy
BEREC - Analysis of the European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation on Roaming, August 2011
BEREC report on infrastructure and spectrum sharing in mobile/wireless networks, June 2011
Berkman Centre for Internet and Society, Harvard: Next Generation Connectivity
Botswana: Guidelines on Sharing Communications Infrastructure, January 2010
Broadband in Morocco: Political Will Meets Socio-Economic Reality, info/DEV October 2011
Broken Concepts: The Australian communications legislative landscape
Canada: Results of the fact-finding exercise on over-the-top programming services, 2011
Canada: Structuring the "Final Offer" Arbitration process for use in proceedings before the CRTC, November 2009
Carrier Selection in Developing Countries: Dead on Arrival?, September, 2011
Directorate General Information Society and Media 2012 Costing methodologies and incentives to invest in fibre. Final Report.
Dispute Resolution in the Telecommunications Sector: Current Practices and Future Directions
ERG Common Position on the approach to Appropriate remedies in the new regulatory framework
EU, Commission Recommendation of 17 December 2007 on relevant product and service markets within the electronic communications sector susceptible to ex ante regulation
European Commission Guidelines on Market Analysis and the Assessment of Significant Market Power under the Community Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications Networks and Services
European Commission, Antitrust: Commission decision against Telefónica, July 2007
European Commission, Press Release, Antitrust Case in Poland: 22 June 2011
European Commission, Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union, COM(2011) 402 final
European Commission: BEREC response to the EC consultation on the open Internet and net neutrality in Europe, September, 2010
European Commission: Commission Decision on the wholesale market for IP traffic exchange in Poland
European Commission: Commission Recommendation on regulated access to Next Generation Access Networks, 2009
European Commission: Co-operation between Telefónica and Portugal Telecom on Iberian markets, January 2011
European Commission: Deutsche Telekom/ OTE, October 2008
European Commission: FRANCE TÉLÉCOM / MID EUROPA PARTNERS /ONE, September 2007
European Commission: Guidelines on the assessment of horizontal mergers
European Commission: Margin squeeze in the Spanish broadband market: a rational and profitable strategy
European Commission: Public Consultation on Costing Methodologies for Key Wholesale Access Prices in Electronic Communications, October 2011
European Commission: regarding the wholesale national market for IP traffic exchange (IP transit) and the wholesale market for IP traffic exchange (IP peering) with the network of Telekomunikacja Polska S.A.
European Commission: Spectrum and radio access networks: the T-Mobile/Orange joint venture in the UK, 2010
European Commission: The open internet and net neutrality in Europe, April 2011
European Commission: T-Mobile Austria/telering: Remedying the loss of a maverick, 2006
European Commission: T-MOBILE/ ORANGE, March 2010
European Commission: Two Commission decisions on price abuse in the telecommunications sector
European Regulators Group -- ERG Common Position on Best Practices in Remedies Imposed as a Consequence of a Position of Significant Market Power in the Relevant Markets for Wholesale Leased Lines
European Regulators Group -- ERG Report on Guidance on the application of the three criteria test (June 2008)
European Regulators Group: -- Report on ERG Best Practices on Regulatory Regimes in Wholesale Unbundled Access and Bitstream Access
European Regulatory Group: Common Position on the approach to appropriate remedies in the ECNS regulatory framework
European Union: BEREC report on regulatory accounting practice in 2010
European Union: BEREC, Next Generation Access – Implementation Issues and Wholesale Products, March 2010
European Union: BEREC, Next Generation Networks Future Charging Mechanisms / Long Term Termination Issues, June 2010
Explanatory Statement and Notification of decisions on BT’s SMP status and charge controls in narrowband wholesale markets
Finland -- Application of Communications Legislation to VOIP Services in Finland
GSR 2008 - Mobile Network Sharing,
GSR 2009 Discussion Paper, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP): Enemy or Ally
GSR 2010 Discussion Paper, 10 “The impact of broadband on the economy: Research to date and policy issues”
GSR 2012 International Mobile Roaming Services: A Review of Best Practice Policies. Discussion Paper, ITU.
GSR 2012 Net neutrality: A regulatory perspective. Discussion Paper, ITU.
GSR 2012 Spectrum Policy in a Hyperconnected Digital Mobile World. Discussion Paper, ITU.
Hong Kong China - Regulation of Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony
India -- TRAI's Recommendation on Infrastructure Sharing
infoDev: Broadband Strategies Handbook
Internet Protocol (IP)
Internet: Sandvine, Global Internet Phenomena Report, Fall 2011
ITU, Regulatory Impact of Convergence and Broadband for the Americas”. Connect Americas Summit, July 2012.
Jamaica: Reference Interconnection Offer: Tariff Schedule, 2009
Jordan -- Instructions on Adoption of Long Run Incremental Cost Methods and Interconnection Rate Structure
Jordan Mini-Case Study 2003: Dispute Resolution and Consensus Building in Interconnection
Kenya – Broadband Case Study: Build It and They Will Come
Kenya -- Review of Implementation of the Interconnection Determination No. 1 of 2007
Lebanon -- Significant Market Power Regulation
Malaysia -- Guidelines on Telephony Services over IP
Malaysia: Guidelines on Regulatory Framework for 3G Mobile Virtual Network Operators, February 2005
Morocco: Effective Regulation Case Study
Namibia: Interconnection Benchmarking Study, Final Public Report
Namibian Telecommunication Sector Performance Review, 2010
Netherlands: The business case for fibre-based access in the Netherlands, December 2008
New Zealand -- Standard Terms Determination for the specified service Co-location on cellular mobile transmission sites
New Zealand: Benchmarking Telecom’s Unbundled Partial Circuits Service, September 2004
New Zealand: Commerce Commission Decision on unbundled bitstream access
New Zealand: Final Review of the Standard Terms Determination for the designated service Telecom’s unbundled bitstream access,
Nigeria -- Determination of Interconnection Rate
O2 (Germany) v. Commission
OECD, Communications Outlook, 2011
OECD: Roundtable on Vertical Mergers, February 2007
Ofcom, Application of spectrum liberalization and trading to the mobile sector (20 September, 2007)
Ofcom, Mobile Call Termination Statement, March 27, 2007
Ofcom, Mobile Termination Review Statement, March 15 2011
Ofcom, Second consultation on assessment of future mobile competition and proposals for the award of 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum and related issues, 12 January 2012
Ofcom: Predatory pricing allegation by UUNet against BT, 1997
Open Access Models
Peter Ingram, Voice Over Internet Protocol—An Introduction.
Saudi Arabia -- LRIC Model Guidelines for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Telecom Company Reference Interconnection Offer
Singapore -- Advisory Guidelines Governing Requests for Dispute Resolution Between Licensees Under Sub-section 11.3 of the Code of Practice for Competition in the Provision of Telecommunications Services 2005
Singapore -- Guidelines on Licensing and Regulatory Framework for IP Telephony in Singapore
South Africa- The case for the regulation of call termination in South Africa: an Economic Evaluation.
