Agenda
Chairs:
· Mr. Amr Badawi, Executive President, National Telecommunications Authority Regulation (NTRA), Egypt
Moderator:
· Mr. Hopeton Dunn, Director, Caribbean Programme in Telecommunications Policy and Technology Management (TPM), Mona School of Business, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
Panellists:
· Mr. Ben Akoh,?ICT Programmme Manager, Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
· Mr. Pierre Dandjinou, ?CEO, Strategic Consulting Group SCG
· Mr. Mohamed El Nawawy, Vice Chairman Telecom Egypt Company, Egypt
· Mr. Ernest Ndukwe,?Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
· Mr. Ermanno Pietrosemoli, President, EsLaRed, Venezuela
Issues mentioned for this session included:
· National and international regulatory issues;
· National and regional backbones;
· Infrastructure;
· Interconnection costs;
· Enabling Internet Exchange Points (IXPs);
· Modes of access and regulatory challenges;
· Safety and redundancy of access, e.g. cable cuts;
· Issues in mobile access.