From: Hugh Roberts <[email protected]>
To: TREG <[email protected]>
Subject: Interconnect Billing Summit
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From: Hugh Roberts, 101335,772
TO: TREG
DATE: 26/08/96 13:41
RE: Interconnect Summit Programme
1. Sorry if this is a little off beam for most of you, although I have discussed
Interconnect Regulation (The subject of the 18th October - although I am sure it
will creep in elsewhere in the programme!) with a number of you in the past.
Please ignore if not relevant.
2. I am planning some UK and EuropeanTelecoms Standards, Regulations & Approvals
events for next year - if anyone would be interested in contributing to the
research phase of the project I would be very happy to include your input into
the content and context planning.
Regards
Hugh Roberts
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Announcing:
AN IIR TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES FORUM
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BILLING SYSTEMS & STRATEGIES for INTERCONNECT
The Churchill Inter-Continental Hotel, London
Tuesday 15th October - Friday 18th October 1996
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Arranged By IIR Limited
Sponsored By TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
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One-Day Pre Conference Workshop:
IMPLEMENTING AN EFFECTIVE
INTER-NETWORK ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
Tuesday 15th October 1996
Two Day Conference:
BILLING SYSTEMS & STRATEGIES for INTERCONNECT
Wednesday 16th October & Thursday 17th October 1996
One-Day Post Conference Regulatory Seminar:
INTERCONNECTION IN A CHANGING
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
Friday 18th October 1996
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IDENTIFYING KEY STRATEGIES FOR:
. Implementing and integrating accurate, effective and flexible interconnect
charging systems
. Marketing your network to existing and potential interconnect partners
. Establishing the role of the Interconnect Administration within the
organisation
. Understanding the impact of IN on interconnection and number portability
. Determining a competitive interconnect strategy to gain and maintain
profitable market access
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WHO WILL YOU MEET?
Directors, Heads & Managers responsible for:
- Interconnection & Interconnect Administration
- Carrier Relations & Carrier Services
- Corporate Finance & Accounting
- Revenue Assurance
- Billing/Billing & Receivables
- IT/IS/MIS
- Partnerships & Alliances
- Regulations & Regulatory Strategy
- Corporate Strategy & Development
- Network Operations, Design & Marketing
from:
- PTTs & New Entrant Operators
(Fixed, Mobile, Cable, Satellite & Value Added)
- Regulatory Administrators
- Telecoms Manufacturers
- Major Corporations
- Software Vendors & System Integrators
- Industry Analysts
from developed and emerging markets around the globe
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INTERCONNECTION...
THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT DETERMINANT
OF YOUR COSTS, REVENUES, MARGINS & CASHFLOW
Against a background of increasing globalisation and the further development of
competition, liberalisation and privatisation in the telecommunications
industry, IIR presents the first global congress to focus on Billing Systems &
Strategies For Interconnect. In all telecoms markets - in particular in Europe
as 1998 approaches - it is increasingly important to ensure that the operator's
business is lean, efficient, flexible and capable of exploiting the wealth of
business information generated by inter-network traffic - both to optimise
inter-carrier relationships and to ensure that the management information
necessary to respond to changing market conditions and customer requirements is
both accurate and timely.
The strategic importance of interconnection - establishing, implementing and
monitoring the agreements which determine how calls passing between operators'
networks are rated and priced - can not be overestimated. The inter-network
accounting process must deal with 2 out of the 3 biggest numbers in
telecommunications: the single largest operating cost and the second largest
source of revenue to the business after retail traffic. How do you make sense of
a marketplace where your biggest customers are often your most capable
competitors, and your business strategy must be able to respond to frequently
changing market needs within a constantly shifting legal and regulatory
framework?
This event has been created specifically to address these critical issues, and
to provide you with the opportunity to delve into the real impact on your own
business - of the latest developments in interconnect systems, technology and
policy in both national and international markets.
LEARN FROM THE EXPERTS!
At this congress - in one friendly, informative and independent forum - we bring
together the key industry practitioners and business decision makers responsible
for the initiation and implementation of telecommunications interconnection
policy and negotiation from around the world.
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The first day's technical workshop - IMPLEMENTING AN EFFECTIVE INTER-NETWORK
ACCOUNTING SYSTEM - will provide the opportunity for delegates to question the
experts in a fully participative environment on the practicalities and processes
of implementing, managing and exploiting an inter-network accounting system.