Tanzania -- Determination on Review of Telecommunication Network Interconnection Rates in the United Republic of Tanzania, Issued in 2007
Telecommunications Regulation Handbook
Trinidad and Tobago: Determination: Dominance in Retail Domestic Fixed Telephony Markets
UK Ofcom, Future Broadband – Policy Approach to Next Generation Access, September 2007
UK: Competition Appeals Tribunal, British Telecommunications Plc v Office of Communications (Partial Private Circuits), 14 December 2009
UK: Models for efficient and effective public-sector interventions in next-generation broadband access networks
UK: Ofcom Review of the wholesale local access market – Statement, October 2010
UK: Ofcom, Review of cost orientation and regulatory financial reporting in telecoms, Nov 2011
United Kingdon: Analysys-Mason report on the costs of deploying fibre-based next-generation broadband infrastructure, September 2008
USA: FCC Open Internet Rules
Vietnam: Broadband in Vietnam case study, Nov 2011
World Trade Organization - Reference Paper
Module 3. Authorization of Telecommunication/ICT Services
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Africa Public Service Charter
Algeria -- Notice of Invitation to the expression of interest related to third generation (3G) mobile communications licenses assignment
Bahamas -- Electronic Communications Sector Policy, 2009
Bahrain- Invitation to Apply for a Licence for the Second Mobile Telecommunications Licence and Frequency Licence
Barbados: Voice over Internet Protocol Policy (Draft Second Circulation for Comments)
Best Practice Guidelines on Innovative Infrastructure Sharing Strategies to Promote Affordable Access for All
Botswana -- Press Release, "Botswana Telecommunications Authority Introduces a New Licensing Framework"
Botswana -- Service Neutral Licensing Framework in the Era of Convergence
Canada -- Instructions for obtaining a basic international telecommunications services class licence
Canada -- Licensing Framework for the Auction for Spectrum for Advanced Wireless Services and other Spectrum in the 2GHz Range
Canada -- Telecom Circular 2003-1
Canada -- Telecom Circular CRTC 2005-8
Canada -- Terms and Conditions of Basic International Telecommunications Services Class Licences
Canada- Telecom Decision CRTC 98-17 “Regulatory Regime for the Provision of International Telecommunications Services”
Canada- Telecommunications Act , 1993
Estonia- Information Document of the Public Tender for Technical Authorisation of 3G Mobile Telephone Network
EU Authorisation Directive
EU Framework Directive
Extending Open Access to National Fibre Backbones in Developing Countries
Finland- Background Information About the General Authorization Regime and the Process of Notification
Finland- Guidelines for the General Authorisation Regime
Finland- Instructions for Completing On-line Telecommunications Notification
Finland- On-line General Authorization Registration
France- Public Consultation on the Introduction of UMTS- February 1999
Glossary
Greece -- Regulation on General Authorizations
Greece: Registration Declaration for Engaging in Electronic Communications Activities under a General Authorisation Regime
Hong Kong China -- Executive Summary of the Licensing Framework for Unified Carrier Licence
Hong Kong China: Licensing Framework for Unified Carrier Licence
Hong Kong, China -- Consultation Paper on Licensing Framework for Unified Carrier Licence
Hong Kong, China -- Consultation Paper on the Creation of a Unified Carrier Licence under the Telecommunications Ordinance
Hong Kong, China -- Executive Summary, Consultation Paper on the Licensing Framework for Unified Carrier Licence
Iceland -- Tender for the Issuance of Frequency Authorizations for GSM 1800 Mobile Phone Networks
Iceland- Notification Form for General Authorizations
India -- 3G and BWA Auction Timelines
India -- Auction of 3G and BWA Spectrum
India -- Licence Agreement for Provision of Unified Access Services
India- Annexures to the Consultation Paper on the Unified Licensing Regime (March 2004)
India- Consultation Paper on the Unified Licensing Regime (March 2004)
India- Consultation Paper on Unified Licensing for Basic and Cellular Services (July 2003)
India- DOT Guidelines for the Unified Licensing Regime (Phase I) (November 2003)
India- Licence Agreement for Unified Access Services (November 2003)
India- Preliminary Consultation Paper on Unified Licensing Regime (November 2003)
India-Rural Services Licensing Document
Ireland- Conditions of General Authorisation
Ireland- Consultation Paper – Future Regulation of Electronic Communications Networks and Services: Arrangements for General Authorisations
Ireland- E.U. (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Authorisation) Regulations 2003
Ireland- Future Regulation of Electronic Communications Networks and Services: Arrangements for General Authorisations
Ireland- Future Regulation of Electronic Communications Networks and Services: Guidelines Relating to General Authorisations
Ireland- General Authorization Conditions
Ireland- Guidance Note on Completion of the Notification Related to General Authorisations
Ireland- Guidelines on the New General Authorisation Regime
Ireland- Public Consultation Webpage
Ireland- Registration Form for General Authorisations
Jamaica- Heads of Agreement between Jamaica and Cable & Wireless Jamaica Limited
Jordan -- Instructions Regarding the Application Procedures and Criteria for the Award of Public Telecommunications Individual and Class Licenses
Jordan- Mobile Operator Licensing Public Consultation FAQs
Jordan- Notice Requesting Public Comment on the Licensing of a New Mobile Operator
Jordan- Notice Requesting Public Comment on the Licensing of a New Mobile Operator
Jordan- Pre-qualification Requirements for the Application for a Licence to Build, Own and Operate a Public Mobile Telecommunications Network and to Provide Public Mobile Telecommunications Services
Jordan- Presentation for the Mobile Operator Licensing Public Consultation Forum
Jordan- Webpage Concerning Mobile Operator Licensing Public Consultation
Kenya -- Implementation of a Unified Licensing Framework & New Market Strategy
Kenya- Invitation to Pre-qualify for the International Tender for a Second National Operator (SNO)
Kenya- Invitation to Prequalify for the International Tender of a License to Construct and Operate a Nationwide GSM Cellular System
Macedonia -- Tender for granting authorizations for radio frequencies utilization for the provision of 3G services according to the IMT-2000/UMTS standard
Malawi- Application Fees
Malaysia -- Checklist for Individual Licence Applications
Malaysia -- Form "D", Registration Notice for Class Licence
Malaysia -- Ministerial Guidelines on Class Licences for Network Facilities
Malaysia- Class Licence for Applications Services
Malaysia- Class Licence for Network Facilities Provision
Malaysia- Class Licence for Network Services Provision
Malaysia- Individual Licence Application
Malaysia- Licensing Regulation No. 17
Malaysia- Licensing Regulation No. 19
Malaysia- Ministerial Guidelines on Class Licences for Network Services
Malaysia- Registration Notice and Checklist
Mobile License Renewal: What are the Issues? What is at Stake?
Nepal- Request for Applications for a Licence to Provide Rural Telecommunications Service (RTS) in the Eastern Development Region
Netherlands -- Modification or Termination of the Provision of Public Electronic Communications Activities
Netherlands -- Notification of the provision of public electronic communications activities
Nigeria -- Information Memorandum for the 2 GHz Spectrum Auction
Nigeria -- Information Memorandum: 800 MHz Spectrum Auction
Nigeria- Licensing Procedures
Norway -- Invitation to Tender for Licences for the Development and Operation of a Third-Generation Mobile Telecommunications System in Norway
Norway- Invitation to Tender for Licences for the Development and Operation of a Third Generation Mobile Telecommunications System
Norway- Questions and Answers Related to the Licensing Process
OECS- Memorandum of Understanding between Cable & Wireless and OECS Contracting States
Pakistan- Authorization Policy
Pakistan General Telecommunications Policy
Poland -- Tender for two exclusive nationwide frequency licences in the band of 880-990 MHz and 925-935 MHz to be used in a public telecommunication network
Saudi Arabia -- Request for Pre-Qualification of Candidates in the Licensing Process of Cellular Mobile Services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia -- Request for Pre-Qualification of Candidates to Participate in the Licensing Process of Data Transmission Services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia -- RFPQ Questions and Answers
Saudi Arabia -- RFPQ Questions and Answers
Saudi Arabia- Cellular Mobile Licensing RFPQ Questions and Answers
Saudi Arabia- Licensing of Data Services Public Consultation Document
Saudi Arabia- Licensing of Data Telecommunications Services: A Public Consultation Document
Saudi Arabia- Request for Pre-qualification of Candidates to Participate in the Licensing Process of Data Telecommunications Services
Saudi Arabia- Revision of the Deadlines for RFPQ Submissions
Saudi Arabia- Telecommunications Bylaw
Singapore -- Information Memorandum: Auction of Public Cellular Mobile Telecommunications Services Spectrum Rights
Singapore- Announcement of 3G Licensing Framework and Auction Rules
Singapore- Facilities-Based Operator Licence issued to Singapore Telecommunications Ltd
Singapore- Guidelines for Submission of Application for Facilities-Based Operator Licence
Singapore- Guidelines for Submission of Application for Services-Based Operator Licence
Singapore- SBO Class licence application
Singapore- Telecom (Class Licences) Regulations
Singapore- Web Site for Registering for Licences On-line
South Africa -- Electronic Communications Act Regulations
South Africa -- Electronic Communications Act Regulations
South Africa -- Electronic Communications Act Regulations on Processes and Procedures
South Africa -- Electronic Communications Act, 2006
South Africa- Invitation to Apply for a Public Switched Telephone Service Licence
Sri Lanka- Licensing Policy
St. Lucia -- Application and Licensing Processing
St. Lucia -- Application form for Class Licence, Type A
St. Lucia -- Guidance Notes for Application Processes
Sweden- Legislation Implementing the EU Authorisation Directive
Switzerland -- Guide to the "Registration Form for Providing Telecommunications Services"
Switzerland -- Registration form for the provision of telecommunications services
Switzerland- Public Invitation to Tender for Radio Licences for the Provision of Telecommunications Services Based on the GSM Standard
Tanzania -- Application Form for the Converged Licensing Framework
Tanzania -- Application Service Licence
Tanzania -- Content Service Licence
Tanzania -- Diagrams of Converged Licensing Processes
Tanzania -- Guidelines and Procedures For Licensing Electronic and Postal Services in Tanzania
Tanzania -- Network Facility Licence
Tanzania -- Network Services Licence
Tanzania -- Schedule of Licence Categories and Fees
Tanzania -- The Communications (Licensing) Regulations, 2005
Trinidad & Tobago -- Application Procedures for Concessions and Licences
Trinidad & Tobago -- Eligibility and Evaluation Criteria for Concessions
Uganda -- Communications Licensing Application Guidelines
Uganda -- Compliance Check List under New Licensing Regime
Uganda- Application Processing Procedure
Uganda- Application Requirements
Uganda Case Study: Licensing in the Era of Liberalization and Convergence
Uganda- Licence Process Flow Chart
Uganda- Licences Issued in the Sector
UK- Continuation Notice Issued to British Telecommunications plc Under Paragraph 9 of Schedule 18 to Communications Act of 2003
UK- Director’s Statement, “Continuing Licence Conditions after July 25”
UK- Explanatory Memorandum Related to Continued Conditions in Class Licences
UK- Information Concerning Continuation Notices
US Telecommunications Act of 1996
World Trade Organization - Reference Paper
Module 4. Universal Access and Service
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Best Practice Guidelines on Infrastructure Sharing
Botswana -- Service Neutral Licensing Framework in the Era of Convergence
Broadband infrastructure investment in stimulus packages: Relevance for developing countries
Broadband Policy December 22, 2004
Broadband Spectrum Management of Trends in Telecommunications Reform 2006: Regulation in the broadband world, ITU, 2006.
