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| WDR e-Brief, Vol. 2, #2 |
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| Thursday, 06 March 2003 | |
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· Dialogue 2003 launched with new WDR paper · WDR 2002 Report - Request for translations · Join the 2003 Online Dialogue · Face-to-face dialogue begins in Johannesburg · Link Centre gets support from IDRC · WDR researchers to present paper at EURO CPR · LIRNE training course: Strategies for Stimulating Investment and Competition · WSIS: WDR associates to describe "Visions of the Information Society" · Economics of Infrastructures 6th International Conference · Subscribing and unsubscribing Welcome to the second issue of the WDR e-Brief for 2003. WDR e-Brief is an electronic bulletin from the World Dialogue on Regulation for Network Economies (WDR). The e-Brief keeps you informed of new documents and ongoing discussions on our website and features information and comment of interest to the regulatory community. Please forward it to interested colleagues and let them know they can subscribe for free from the WDR website at http://www.regulateonline.org/. There are currently 1,157 subscribers. This issue of the e-Brief accompanies the launch of the WDR Dialogue 2003 topic, Stimulating Investment in Network Development. -------------------- -------------------- Dialogue 2003 launched with new WDR paper WDR's Dialogue 2003 was launched 6 March 2003 with the release of a new WDR paper. The paper Stimulating Investment in Network Development, by William H. Melody, introduces the theme, explaining that it stems not only from the desperate need for network rollout in developing countries, and concerns about the slow rate of broadband network upgrading in most developed countries, but also from the drying up of investment funds for the telecom sector. Read the abstract and download the paper at http://www.regulateonline.org/2003/dp/dp0301.htm -------------------- -------------------- WDR 2002 Report -- Request for translations The final report on the 2002 research theme, ICT Convergence Regulation or Multisector Utility Regulation, was released last month and is available for download from the WDR website in English. While translation into a few selected languages is being considered, a number of people have requested translation of the Executive Summary so they can share the ideas in the report with colleagues in their first language. If you or your organisation can provide translations of the Executive Summary, please contact Merete Henriksen at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Translations will be posted on the website and you will be given credit. The report and executive summary can be downloaded from http://regulateonline.org/2002/dialogue2002.htm -------------------- -------------------- Join the 2003 Online Dialogue With the release of the background paper for Dialogue 2003, the online forum has also been launched. In his opening posting to the Forum, WDR Managing Director William Melody wrote: The challenge is to turn telecom regulators from being the causes of regulatory risk into being the causes of reductions in investment risks in the telecom/ICT sector. Although different countries will have different priorities, there are common issues and priorities across a great many countries. For the first month, we want to focus on the top priority issues that regulators must attend to in order to make a mark in the short term. What are they and specifically what should regulators do? Once we have heard from people on this matter, we will move on to more specific questions. Comment on the 2003 theme and the questions raised (or not raised) in the Dialogue 2003 forum in WDR's Online Dialogue at http://www.regulateonline.org/dialogue/ . -------------------- -------------------- Face-to-face dialogue begins in Johannesburg The WDR Dialogue 2003 on how telecom regulators can stimulate network development started at the LINK Centre, Wits University in February. At the Trade and Industry Policy Strategies (TIPS) Conference in Johannesburg, William Melody and Alison Gillwald addressed the human capital investment issues, with particular reference to building regulatory competence and effective training programmes. More information at http://regulateonline.org/news/linkstart.htm -------------------- -------------------- Link Centre gets support from IDRC The Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has selected the LINK Centre for a major research project on ICT issues that will enable LINK to facilitate both African research networks, and African participation in global networks. As part of this initiative, the project will support LINK participation as a full research partner in this year’s World Dialogue on Regulation (WDR) Theme, Stimulating Investment in Network Development: Roles for Regulators. This will permit much greater participation for Africa in this year’s WDR activities. An Expert Forum is being planned at LINK later in the year. IDRC will join infoDev, ITU/BDT, and the LIRNE.NET universities as foundation partners for this year’s WDR programme. -------------------- -------------------- WDR researchers to present paper at Euro CPR Two WDR-researchers, Anders Henten and Markus Schneider from Center for Tele-Information, will present a paper at the annual European Communication Policy Research conference in Barcelona March 23-25,2003. Entitled Has liberalization of telecommunications failed in Europe?, the paper is based on an empirical analysis of the developments in performance and competition in the European telecom markets. The abstract is available at http://www.regulateonline.org/word/eurocpr2003abst.doc -------------------- -------------------- LIRNE training course: Strategies for Stimulating Investment and Competition LIRNE.NET is offering an executive training course on Telecom Reform titled, The Transition to Next Generation Regulation: Strategies for Stimulating Investment and Competition, will be offered in Køge, Denmark, from May 4--9, 2003. For course details, see http://www.lirne.net/training/nextcourse.htm -------------------- -------------------- WSIS: WDR helps define "Visions of the Information Society" The second global preparatory meeting for the World Summit on the Information Society was held in Geneva February 17 to 28. As a contribution to the meeting, the ITU commissioned a series of papers aiming to present various perspectives and to examine a number of key themes on the information society. Two WDR/LIRNE.NET associates were involved in the project. Professor Robin Mansell, holder of the Dixons Chair in New Media and the Internet at the media and communications programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science presented a paper entitled The information society: A developed world perspective examining the information society from a developed country perspective. Bruce Girard, who directs WDR's internet strategy, was co-author, with Séan Ó Siochrú, of Information wants to be free, which examines issues of communication rights in the information society. Other papers in the series dealt with network security, accessible and affordable ICTs, education and human capital, and the information society from a developing world perspective. The presentations and abstracts of the papers are on the ITU website at http://www.itu.int/visions/. The full papers will be posted soon. More information about the Visions project is available at http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/visions/ -------------------- -------------------- Economics of Infrastructures 6th International Conference Infrastructure Liberalisation - Speed up or step back?: Preparing for the next phase of telecom and energy reform is the theme of the 6th international conference of Delft University of Technology's Economics of Infrastructures group. The conference will take place in Delft, the Netherlands, on May 22 and 23, 2003. For more information, consult the PDF file at http://www.ei.tbm.tudelft.nl/ei6conference/Announcement_Program.pdf -------------------- -------------------- Questions and support If you have questions about WDR, send them to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it For technical matters, contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or see the Frequently Asked Questions section in the Online Dialogue. http://www.regulateonline.org/dialogue/ -------------------- -------------------- Subscribing and unsubscribing The WDR e-Brief is a bi-weekly bulletin from the World Dialogue on Regulation for Network Economies - http://www.regulateonline.org. Subscribe from the site or by sending a message to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with the subject wdr e-brief list . To unsubscribe, send a message to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it -------------------- -------------------- Bruce Girard This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it edits the e-Brief with assistance from Divakar Goswami. Archives: http://www.comunica.org/w-agora/index.php?bn=wdr_ebrief -------------------- -------------------- The purpose of the World Dialogue on Regulation is to critically examine ideas and evidence. Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in content appearing on the WDR website, the Online Dialogue and the WDR e-Brief are the personal views of the individuals submitting them. 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