The second & third days' conference - BILLING SYSTEMS & STRATEGIES FOR
INTERCONNECT - will delve into both the internal and external considerations
involved in establishing effective and profitable interconnect relationships.
Starting off from an examination of the role of Interconnect Adminstration, of
particular interest are the case study examination of INCA, BT's Inter-Network
Call Accounting System, and the appraisal of the impact of IN-led developments
on broadband interconnection charging and number portability implementation.
Finally, the fourth day's regulatory seminar - DEVISING AN INTERCONNECTION
STRATEGY TO COMPETE EFFECTIVELY IN A CHANGING REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT - will
examine the development of the legal and regulatory interconnection initiatives
on a global basis which provide a framework within which all telecoms businesses
must operate. The seminar ends with a panel discussion on the establishment of
effective mechanisms for Interconnect dispute resolution in a competitive
market.
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IMPLEMENTING AN EFFECTIVE INTER-NETWORK ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
TECHNICAL WORKSHOP - TUESDAY 15th OCTOBER
This highly participative workshop has been created to give all of those who
need to get to grips with the nitty-gritty of inter-network accounting systems
and processes. In today's telecommunications environment increasing competitive
pressures, coupled with new regulatory requirements such as an insistence on
accounting separation and full auditability, have necessitated a rigorous
approach to this mission critical activity. Moreover, customer requirements for
seamless service and the need to implement leading edge technical solutions to
implement number portability and other IN-led service developments are forcing
telecoms companies to re-evaluate the inter-network accounting process and
establish its central role at the strategic heart of the business.
By attending this workshop you will have the chance to gain a strategic overview
of the business knowledge you surely need now and will certainly need tomorrow!
The workshop will last from 9.30 am until 4.30 pm with appropriate breaks for
refreshments. Delegates will be able to register from 9.00 am. The programme
will start with an interactive discussion designed to establish the existing
knowledge, work roles and needs of the delegates, and will end with a practical
problem solving session. The deliberately flexible format of the workshop is
designed to ensure the maximum benefit to participating delegates.
9.00 Registration & Coffee
9.30 Introduction & Interactive Discussion
9.50 Workshop Sessions
Timing will vary according to delegate needs. The opportunity for discussion
within smaller breakout groups has been allowed for in the schedule.
* Understanding The Mission Critical Nature Of Inter-Network Accounting
* Determining Your Business Requirements
* Meeting The Regulatory Requirements
* Designing A Flexible & Scaleable System Architecture
* Establishing A Realistic Implementation/Migration Strategy
* Building Security, Integrity & Confidentiality Into The System
* Achieving Accuracy In Call Pricing, Auditing, Validation &
Reconciliation
* Managing And Exploiting Call Data:
- To Achieve Effective Day-To-Day Business Administration &
Period-End Processing
- Within The Interconnect Relationship
Problem Solving Clinic & Closing Discussion
4.30 Close Of Workshop
Your Workshop Leader:
Martin Browne, Industry Consultant, TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
Martin has qualifications in Law Accounting and Management Sciences. Since 1991
he has delivered a number of major applications including BT's Interconnect
Billing System (INCA) and a data warehouse to analyse retail calls. He joined
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS in January 1996 as Telecoms Industry Consultant and Programme
Manager and is currently managing a number of European Billing implementations.
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS - the conference sponsor - is a $13.1 billion high technology
corporation employing 49,000 people in 30 countries. Corporate operations are
divided into three core businesses: Semiconductors, Electronics and Software. A
major part of Texas Instruments Software is focused on the telecommunications
sector, where they have worked with the world's major incumbent and new entrant
operators on change management and information systems provision.
Hewlett-Packard have awarded Texas Instruments the status of 'Platinum Partner'
in recognition of their world leadership in the inter-operating rating and
settlement area with the InterconnecT product.
PLEASE NOTE: Delegate Numbers for this event will be limited to a maximum number
of 35 participants. Applications for attendance will be treated on a 'first
come, first served' basis.