Building Broadband: Strategies and Policies for the Developing World
Business & institutions questionnaire – District centre
Business & institutions questionnaire – Rural area
Challenges in a Converging Environment: Policy Implications for African Telecommunications Regulators
Commission Decision of 30 April 2003 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement
Commission Decision of 16 July 2003 relating to a proceeding under Article 81 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement
Communication from the commission to the council, the european parliament, the european economic and social committee and the committee of the regions.
Community radio social impact assessment
Community-based Networks and Innovative Technologies
Control group questionnaire
Cost-benefit analysis on Mongolia OBA Pilot Program of the Universal Access Strategy
CTU Workshop: Administrative and Market Methods for Assignment, 2006
Cybersecurity Guide for Developing Countries
Development Fund Annual Report 2006 (GSMA, 2007)
Diversifying Network Development: Microtelcos in Latin America and the Caribbean
Edgardo Sepulveda, Minimum Subsidy Auctions for Public Telecommunications Access in Rural Areas, in ITU Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2003: Promoting Universal Access to ICTs - Practical tools for regulators
End-user sharing
Environmental Report 2006/07 (OFTA, 2007)
Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines for Telecommunications (IFC, April 2007)
ERG Opinion on Regulatory Principles of Next Generation Access
EU Ministerial Declaration on e-inclusion
EU Universal Service Directive
Final report on expanded national demand study for universal access project – Part 1 – Household survey, Nigerian Communications Commission, Dec 2005
Final report on expanded national demand study for universal access project – Part 2 – Business and institutions survey, Nigerian Communications Commission, Dec 2005
Free/open source software (FOSS) policy in Africa
From the ground up.
Funding and Implementing Universal Access: Innovation and Experience from Uganda
Gateway Liberalisation
Global Symposium for Regulators
Good Practice Paper on ICTs for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
GOVERNANCE AND THE INTERNET
GSM Association: tax and the digital divide
Guidebook on Developing Community eCentres in Rural Areas
Guidelines for the Economic Analysis of Telecommunications Projects
Guidelines for the Economic Analysis of Telecommunications Projects, Asian Development Bank, authored by Andrew Dymond of Intelecon and Stephen Curry of the ADB, September 1997
Household questionnaire – District centre
Household questionnaire – Rural area
i2010 - A European Information Society for Growth and Employment
ICT quality of service regulation
India -- TRAI's Recommendation on Infrastructure Sharing
Information and Communication Technologies for Poverty Alleviation
Information and Communication Technologies, Poverty and Development
Information Technology Security Handbook
Integrating Social Development and Financial Sustainability: The Challenges of Rural Computer Kiosks in Kerala
Internet for Everyone in African GSM Networks
Ireland’s Broadband Future 2003, Information Society Commission (Ireland)
ITU Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR) Best Practice Guidelines
Key informant questionnaire – District centre
Key informant questionnaire – Rural area
Making the Connection: Scaling Telecenters for Development
Making waves
Mobile Phones for Microfinance
Monitoring and Evaluation of ICT in Education Projects A Handbook for Developing Countries
More Bandwidth at Lower Cost
Nepal- Request for Applications for a Licence to Provide Rural Telecommunications Service (RTS) in the Eastern Development Region
New Models for Universal Access in Latin America, Summary of Main Report, Regulatel / World Bank
New Technologies for Rural Applications (ITU-D Focus Group 7, ITU, September 2000)
Next Generation Networks and Universal Access: The Challenges Ahead
NGN Interconnection and Access: Interconnection on an IP-based NGN Environment NGN Interconnection and Access: Interconnection on an IP-based NGN Environment
Nigeria: The Impact of Mobile Services in Nigeria: How Mobile Technologies Are Transforming Economic and Social Activities
O2 (Germany) v. Commission
OBA Working Paper Series
Open Source Software Perspectives for Development
Output-Based Aid in Mongolia
Output-based Aid in Mongolia: Expanding rural telecommunications services to rural areas
Output-Based Aid in Mongolia: Expanding telecommunications services to rural areas
Output-Based Aid in Telecommunications
Output-based aid in Uganda: Bringing Communication Services to Rural Areas
Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development
Rapid assessment – District centre
Rapid assessment – Rural area
Regulatory framework for voice communication services using Internet Protocol
Regulatory Principles Applied in Ireland to Successfully Promote Wireless Broadband Access (Comreg, November 2005):
Replicating Village Phone from Uganda and Bangladesh
Rethinking Universal Service for a Next Generation Network environment
Review of sector taxation policies and determining the elasticity of penetration and price of the various telecommunication services in Uganda
Review of the operation of the Universal Service Obligation and Customer Service Guarantee
Review of the Regulatory Framework for Universal Service Arrangements
Social Impact and Diffusion of Telecenter Use: A Study from the Sustainable Access in Rural India Project
Study On Local Open Access Networks For Communities and Municipalities
Tax Incentives to Attract FDI
Technical assistance in bridging the “digital divide”: A Cost benefit Analysis for Broadband connectivity in Europe, EC / European Space Agency 2004
Telecommunications Challenges in Developing Countries
The Alberta SuperNet
The Economic Impact of Telecommunications on Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction
The Economic Impact of Telecommunications on Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction: A study of rural communities in India (Gujarat), Mozambique and Tanzania
The Energy Challenge for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
The Future Impact of ICTs on Environmental Sustainability (Lorenz Erdmann and others, IPTS, August 2004)
The Impact of Telecoms on Economic Growth in Developing Countries
The Transformational Potential of M-Transactions
The Universal Access and Service Policy
Toward universal access to broadband in Australia: a case study
TRAI Consultation on Access to Essential Facilities
TRAI regulation on international telecommunication access to essential facilities at cable landing stations, 2007
Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2006
Universal Access & Service (UAS) and Broadband Development
Universal Service Fund Policy
Using ICTs for poverty reduction and environmental protection in Kenya
Using Stakeholder Theory to Analyze Telecenter Projects
Using technology to build inclusive financial systems
Using the Livelihoods Framework to Analyze ICT Applications for Poverty Reduction through Microenterprise
Via Africa
Village Phone Direct Manual: Enabling microfinance institutions to bring affordable communication services to the poor
What Rules for Universal Service in an IP-Enabled NGN Environment?
