Regulation & the Impact of Technology & Economic Realities

Duration: 3 Days
Price: �2145* Plus Applicable Taxes

Date:
	05 - 07 Oct 09	London	Register

Technological and economic realities are moulding the design and impact of telecommunications regulation. This 3-day course,Regulation & the Impact of Technology & Economic Realities is designed to give delegates a good knowledge of the context, objectives and methods of telecommunications regulators.

The course is intended for those working in regulation, both those who are highly specialised or relatively new to it; additionally those working in the telecommunications industry that need to understand the importance and power of regulation in the industry and to respond flexibly to the challenges that it presents. The course concentrates on how technical and economic realities shape regulation. It examines the political, economic and technical principles which lie behind regulation. Regulatory strategy and its commercial impact will be considered by examining the development of example national regulatory organisations, along with a regulatory road map.

Delegates will participate in a case study which will lead them through building a regulatory strategy and work plan for an idealised small country and consider how this strategy and work plan will impact the commercial strategies of various market players.

Why should you attend this course?

Complete this highly practical course and you will be able to:

Understand why and where regulation may be imposed and identify changes that have taken place in regulation in recent decades
Have a basic mastery of the economics of regulation
Understand the technical and economic characteristics of networks
Appreciate the distinctive characteristics that affect regulation of networks utilising different technologies
Identify anti-competitive behaviour and assess then likelihood of regulatory intervention
Understand the technical and economic principles of regulatory design including the regulation of telephony and broadband interconnection
Understand the impact on regulation and deregulation of radio-based technologies
Describe how radio spectrum may be allocated and assigned and the institutional methods by which this may be achieved
Describe the main regulatory instruments and when and where they may be applied
Set out simple a regulatory strategy
Identify how regulatory strategies and policies will affect different operators