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BILLING SYSTEMS & STRATEGIES for INTERCONNECT
CONFERENCE DAY ONE - WEDNESDAY 16th OCTOBER
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9.00 REGISTRATION & COFFEE
9.30 WELCOMING INTRODUCTION FROM THE CONGRESS ORGANISER
Hugh Roberts
Conference Director
IIR TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY, LONDON
9.40 OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR: REVENUES, COSTS, MARGINS AND CASHFLOW -
THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF INTERCONNECTION
Graham Rowan
Telecom Solutions Manager
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
10.00 DEFINING THE ROLE OF THE INTERCONNECT ADMINISTRATION WITHIN THE
ORGANISATION
* Understanding the financial importance to the business of interconnect
relationships
* Linking the Interconnect Administration to corporate and strategic functions
and objectives
* Ensuring that the Interconnect Administration is seen as an enabler and not as
an inhibitor within the organisation
* Overcoming negative perceptions and building a positive profile for the
Interconnect Administration within the organisation
Gita Sorensen
Director Of Telephony & Regulation
GENERAL CABLE
10.40 MORNING COFFEE
11.10 RECOGNISING THE NECESSITY OF MARKETING YOUR NETWORK TO EXISTING &
POTENTIAL INTERCONNECT PARTNERS AND ESTABLISHING A CORPORATE CULTURE TO ALLOW
YOU TO DO THIS EFFECTIVELY
* Determining who your wholesale customers are
* Assessing the potential return from effectively marketing your network to
wholesale customers
* What market and traffic information do you need from within the organisation
to market your network effectively - and how do you get it?
* Selling the importance to the business of interconnection within the
organisation
* Examining the different strategies required for marketing your network to
national and international interconnect partners
* Developing a customer care strategy for wholesale billing customers
Mark Heraghty
Customer Director For OLOs
MERCURY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
11.50 ANALYSING THE DIFFERENT INTERCONNECTION STRATEGIES REQUIRED TO GAIN
PROFITABLE ACCESS TO THE MARKETPLACE
* Identifying at the outset the potential impact of the regulatory regime on
your business strategy
* Examining the interconnection requirements for gaining customers for:
- local loop services
- value added and data services
- international traffic
- mobile services
* Determining when and how to deal with the incumbent operator
* Optimising your roll out strategy to exploit the regulatory regime, maintain
flexibility and achieve controlled business growth
* Using your international interconnect partners as a marketing tool
Mark Roden
Director Of Sales
ESAT TELECOM
Martin Varsavsky
President & CEO
VIATEL GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS
1.00 LUNCH
2.10 IDENTIFYING THE TACTICS REQUIRED TO SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATE INTERCONNECT
AGREEMENTS
* Understanding the different requirements of interconnect negotiations between
different operator types:
- incumbent & new entrant
- local & national
- fixed & mobile
- international
* Determining the optimum level of regulatory involvement at the negotiation
stage
* Analysing the importance of determining accurate definitions for:
- cost units
- call attempts/call completions
- when the call starts
- when the call terminates
* Ensuring that the interconnect agreement clearly delineates the needs of your
customers and your business objectives
* Developing a strategy which will keep the negotiations on track and prevent
unexpected delays impacting on network roll out
* How do you future proof an interconnect agreement to deal effectively with
changing customer requirements and technical advances?
Maureen Donnelly
Principal Consultant
ANALYSYS
2.50 DETERMINING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO
INTERCONNECT PARTNERS AND ESTABLISHING HOW TO GATHER, SUPPLY AND RECONCILE THE
DATA EFFICIENTLY
* What are the regulatory requirements regarding the provision of information?