What works: Smart Communications – expanding networks, expanding profits, (WRI, September 2004),
WiFi “Innovation” in Indonesia: Working around Hostile Market and Regulatory Conditions
Wireless Networking in the Developing World
WORKSHOP ON LICENSING OF THIRD-GENERATION MOBILE
World Information Society Report 2007
Module 5. Radio Spectrum Management
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1.8 GHz and 800 MHz Band Spectrum Licence Allocation - Area Maps and Boundary Coordinates
A Comparative Analysis of Spectrum Management Regimes
A Comparative Analysis of Spectrum Management Regimes
A Proposal for a Rapid Transition to Market Allocation of Spectrum
A Proposal for a Rapid Transition to Market Allocation of Spectrum
A Proposal for a Rapid Transition to Market Allocation of Spectrum, Federal Communications Commission, November 2002
Access to Spectrum/Orbit Resources and Principles of Spectrum Management
Access to Spectrum/Orbit Resources and Principles of Spectrum Management
Administrative Fees and Spectrum Charges: Report to the European Commission, Directorate General Information Society
AN ECONOMIC STUDY TO REVIEW SPECTRUM PRICING
An Essay on Airwave Allocation Policy, 2004 (Need for Reform)
Antenna Basics
Are spectrum auctions ruining our grandchildren’s future? The Journal of Policy, Regulation and Strategy for Telecommunication Information and Media, Camford Publishing Ltd
Are Spectrum Auctions ruining our grandchildren's Future?
Auction for Fixed Wireless Access Individual Licenses - Summary of Invitation to Tender
Auction for Fixed Wireless Access Individual Licenses - Summary of Invitation to Tender
AUCTION OF WIRELESS BROADBAND SPECTRUM RIGHTS
Auctioning of Spectrum for Third Generation Mobile Services (3G) -
Australia -- Five Year Spectrum Outlook, 2009-2013
Australia - The Telecommunications Act, 1997
Australia_Data on Spectrum Auction Results
Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan
Background paper - Radio Spectrum Management for a Converging World
Bahrain- Invitation to Apply for Second Mobile Licence
Bidders Manual
Botswana: The National Broadcast Board
Breaking the Chains: Unlicensed Spectrum as a Last-Mile Broadband Solution, New America Foundation, Spectrum Policy Program, Spectrum Series working Paper No.7, June 2003
Briefing to Industry and Analysts on the Hong Kong 3G Auction
Canada -- Licensing Framework for the Auction for Spectrum for Advanced Wireless Services and other Spectrum in the 2GHz Range
Canada - Radiocommunication Act
Canada: Restricted Operator's Certificate (Maritime)
Canada: A Guide to calculating Radio Licence Fees
Canada: Industry Canada, Radio Frequency Spectrum Standards, 2005
Canada: National Table of Frequency Allocations
Canada: Radio Station Licensing Procedure for Radiocommunication Service Providers, 2002
Canada: Radiocommunication Regulations, 2002
Canada: Standard Radio Systems
Canada: Standards and Certification of Radio Apparatus and Electronic Equipment Used in Canada
Canadian Municipalities and Regulation of Radio Antennae and their Support Structures, 1987
Cayman Islands - Information and Communications Technology Authority - The Public Consultation Process
CEPT: Refarming and Secondary Trading in a Changing Radio Communications World: Executive Summary
CEPT: Refarming and Secondary Trading in a Changing Radiocommunications World, 2002
Chapter 2 of the 2005 Edition of the National Spectrum Management Handbook
CITEL_Radio Amateur Permits Agreement
Comments of 37 Concerned Economists
Comments of 37 Concerned Economists (Federal Communication Commission 2001)
Comments on Auctioning of Spectrum for 3G Mobile services - Proposed Rules on Connected Bidders
CTU Workshop: Administrative and Market Methods for Assignment, 2006
Current and Future Spectrum Use by the Energy, Water and Railroad Industries
De-regulating the spectrum - Implications for Technology
De-regulating the spectrum - Implications for Technology, 1999
Designing property rights for the operation of spectrum markets, 2003
DGPT Indonesia: Networked Radio Monitoring Solution
Digital dividend: cognitive access
Digital Dividend: Geolocation for Cognitive Access
Dispute Resolution in the Telecommunications Sector: Current Practices and Future Directions
Economic Case for Unlicensed Spectrum Below 3GHz
Economic Versus Technical Approaches to Frequency Management Telecommunications Policy
Electromagnetic Compatibility - the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC, 2004
Electromagnetic Compatibility - the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC, 1992
EU: Mutual Recognition Agreements
Europe: Fixed Wireless Access, Spectrum engineering & Frequency Management Qualitative Guidelines
European Commission Communication on Next Steps in Radio Spectrum Policy, European Commission, 10 November 1999
European Commission Green Paper on Radio Spectrum PolicyGreen Paper on Radio Spectrum Policy in the Context of European Community Policies such as Telecommunications, Broadcasting, Transport, and R&D. COM (98) 596 final, 9 December 1998
European Union: Telecommunications equipment and Mutual Recognition Agreement
Facilitating Spectrum Management Reform via Callable/Interruptible Spectrum
FCC - Staff Working Group Paper Report of the Interference Protection Working Group
FCC Spectrum policy task force Staff Working Group Paper Report of the Interference Protection Working Group, 2002.
FCC Staff Study Report on NTIA’s Study of Current and Future Spectrum Use by the Energy, Water and Railroad industries
FCC, Amendment of Parts 2 and 90 of the Commission’s Rules to Provide for Narrowband Private Land Radio Mobile Channels in the 150.05-150.8 MHz, 162-174 MHz, and 406.1-420 MHz Bands that are Allocated for Federal Government Use
Fees and Application Guidelines for Telecommunications/Radiocommunications Equipment Type Approval.
Final report for the European Commission, Study on conditions and options in introducing secondary trading of radio spectrum in the European Community, Summary of the Report, May 2004
Finland -- Explanatory Memorandum regarding the Regulation on 2500 - 2690 MHz Spectrum Auction
Finland -- Regulation: 2500-2690 MHZ SPECTRUM AUCTION
Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Spectrum engineering & Frequency Management Guidelines
FR Radiation and Electromagnetic Field Safety, Hand Book of Radio Amateurs
Framework for Spectrum Auctions in Canada
Framework for Spectrum Auctions in Canada
Frequency Open Policy in Japan
Fundamentals of Spectrum Analysis, Rohde & Schwarz
General Spectrum License for Radiocommunications Systems Related to the Integrated Licensing Regime
Group on Telecommunications Report - Mechanism of Spectrum Management
Group on Telecommunications Report - Opportunity Costs Affecting Spectrum Utilization, Group on Telecommunications – India
GSR 2012 Spectrum Policy in a Hyperconnected Digital Mobile World. Discussion Paper, ITU.
