ITU’s Cooperation with Relevant Organizations

Ebrahim Al-Haddad

ITU’s Regional Representative to the Arab States

ICT ToolkitA Joint Project

between ITU and infoDev

The ITU and infoDev launched a new online

Regulation Toolkit designed to address the

complex regulatory challenges emerging from

a rapidly evolving ICT industry

This is an update and expansion of infoDev’s influential print publication

Telecom Regulators’ Handbook (issued in 2000), the new web-based

toolkit is aimed at national and regional regulatory agencies, ICT

policy-makers, and other stakeholders with an active interest in ICT

regulation

The toolkit is conceived as a permanently evolving

resource. It consists of a series of modules on key regulatory issues in the

rapidly converging ICT sector.

The first module, which is available on line, deals with the authorization

of telecommunication services. It addresses:

- -Overview Of Authorization- General Authorization- Individual Licenses- Competitive Licensing Process- Fees- Authorization Practice and Procedures

- Special Authorization Procedures

By Feb. 2006, there should be 4 more Modules added to the site. These will deal with:

1 .Regulating Spectrum Management2. Legal and Institutional Aspects of Regulation3. New Technologies and Their Impact on Regulations4. Regulating Competition, Prices and Interconnection

By the End of 2006, there is a plan for 2 more other Modules. These will deal with:

1 .Universal Access- Extending Services Beyond the Market

2 .Overview and Introduction to the ICT Toolkit

Spectrum Management

1 .Overview2. Policy and Planning3. Authorization4. Pricing5. Monitoring and Compliance6. International Affairs7. Developing Management Capacity

Legal and Institutional

1 .Introduction2. Why Regulate?3. Legal Context of Regulatory Reform4. Indicators of Effective regulation5. Organizational and Institutional Approaches to regulation6. Functional Aspects of regulation7. Regulatory Processes

New Technologies

1 .Technological Trends2. Market and Regulation3. A New Regulatory Paradigm

Competition Module

1 .Overview: Putting ICT regulation in Context2. Competition Policy and the ICT Sector3. Regulating for Interconnection4. New Paradigms: VoIP and IXPs5. Regulating Prices

Experience Sharing Amongst Regulators

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