Transcript OVERVIEW OF TISP WORK: 2001

OVERVIEW OF TISP WORK:
2001 - 2002
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Analysis of Policies and Regulations
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Carrier Selection and Pre-selection
Indicators of the Assessment of
Telecommunications Competition
Developments in Mobile Cellular Services
– presentations on i-mode, 3G developments
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Universal Service and Broadband
Developments in Local Loop Unbundling
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Analysis of Policies and Regulations
(cont’d)
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Development of Broadband Access in OECD
Countries
Internet Traffic Exchange and Development of
End-to-End International Telecom
Competition
Broadband Infrastructure Deployment: Role
of Government Assistance
Trends in IP Technology: Impact on traditional
Carrier World
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Analysis of Policies and Regulations
(cont’d)
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Broadband Access for Business
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Development of wireless LANs in OECD
Countries
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Strategies and Regulatory Issues for
Community Broadband Networks
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Round Table on Structural Separation of the
Local Loop
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Comparing Domain Name Administration in
OECD Countries
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Status of Local Loop Unbundling
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23 of 30 OECD countries have introduced LLU (12
in 1999).
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Czech Republic, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland,
Slovak Republic (monopoly), Switzerland and
Turkey (monopoly) have not yet introduced LLU.
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Some countries have delayed introduction of
regulated bitstream access i.e. providing ISPs
with xDSL wholesale product
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Ratio of Unbundled Lines to Total
Lines: OECD Best Performers
%
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0
United States
Canada
Finland
Germany
Austria
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Benchmarking
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Communications Outlook 2003
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Internet Indicators
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Broadband Development and Diffusion
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Broadband Pricing
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Revision of OECD Mobile Basket
methodology
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Consumer expenditure on telecommunication
services
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Workshops
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Workshop on Internet Traffic Exchange
– How is Internet traffic exchanged? What financial
mechanisms are in place for the exchange of Internet
Traffic?
– Trends in deployment and availability of undersea cables
– Policy and regulatory reforms required to stimulate Internet
development and address international digital divide
– Local Internet interconnection
– ENUM information session
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Dubai Conference on Telecommunications Policy
– Objective to raise awareness and provide a catalyst for
change among participating entities on role of reform and
regulation
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Workshops (continued)
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Broadband Workshops
– Analysing the economic and social impacts on
business, households and individuals of new
infrastructure developments.
– Importance of broadband for business and
delivery of public services
– Identify areas of market failure in deployment of
broadband infrastructure to identify where and
when government involvement is most appropriate
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OECD’S HORIZONTAL PROGRAMME
ON REGULATORY REFORM
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Country studies with chapter on
telecommunications policy. Report Peer
Reviewed by TISP/ICCP
16 countries reviewed since 1998
Reviews in 2001-2002: Czech Republic;
Poland; Turkey; Canada; UK
2003 : Germany, France
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Broadband demand is increasing. 10 million subscribers added in first half 2002
and there should be at least 50 million broadband subscribers in OECD area by
end 2002.
45.00
40.00
Other
Cable Modem
Subscribers (Million)
35.00
DSL
30.00
25.00
20.00
15.00
10.00
5.00
0.00
1999
2000
2001
Mar-02
Jun-02
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Broadband Development in Japan
DSL Subscribers in Japan
Cable Modems Subscribers in Japan
Fibre to the Home
4500000
3500000
3000000
Prior to 2001 NTT's focus
was on promoting ISDN. The
initial competition came from
cable modems and NTT tried
to compete with flat rate
ISDN rather than DSL.
2500000
2000000
1500000
1000000
500000
Yahoo BB
launches
using NTT
local loops
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For More Information
See:
www.oecd.org/sti/telecom
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