Guatemala - Spectrum Trading
Guatemala: The Guatemalan Experience, 2005
Harmonized Standards Institute
High Bids and Broke winners
Hong Kong: Consultation on Spectrum Reform (refarming), 2006
Hong Kong: Equipment Evaluation and Certification Scheme
Hong Kong: OFTA, Frequency Bands for Broadband Wireless Applications, 2006
How (Not) to Run Auctions: the European 3G Telecom Auctions, European Econ. Rev., November 2001
How to Apply for Type Approval or Type Acceptance of Radio Equipment
IEEE: Broadband Wireless Access, Standards Development
IEEE: Radio Resource Management in Future Wireless Networks: Requirements and Limitations
Impact of the Regulator's Independence on the Telecommunications Industry
India -- Auction of 3G and BWA Spectrum
India: Consultation Paper on: Efficient Utilization, Spectrum Allocation, and Spectrum Pricing, 2004
India: International Regulatory Aspects of Radio Spectrum Management
India: Spectrum Auctions - Lessons from Experience, Telecommunications Policy (issue 25), 2005
India: TRAI Allocation and Pricing of 3G and BWA Spectrum - A consultation report, 2006
Ireland- Consultation Paper – Future Regulation of Electronic Communications Networks and Services: Arrangements for General Authorisations
Ireland: Use of Unlicensed Spectrum in Rural Applications
ITU Radio Regulations: Article I, Section VI – Characteristics of Emissions and Radio Equipment
ITU Telecommunication Development Sector, ITU-D Study Groups 1 and 2: Draft guidelines for the establishment of a system of radio-frequency usage fees
ITU Workshop - Radio Spectrum - Briefing paper
ITU/BDT: GREX Seminar on Spectrum Reform: Administrative Methods, Extract of Presentation given by Dale Hatfield, 2006
ITU: ARTICLE 16, International Monitoring, Radio Regulations 2004
ITU: Low Power Devices - Regulatory Issues, 2004
ITU: Radio Regulations, 2004
ITU: Radio Regulations, 2004
ITU: Spectrum Management Systems for Developing Countries, 2006
ITU:8th Annual Global Symposium for Regulators - A Discussion Paper on Spectrum Sharing by Adrian Foster, Pattaya, Thailand, 2008
ITU-D Study Groups - Recalibration of Radio Monitoring Equipment, August 2000
ITU-R Report SM.2015 on Methods for Determining National Long-Term Strategies for Spectrum Utilization
ITU-R: Report ITU-R SM 2130 (2008), Inspection of Radio Stations
Japan: Radio License Procedures and System for Conformity
Kenya -- Table of Radio Frequency Allocations, 2008
Kenya: Table of Radio Frequency Allocations, 2002
Leadership and the Independent Regulator
Leadership and the Independent Regulator, Public Utilities Research Centre, University of Florida
Lesotho- Proposal for Licensing Procedures: Consultation Document
Lessons from the Spectrum Auctions and Beauty Contests , V.
Licence Award Process for the Provision of 3G (UMTS) and 2G (GSM/DCS) Mobile Services - Information Memorandum
Marketplace Readiness of Narrowband/Broadband Wireless Access Systems in the 2.3 and 3.4 GHz Spectrum Bands
Mauritius - Broadband Wireless Access Consultation
Mauritius: Type Approval Guidelines
Maximum Exposure Levels to Radiofrequency Fields 3KHz - 300GHz
Mobile Radio Spectrum Monitoring System - Jordan
Mobile spectrum monitoring unit
Mobile Telecommunications and Economic Growth
Mobile Telecommunications and Economic Growth: London Business School, John Cabot U, and U of T, May 2005
Modelling the Efficiency Properties of Spectrum Management Regimes
Much Ado About Bandwidth
National Spectrum Management Handbook
New Zealand: Radio Standards, Radio Spectrum Management
Next Steps in Radio Spectrum Policy, European Commission, 10 November 1999
Nextwave Supreme Court Victory Ends Five-Year Struggle Over U.S. Wireless Spectrum Auction Rules, Telecomfinance (issue 99), March 2003
Nigeria: Communications Act 2003
Nigeria: NCC Closes Down Illegal Wireless Operators in Nigeria, Global Insight, 2003
Nigerian Regulator Confiscates Bourdex Equipment for Frequency Infringements, Global Insight, World Markets Research Centre, July 2005
Not a “Tool Kit”: Practitioner’s Guide to Measuring the Performance of Public Programs
Ofcom. Spectrum pricing. A statement on proposals for setting Wireless Telegraphy Act prices, 2005.
Organization Plan Report, Telecommunication Authority Suriname
Overcoming Agoraphobia: Building the Commons of the Digitally Networked Environment
Policy on Service Standards for External Fees
Procedural Manual for Bidders, Phase 1
Procedural Manual for Bidders, Phase 3
Radio Monitoring - ITU Measurement Request
Radio Resource Management in Highly Populated Developing Countries
Radiocommunications (Radio Standards) Notice 2005 No. 2
Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Allocation) Determination 1998 - Setting of Entry Fee and Eligibility Payment
Radiocommunications Act (Canada)
Radiocommunications Inquiry Report, Productivity Commission, Australia, 2002 especially Chapter 2 and 4
Regulation on Collective Frequencies for License-Exempt Radio Transmitters and on their Use
Replacement of Part 90 by Part 88 to Revise the Private Land Mobile Radio Services and Modify the Policies Governing Them and Examination of Exclusivity and Frequency Assignments Policies of the Private Land Mobile Services, Second Report and Order, FCC,
Report of the Spectrum Rights and Responsibilities Working Group
Resolution 9 - (Rev. Doha, 2006) Participation of Countries, particularly developing countries, in spectrum management, 2006
Resolution ITU-R 11-3 Development of an Upgraded Spectrum Management System
Response to OFTA’s Consultation Paper on 3G, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, 2000
Review of Radio Spectrum Management- an independent review
Review of Spectrum Management Practices
RSPG Report on cognitive technologies
SAMPLE TERMS OF REFERENCE AND STATEMENTS OF WORK FOR SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT CONSULTING PROJECTS
Sharing Spectrum
Singapore - Info-Communications Development Authority of Singapore Act (2000)
Singapore - Telecommunications Act
Singapore-Telecommunications (Radio-communication) Regulation, 2001
Solving Spectrum Gridlock: Reforms to Liberalize Radio Spectrum Management
Spectrum Analysis - Amplitude and Frequency Modulation
Spectrum Analysis Basics
Spectrum Analysis, Application Note 150
Spectrum Analysis, Application Note 150
Spectrum Auctions do not Raise the Price of Wireless Services: Theory and Evidence, Federal Communications Commission
Spectrum Auctions in India, Indian Institute of Management, February 2001
Spectrum Auctions: Yesterday's Heresy, Today's Orthodoxy, Tomorrow's Anachronism: Taking the Next Step to Open Spectrum Access
Spectrum Efficiency – Drawing a Bead on a Moving Target, Radio Resource, Mission Critical Communications June 2005
Spectrum Issues for the 1990s: New Challenges for Spectrum Management
Spectrum Management for a Converging World : Case Study Guatemala
Spectrum Management for a Converging World : Case Study United Kingdom
Spectrum Management: Property Rights, Markets and the Commons
Spectrum Monitoring Handbook
Spectrum Pricing - Paper delivered at the Lusaka Spectrum Management Conference 2003
Spectrum Pricing Methods
Spectrum Trading in Germany, Austria and the UK: The influence of regulatory regimes and evaluation of criteria on competition in the European Mobile Telecommunications Sector, August 2003
Spectrum Trading Increasing Efficiency of Spectrum Usage
Spectrum Trading: Band Managers - The Policies and Incentives Needed to Make them Succeed, 2003
Standards in Wireless Telephone Networks, Telecommunications Policy, Volume 27, Issues 5-6, June-July 2003, Pages 325-332
Strategies and Policies for Wireless IT Promotion in Korea
Study on the conditions and options in introducing secondary trading of radio spectrum in the European Community
Supplement to the Spectrum Monitoring Handbook
System of Certification under Conformity with Technical Standard
Table of Frequency Allocations
Table of Radio Spectrum Allocations in Canada
Tanzania: Guideline for Fees and Application Costs for Telecommunications Equipment
TAS-SMO Organization Plan, 2005
Technico-Economic Methods For Radio Spectrum Assignment, IEEE 1995
Technology leapfrogging in developing countries - An inevitable luxury?
