Archive for January 2004
Development of regulatory framework in Syria (2005-2008)
Project:
New Approaches to Telecommunications Policy II (2005-2008; with Frontier Economics and Clifford Chance)
Client:
European Commission
Description:
We provided the Syrian ministry of telecommunications with a series of workshops to get acquainted with all aspects of liberalisation. We wrote a strategy paper to update the MTIT’s policy statements. We drafted a comprehensive Telecommunications Act that is currently being prepared for political decision making. We assisted in selecting and training a Regulatory Task Force inside the Ministry, which will be the core of the future regulatory authority SYTRA. We provide advice on the structure of SYTRA and its staffing and budget development.
Redesigning the Telecommunications Act of Jordan (2007-2008)
Project:
New Approaches to Telecommunications Policy II (2005-2008; with Frontier Economics and Clifford Chance)
Client:
European Commission
Description:
Following a strategy review by the Jordan ministry of Telecommunications MoICT, we assist the MoICT in identifying the elements of the Jordan telecommunications act that need to be reviewed with a view to telecoms-media convergence, and to insert key elements of the EU regulatory framework. Subsequently, we provide redrafts of the relevant parts of legislation.
Regulatory Toolkit for the Palestinian Authority (2008)
Project:
New Approaches to Telecommunications Policy II (2005-2008; with Frontier Economics and Clifford Chance)
Client:
European Commission
Description:
Following a long period of standstill, the Ministry of Telecommunications in the Palestinian Authority is now picking up the establishment of a regulatory authority. In co-ordination with the World Bank, we developed a program of assistance for training the group of employees of the Ministry and the private sector in a broad range of key regulatory issues. During the workshop, we also take stock of the need for follow up assistance including bylaws and regulations. We drafted a general policy statement outlining the roadmap to liberalization and development of the regulatory framework of the Palestine Authority. We also drafted an “emergency package” of regulations as a basic toolkit for the Palestine Authority to kick off the regulation of the liberalized telecommunications markets, including interconnection regulation, cost accounting, dispute resolution, sanctions and anticompetitive behaviour.
Training seminar Independent Regulatory Authorities (2005)
Project:
New Approaches to Telecommunications Policy II (2005-2008; with Frontier Economics and Clifford Chance)
Client:
European Commission
Description:
Training seminar for ministries and regulatory authorities of the Mediterranean region on the design and functioning of independent regulatory authorities
Training seminar Regulatory Accounting (2006)
Project:
New Approaches to Telecommunications Policy II (2005-2008; with Frontier Economics and Clifford Chance)
Client:
European Commission
Description:
Training seminar for ministries and regulatory authorities of the Mediterranean region on cost accounting and accounting separation for regulatory purposes
Training seminar Interconnection regulation (2006)
Project:
New Approaches to Telecommunications Policy II (2005-2008; with Frontier Economics and Clifford Chance)
Client:
European Commission
Description:
Training seminar for ministries and regulatory authorities of the Mediterranean region on network access regulation including interconnection, wholesale price regulation, unbundling of the local loop etc.
Training seminars Spectrum Management (2006, 2008)
Project:
New Approaches to Telecommunications Policy II (2005-2008; with Frontier Economics and Clifford Chance)
Client:
European Commission
Description:
Training seminar for ministries and regulatory authorities of the Mediterranean region on radio frequency management, planning, licensing etc
Training seminar Licensing and Market Opening Strategies (2006)
Project:
New Approaches to Telecommunications Policy II (2005-2008; with Frontier Economics and Clifford Chance)
Client:
European Commission
Description:
Training seminar for ministries and regulatory authorities of the Mediterranean region on strategies for introducing competition, including licensing, carrier selection, unbundling of the local loop etc.
Training seminars Analysis of Significant Market Power (2006, 2008)
Project:
New Approaches to Telecommunications Policy II (2005-2008; with Frontier Economics and Clifford Chance)
Client:
European Commission
Description:
Training seminar for ministries and regulatory authorities of the Mediterranean region on analysis of market dominance and significant market power, including relevant market delineation etc..
Training seminar Retail Price regulation (2006)
Project:
New Approaches to Telecommunications Policy II (2005-2008; with Frontier Economics and Clifford Chance)
Client:
European Commission
Description:
Training seminar for ministries and regulatory authorities of the Mediterranean region on strategies for introducing competition, including licensing, carrier selection, unbundling of the local loop etc.