Technology leapfrogging in Thailand: Issues for the support of ecommerce infrastructure
Telecommunications Research Project, Spectrum Management
The Economics of Pricing Radio Spectrum
The HCM Agreement (Vilnius 2005)
The Path to Market Success for Dynamic Spectrum Access Technology
The Path towards Efficient Coexistence in Unlicensed Spectrum, Cargenie Mellon University, IEEE 802.16 Broadband Wireless Access Working Group, 30 April 2000
The Public Consultation Process - ICT Authority Consultative Document
The Question of Spectrum: Technology, Management and Regime Change, The Economics, Technology and Policy of Unlicensed Spectrum Research Conference (May 2005 Michigan)
The Telecommunications Act, 2001 (Trinidad & Tobago)
Third Generation Mobile Services Licensing - Information Memorandum, OFTA, July 2001
Traits of an Independent Communications Regulator: A Search for Indicators, FCC International Bureau Working Paper Series, June 2004
TRC Mobile Spectrum Monitoring System
Trinidad and Tobago: Recommendation for Radio Spectrum Regulations, 2005
UK: Application of AIP in the UK_2004
UK: Radio Equipment Standards
UK: Spectrum Framework Review - Ofcom's Views as to how Radio Spectrum should be managed, 2004
United Kingdom - Independent Audit of Major Spectrum Holdings, 2005
United Kingdom: Ofcom - Spectrum Efficiency Scheme
United States -- FCC Online Table of Frequency Allocations
Unlicensed and Unshackled: A Joint OSP-OET White Paper on Unlicensed Devices and their Regulatory Issues, Federal Communications Commission, May 2003
Up the Revolution, 2005
USA: Assigning Property Rights to Radio Spectrum Users, 1998
USA: FCC - Current Spectrum Uses, 2002
USA: FCC - First Class Radiotelegraph Operator's License Certificate Process Description
USA: FCC - Notice of Enquiry and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 2003
USA: Spectrum Efficiency Working Group Report, 2002
USE OF AUCTION-BASED METHODS FOR THE ASSIGNMENT
Using and Abusing Auction Theory
Utility Regulator's - The Independence Debate
Utility Regulators – The Independence Debate, The World Bank Group, Private Sector, Note. No. 127, October 1997
Value-focused thinking - strategic management of radio spectrum for mobile communications in Korea
Venezuela: The Introduction of 3G Services - A Public Consultation Document
West African Common Market Project - Harmonization of Policies Governing the ICT Market in the UEMOA - ECOWAS Space - Final Guidelines, ITU, September 2005
West African Common Market Project: Harmonization of Policies Governing the ICT Market in the UEMOA-ECOWAS Space
What Price Spectrum?
What Really Matters in Auction Design
Wireless internet access 3G vs. Wi-Fi, Lehr, 2003
Wireless Networks for a Developing World : The Regulation and Use of License-Exempt Radio Bands in Africa,
Wireless Networks for the Developing World:
Wireless Networks for the Developing World: The Regulation and Use of License-Exempt Radio Bands in Africa
Wireless Technology for Non-engineers
Module 6. Legal and Institutional Framework
1254
AAA Wireless Industry Arbitration Rules
Africa Public Service Charter
Anguilla Administrative Procedures Regulations 2004
APEC Effective Compliance & Enforcement Guidelines & Practices
Apoyo Report to the Global Symposium for Regulators - Feedback to regulators from consumers
Argentina - Decreto No. 764/2000 - Desregulacion de las Telecomunicaciones
Armenia World Trade Organization Schedule of Specific Commitment
Australia - Foreign Ownership in the Telecom Sector
Australia - Policy and Regulatory Considerations for New and Emerging Services
Australia Privacy Act report
Australia Radiocommunications Act 1992
Australia Telecom Consumer Protection and Service Standards Act 1999
Australia Telecommunications Competition Regulation - Inquiry Report
Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
Bahrain Law 48 of 2002
Bahrain Telecommunications Law
Bangladesh - World Trade Organization Schedule of Specific Commitments
Benchmarking Postal Regulator Effectiveness
Bilateral Investment Treaties and Development Policy-Making
Black Economic Empowerement ICT Charter - Draft 4
Botswana - Annual Report 2003-2004
Botswana - Telecommunications Act 1996
Botswana Telecommunications Amendment Bill 2004
Brazil - Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel) Internal Regulation
Brazil - Perspectives on the Expansion and Modernization of the Telecommunications Sector
Brazil Contribution ITU Question 18-1: Effective Enforcement
Broadcasting in Hong Kong
Burkina Faso Contribution ITU Question 18-1: Effective Enforcement
Canada - Conflict of Interest Code
Canada - Fact sheet from Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development forum
Canada - News Release on the State of the Canadian Broadcasting System
Canada - Regulatory Framework for Voice Communication Services using Internet Protocol
Canada - Regulatory Reform in the Telecommunications Industry
Canada: New Telecommunications Fee Regulations
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) Public Process
Cayman Islands - Information and Communications Technology Authority - Confidentiality Rules
Central American Free Trade Agreement - Chapter 13
Chile - Decreto Ley 211 - Ley de Competencia
Chile - Ley General de Telecomunicaciones
China-ITU Universal Service Consumer Protection Seminar - Summary Report
Colombia - Comision de Regulacion de Telecomunicaciones Resolucion No. 575 de 2002
Colombia - Comisión de Regulación de Telecomunicaciones, Resolution 274 of 2000
Comissão de Ética Pública, 1999 (Brazil)
Comments of FCC General Counsel Wright - Introducing the Transactions Team Presentation on Timely Consideration of the Applications Accompanying Mergers
Competition Law and Policy in Chile - A Peer Review
Consolidated Version of the Treaty Establishing the European Community
Consumer Protection in the Australian Telecommunications Industry
Controlling Market Power in Telecommunications: Antitrust vs. Sector-Specific Regulation
Corruption and Patronage Politics: The Case of "Harambee" in Kenya
Council of Europe - Convention on Cybercrime
Creating the “Right” Enabling Environment for ICT
Creating the “Right” Enabling Environment for ICT
Declaration of Interests by Senior Civil Servants in Some Overseas Countries
Directorate General Competition - Best Practices on the Conduct of EC Merger Proceedings
Dominican Republic - Proyecto de Ley de Defensa de la Competencia
Draft Black Economic Empowerment Charter for the ICT Sector
EC Merger Regulation
Electronic Communication Committee - Report 43 Dispute Resolution Settlement Procedures (2003)
Estonian National Communications Board Annual Report, 2003
EU Directive on the Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data and on the Free Movement of such Data
EU 1999 Communications Review
EU Access Directive
EU Accession Negotiations Guide
EU Annex 3 to the European Electronic Communications Regulation and Markets 2004 (10th Report)
EU Authorisation Directive
EU Commission - Voice Over Internet Protocol Public Consultation
EU Commission Communication on Voice Over Internet Protocol 1998
EU Commission Communication on Voice Over Internet Protocol 2000
EU Commission Recommendation - Provision of Public Radio Local Area Networks
EU Directive Concerning the Processing of Personal Data and teh Protection of Privacy in the Telecommunications Sector
EU Directive on Competition in the Markets for Electronic Communications Networks and Services
EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications
EU Directive on the Retention of Data
EU Electronic Commerce Directive
EU Framework Directive
EU Framework Directive
EU Green Paper on Convergence
EU Guidelines on Market Analysis and Assessment of Significant Market Power
EU Recommendation on Relevant Product and Service Markets Susceptible to ex ante Regulation
EU Television Without Frontier Directive
EU Universal Service Directive
European Commission Adopts Recommendation to Promote Public Wireless Broadband Services in Europe
European Commission Recommendation on Relevant Product and Service Markets Susceptible to Ex Ante Regulation
European Competitive Telecommunications Association Regulatory Scorecard 2005
European Regulators Group - Common Position: Appropriate Remedies in the New Regulatory Framework
European Regulators Group - Common Statement for Voice Over Internet Protocol Regulatory Approaches
Federal Communication Commission - Paper on Ethics
Federal Communications Commission - Traits of an Independent Communications Regulator
Federal Communications Commission - Chairman Powell Announces Formation of Internet Policy Working Group
Federal Communications Commission - Foreign Ownership Guidelines
Federal Communications Commission - IP Enabled Services - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Federal Communications Commission - Organizational Functions and Procedures Booklet
Federal Communications Commission - Voice Over Internet Protocol - Stevens Report
Feedback to Regulators from the Private Sector
Final ITU Report on Enforcement
Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Asia
Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America
Foreign Direct Investment in Least Developed Countries
Forum on Telecommunication Regulation in Africa - ENUM: Country Experiences
GATS - Schedule of Specific Commitments - Supplement 1 Revision 1
GSM Tax Report
Guatemala - Ley General de Telecomunicaciones (2002)
Guide to the Danish Numbering Plan
Honduras - Ley Marco del Sector de Telecomunicaciones
Hong Kong - Acceptance of Advantages
Hong Kong - Civil Service Guide
Hong Kong - Class License for Public Wireless Local Area Network Services
Hong Kong - Revision of Regulatory Regimes for Fixed-Mobile Convergence
Hong Kong - Telecommunications Ordinance
Hong Kong China - Regulation of Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony
Hong Kong Civil Servants' Guide to Good Practices
Hong Kong Licensing Framework for Broadband Wireless Access
Hong Kong Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) - Public Enquiries and Complaints
Hungary - Act C on Electronic Communications (2003)
ICASA Foreign Ownership Regulation
Impending Growth of Indonesia's Market for ICT and its Regulatory Constraints
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Act 2000
India - Competition Act 2002
India - New Telecom Policy 1999
India - Telecom and Competition Policy
India - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act 1997 - Chapter I
India - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act 1997 - Chapter IV
India - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India - Amendment Ordinance 2000
India - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act 1997
India - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act 1997 - Chapter II
India - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act 1997 - Chapter III
India - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act 1997 - Chapter V
India - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act 1997 - Chapter VI
India - Telecom Regulatory Autority of India Act - Part II - Chapter 2
India -- Telecommunications Mobile Number Portability Regulations, 2009
Intellectual Property Rights in Japan
Introducing Telecommunications Competition through a Wireless License
Investors Looking Beyond ICSID in Investment Treaty Telecom Cases
Ireland – Final Determination in the dispute between BT Ireland and Eircom in relation to LLU collocation at Eircom Nutley Exchange, 5 March, 2009
Italy - Data Protection Code
ITU Botswana Mini Case Study Interconnection
ITU Consumer Protection
ITU Effective Regulation Case Study: Botswana
ITU India Mini Case Study Interconnection
ITU Question 18-2: Mid-Term Guidelines on the Smooth Transition of Existing Mobile Networks to IMT-2000 for Developing Countries
ITU_World Bank - Dispute Resolution in the Telecommunications Sector Report
Japan - Fair Settlement of Dispute - Appendix: Reference Materials
Japan - Fair Settlement of Disputes - Forward
Japan - Fair Settlement of Disputes - In the beginning
Japan - Fair Settlement of Disputes - Opening Remarks
Japan - Fair Settlement of Disputes - Part I Chapter 1
Japan - Fair Settlement of Disputes - Part I Chapter 2
Japan - Fair Settlement of Disputes - Part I Chapter 3
Japan - Fair Settlement of Disputes - Part II Chapter 1
Japan - Fair Settlement of Disputes - Part II Chapter 2
Japan - Fair Settlement of Disputes - Part II Chapter 3
Japan Telecommunications Business Law
Kenya Public Officer Ethics Act
Kenya: The Kenya Information and Communications (Dispute Resolution) Regulations, 2010
Latvia Public Utilities Commission Annual Report, 2004
Leadership and the Independent Regulator
Looking Forward: Mobile Number Portability in South Africa (Tracy Cohen)
Luxembourg - Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation - Annual Report 2003
Malaysia -- Dispute Resolution Guidelines
Malaysia- Communications and Multimedia Act
Malaysia Internet Access Service Provider Sub-Code
Malta Communications Authority - Annual Report 2004
Managing Conflicts of Interest in the Americas: A Comparative Review
Manila Declaration 2002
Memo - Regulation of Internet Content in Mexico
Memorandum of Agreement between Federal Trade Commission and Department of JusticeTrade Commission and Departament of Justice
Mexico - Reglamento Interior de la Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and Related Agencies Structure and Function 2002
Morocco: Effective Regulation Case Study
Multidisciplinary Group on Corruption Recommendation 2000 (Council of Europe)
Namibia Ethics and Good Governance
Netherlands: Agreements between the Commission of the Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority
(OPTA) and the Director General of the Netherlands Competition Authority (the NMa) on the method of
cooperation in matters of mutual interest, 2004
New Zealand Mobile Termination Rate Report
New Zealand Telecommunications Information Privacy Code
New Zealand: A Guide to Regulatory Decision-Making by the Commerce Commission for the Telecommunications Sector
Nigeria Enforcement Regulations
Nigeria: Memorandum of Understanding between the Consumer Protection Council and the Nigerian Communications Commission
Nigeria: Numbering Regulations 2007
Norwegian Mobile Telecoms Firm Turns to ICSID in Tussle with Hungary
OECD: ENUM: CONVERGING TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND ADDRESSES IN NEXT GENERATION
NETWORKS
Office of Communications - Information-Convergence and the Never Ending Drizzle of Electric Rain
Office of Communications - Statement on Spectrum Trading 2004
Office of Communications - Statement Spectrum Liberalisation
Office of Communications -Next Generation Networks: Further Consultation
Oftel- Dispute Resolution Under the New EU Directives
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Anti-Spam Law Enforcement Report
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Anti-Spam Regulation
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Draft Toolkit for Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Sector
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Guidelines for Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Handbook on Information, Consultation and Public Participation in Policy-Making
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Regulatory Reform as a Tool for Bridging the Digital Divide
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Spam Enforcement
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Spam in Developing Countries
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Telecommunications Regulatory Institutional Structures and Responsibilities
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development Cross Border Guidelines
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development IDB Competition in the Dominican Republic
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development Overview of Regulatory Reform in Germany 2004
Pakistan -- Protection from Spam, Unsolicited, Fraudulent and Obnoxious Communication Regulations, 2009
Pakistan: MNP Code of Practices v. 9
Panama - Law 26, Creating Panamanian Regulator of Public Services (1996)
Peru - Annual Report 2003 (Organizational and Human Resources Policies) SPANISH
Peru - Reglamento de Transparencia de Osiptel
Philippines National Telecommunications Commission - Practices and Procedures Manual
Poland - Annual Report 2003
Portugal ICP - Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações - Consultation Procedures
Procedimiento no Contencioso: Operacion de Concentracion entre Empresas: Telefonica Moviles-Bellsouth
Public Service Ethics in Africa
Reflections on Regulation and Dispute Resolution in India
Regulating Utilities: Contracting out Regulatory Functions
Regulation and Investment - Sri Lanka Case Study
Report to the ITU Global Symposium for Regulators - Consumer Protection in the Asia Pacific Region
Singapore Contribution ITU Question 18-1: Effective Enforcement
Some Implications for Regulation of ICT and Media Convergence
South Africa Competition Act as Amended
South Africa Competition Second Amendment Act 2000
South Africa Independent Communication Authority of South Africa and Competition Commission MOU
South Africa Policy Framework
South Africa: Making MNP Work
Speech by Viviane Reding: The Review of the Regulatory Framework for E-Communications
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission - Guidelines for Conducting Public Consultations
Subscribing to Monopoly, The Monopolist's Lexicon-Revised
Summary - The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998
Summary of the OECD Roundtable on Communications Convergence
Tanzania - Communications Regulatory Authority Act 2003
Tanzania -- TCRA Guidelines for Consumer Complaint Handling
Telecommunications and the World Trade Organization -- The Case of Mexico
Telekom Malaysia and Ghana Look to Settle UNCITRAL Arbitration
The Digital Trade Agenda of the US - Parallel Tracks of Bilateral, Regional and Multilateral Liberalization
The Relationship between Competition Authorities and Sectoral Regulators - Contribution from Chile
Tratamiento del Control de Fusiones en el Anteproyecto de Ley de Defensa de la Competencia de la Republica Dominicana: Consideraciones Institucionales
Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States
Turkey - Amending Law No. 4502
Uganda - Communications Act 1997
Uganda Case Study: Licensing in the Era of Liberalization and Convergence
UK Civil Service Management Code
UK Offfice of the Telecommunications Ombudsman -Terms of Reference
UN General Assembly - World Summit on the Information Society Resolution
UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Conciliation
UNCTAD Occasional Note - International Investment Disputes
US - Competition Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2005
US - Trade Act of 2002
US 1992 Horizontal Merger Guidelines
US Digital Millennium Copyright Act
US Spam Act
US Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch
US Supreme Court Decision - Verizon v Trinko LLP 2004
US Telecommunications Act of 1996
Utility Regulators - The Independence Debate
West African Common Market Project: Harmonization of Policies Governing the ICT Market in the UEMOA-ECOWAS Space
World Bank - Code of Ethics
World Intellectual Property Organization - Survey of Issues
World Trade Organization - Reference Paper
World Trade Organization - Services Sectoral Classification List
Module 7. New Technologies and Impacts on Regulation
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ADSL2 AND ADSL2+ THE NEW ADSL STANDARDS
ADSL2 and ADSL2plus the new ADSL standards
Australian Communications & Media Authority (ACMA) Restricted Access System Declaration 2007
Barbados Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Policy
CASBAA submission to MDA Public Consultation on the Policy and Regulatory Framework for Mobile Broadcasting Services in Singapore
Community-Government partnerships and open source technology for low cost IT access in India - A case study
Competition Policy in Telecommunications: the case of Denmark
Connectivity, Openness and Vulnerability: Challenges Facing Regulators
Convergence of telecommunications, media and information technology, and implications for regulation
Convergence, IP telephony and telecom regulation
Co-ordination in ICT standards setting
Cost based interconnection charges, competition and investment
Cost Drivers and Deployment Scenarios for Future Broadband Wireless Networks
Cost Drivers and Deployment Scenarios for FutureBroadband Wireless Networks
CRTC - Canada Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2007-13
CRTC - The Future Environment Facing the Canadian Broadcasting System
Designing Next Generation Telecom Regulation: ICT Convergence or Multisector Utility?
Designing next generation telecommunication regulation
Digital dividend: cognitive access
Digital Dividend: Geolocation for Cognitive Access
Diversifying participation in network development
Driving the Future of IPTV
DSL anywhere
DSL Forum - IPTV Deployments More Than Double in a Year
Encouraging public-private partnerships in the utilities sector: The role of development assistance
End to End Argument in System Design
ERG Common Position on the approach to Appropriate remedies in the new regulatory framework
EU Green Paper on Convergence
Finland -- FICORA Opinion on the Regulation of Skype Services in Finland
Finland -- FICORA opinion on the use of telephone numbers in VOIP Services
Frequently asked questions on the regulation of Voice over Internet Protocol services
GLOBAL INFORMATION
INFRASTRUCTURE, INTERNET PROTOCOL ASPECTS
AND NEXT-GENERATION NETWORKS
Handbook for computer security incidence response teams
HK Consultation on Digital Broadcasting: Mobile Television and Related Issues
HK Second Consultation on Development of Mobile Television Services
How to lease the Internet in your spare time
I Pass Corporate overview
i2010 - A European Information Society for Growth and Employment
IEEE: Introduction to IPTV
IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF POLICY OPTIONS IN RELATION TO A REGULATION ON ROAMING ON PUBLIC MOBILE NETWORKS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
Implications of DOCSIS-QoS on Cable Broadband Service
India -- Telecommunications Mobile Number Portability Regulations, 2009
India TRAI - Recommendations on Issues Relating to Mobile Television Services
India TRAI - Recommendations on Provision of IPTV Services
Information Economy Report 2005
Information Systems of Nepal Telecom For Customer Service
Internet Protocol (IP)
Internet QoS: Architectures and Mechanisms for Quality of Service
IP telephony cookbook, technological background
IPTV & VoD market analysis
IPTV in Korea and Japan
IPTV: Experiences of China and Chinese Taipei
IPv6
Is commercial WiMAX around the corner in Jordan? The regulator prepares to issue a Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Tender.
Italy AGCOM Delibera n. 266/06/CONS
ITU Academy resources on IPv6
ITU Guidelines for the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting 2010
ITU-T Recommendation D.50
Looking Forward: Mobile Number Portability in South Africa (Tracy Cohen)
Making Infrastructure Work for the Poor
Making the ladder of investment operational
Mexico CFC PRES-10-096-2005-117
Mexico CFC PRES-10-096-2006-102
Mexico SCT Convergence Agreement
Mobile WiMAX – A Technical Overview and Performance Evaluation
Mobile WiMAX: A Performance and Comparative Summary
Nat’l Cable & Telecomms. Ass’n v. Brand X Internet Servs.
National Strategy for eHEALTH Sweden
New technologies for rural applications
NGN, Further arrangements for access and Interconnection (2004)
NGN, Further Consultations (2005)
Nigeria -- Telecommunications Networks Interconnection Regulations 2007
Nigeria: Numbering Regulations 2007
OECD Communications Outlook 2007
OECD IPTV: Market Developments and Regulatory Treatment
OECD Policy Considerations for Audio-Visual Content Distribution in a Multiplatform Environment
OECD: ENUM: CONVERGING TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND ADDRESSES IN NEXT GENERATION
NETWORKS
Ofcom - Regulatory Challenges Posed by Next Generation Access Networks
Ofcom - The International Communications Market 2006
Open Access Report
Pace Micro Technology: IPTV White Paper
Preparing the Information Infrastructure for the Network Economy
Putting knowledge into practice: A broad-based innovation strategy for the EU
REGULATING THE “TV” OF THE FUTURE: COMPARING THE TREATMENT OF VIDEO AS AN IP-ENABLED SERVICE IN THE U.S. AND CHINA
Regulation and competition
REGULATORY POSITION AND GOALS OF THE WIMAX FORUM
Republic of Korea Enforcement Decree of the Broadcasting Act
Republic of Korea Internet Multimedia Broadcasting Business Act
RSPG Report on cognitive technologies
Service and/or infrastructure competition
Shaping Information Societies for Human Needs: Civil Society Declaration to the World Summit on the Information Society
Singapore -- Specific Terms and Conditions for IP Telephony Services
Singapore MDA Public Consultation on the Policy and Regulatory Framework for Mobile Broadcasting Services in Singapore
SingTel submission to MDA Public Consultation on the Policy and Regulatory Framework for Mobile Broadcasting Services in Singapore
South Africa: Making MNP Work
Spectrum Auctions
StarHub submission to MDA Public Consultation on the Policy and Regulatory Framework for Mobile Broadcasting Services in Singapore
Techno-economic study
Technological convergence and regulation: Challenges facing developing countries
Technology leapfrogging in developing countries - An inevitable luxury?
Technology leapfrogging in Thailand: Issues for the support of ecommerce infrastructure
Technology Research Programme (2005)
Telecom reform: Process and prospects
Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2009-657, Review of the Internet traffic management practices of Internet service providers
The change to VoIP and the introduction of
The concept of technology neutrality
THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND THE COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOUR OF INTERNET BACKBONE PROVIDERS - A WAY FORWARD
The Essential Report on IP Telephony
The international Internet interconnection issue
The next step for telecom regulation: ICT convergence regulation or multisector utilities regulation?
The social value of TV band spectrum in European countries
Trends in telecommunication reform: Convergence and regulation
U.S. Continues to Tread Water in Global Broadband Adoption
U.S. FCC "Program Access Rules," 47 C.F.R. § 76.1000 et. seq.
UAE’s Internet market grows by leaps and bounds in the first nine month of 2006
Understanding Wi-Fi and WiMAX
United States Telecom Ass'n v. FCC ("USTA II")
Universal Access & Service (UAS) and Broadband Development
UNIVERSAL SERVICE IN AN IP-ENABLED NGN ENVIRONMENT
US FCC Auction 49: Lower 700 MHz Band Fact Sheet
US FCC Decision on Exclusive Service Contracts for Provision of Video Services in Multiple Dwelling Units and Other Real Estate Developments
US FCC Decision on IP-Enabled Services
US FCC Decision on Unbundling Obligations
US FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking In Re Implementation of Section 621(a)(1) of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 as amended by the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992
Using ICTs for poverty reduction and environmental protection in Kenya
VDSL2
VoIP Peering: Bridging the Gap Between Public and Private Networks
Where's the Money?- Internet Interconnection and Financial Settlements
Wi-Fi and Wi-Max: Rural Mexico's Last Train to Development
WSIS Golden Book