* Determining guidelines for sharing information with interconnect partners
* Balancing the minimum requirements with the possible benefits which may be
obtained from divulging additional information
* Ensuring that you have the necessary information to reconcile your position
with each interconnect partner
* Determining effective mechanisms for achieving accuracy in the process of
sell-billing
* Ensuring that you have the capability to 'drill down' through increasing
levels of detail to individual call records
* Being prepared for and managing external audits by your interconnect partners
Paul Roos
Manager Of Interconnect Liaison
VODACOM
3.30 AFTERNOON COFFEE
4.00 ACHIEVING THE INTEGRATION OF INTERCONNECT CHARGING, RETAIL BILLING AND
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
* Understanding the importance of achieving accurate and collated business
information for margin analysis and cost control
* Determining the different requirements of the systems needed to support
interconnect, wholesale and customer billing
* Analysing the options for establishing an integrated systems architecture:
hardware, software and mediation
* Ensuring that the data is available to those who need it within the
organisation
- reviewing interconnection costs and revenues
- analysing summary data and providing management information
- reconciling your position at the end of each billing period
* Maintaining flexibility in your systems architecture to meet potential changes
in regulatory requirements
John Mansfield
IT Director
TELEWEST COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
Graham Rowan
Telecom Solutions Manager
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
5.00 PANEL DISCUSSION & CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR
5.20 END OF CONFERENCE DAY ONE
5.25 COCKTAILS & EARLY EVENING REFRESHMENTS
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BILLING SYSTEMS & STRATEGIES for INTERCONNECT
CONFERENCE DAY TWO - THURSDAY 17th OCTOBER
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8.45 REGISTRATION & COFFEE
9.15 OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR:
Martin Browne
Industry Consultant
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
9.30 Establishing A Reliable And Effective Call Analysis System And
Understanding the Benefits Which The Information Gathered Will Bring - A Case
History Of BT's Inter Network Call Accounting (INCA) Project
* Examining the background to INCA's development
* Determining the real business benefits of building a virtual representation of
your network
* Understanding the systems requirements of dealing with massive traffic volumes
* Identifying how best to summarise and archive the data gathered
* Ensuring the capability to deal with different pricing and call rating
requirements
* Achieving the full range of benefits from the analysis of the information
received
* Understanding the broader implications of reliable and accurate call analysis
Eden Phillips
Solutions Design Manager
BT
Julian Wisniewski
Manager, Billing Systems Development
BT
10.25 DETERMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENTS AND THE
ROLL OUT OF NEW NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
* Ensuring that interconnection is centrally represented in the business plan at
the outset
* Determining the impact on your costs of interconnecting at different
geographical locations and access levels
- at the switch
- local loop
- trunk
* Establishing the criteria for determining the optimum number of interconnect
points
* Accurately forecasting the geographic distribution of your potential customer
base to ensure that you achieve the optimum distribution of points of presence
* Maintaining flexibility in the business plan to deal with
- network growth
- changing customer needs
- new technology
Thierry Bosser
Director Of Business Planning
MFS COMMUNICATIONS
11.05 MORNING COFFEE
11.30 PROVIDING PROCESS & SYSTEMS SUPPORT TO FRANCHISE HOLDERS & INTERCONNECT
PARTNERS TO ENABLE THEM TO PROVIDE WORLD CLASS SUPPORT TO THEIR CUSTOMERS
* How do you operate and co-ordinate an Interconnect Bureau service?
* Examining the benefits to the partners:
- inter-carrier administration
- traffic profiling
- routing management
- lines forecasting
* What are the critical economies of scale which accrue?
* Leveraging shared resources to drive the business forward and maintain a
competitive edge
* Examining the advantages of interconnect cohesion in the case of new startups
John Watts
Manager, Interconnect Administration
TELEWEST COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
12.10 DETERMINING THE REQUIREMENT FOR ACCURATE CALL RATING AT THE POINT OF
INTERCONNECT
* For what purpose are calls to be rated - when is data required and where does
it need to go?
* Determining the different rating methodologies necessary for interconnection
to different carriers' networks
* Examining 'special considerations' - for example Element Based Costing for
interconnection with BT's Network
* Rating for non-geographical traffic: transit, international and mobile
* Identifying and overcoming sources of data error, incompleteness and
misinterpretation
* Ensuring that the system architecture is flexible enough to deal with
changeable rating and tariffing structures
Bill Dixon
Partner
DIXON GOODWIN & CO
12.50 LUNCH
2.00 AN EXAMINATION OF BROADBAND INTERCONNECTION CHARGING: THE CANCAN PROJECT
- CONTRACT NEGOTIATION AND CHARGING IN ATM NETWORKS
* An overview of the aims of the ACTS EC R&D framework and the ATM interconnect
billing trials
* Extending the classical interconnect rating schemes to broadband interconnect
billing
* Determining possible rating plans from a direct costing model - ensuring the
necessary flexibility within a turbulent market
* Examining the architecture necessary to establish call details from the
interconnect link
* Dealing with interconnected broadband networks - how will charging schemes
handle the internet and virtual interconnections?
* Should interconnect charges be relayed to the end-user or remain with the
primary service provider?
Albert Kuiper
Consultant
CAP GEMINI
2.40 AFTERNOON TEA
3.10 ACHIEVING FLEXIBILITY IN INTERCONNECT BILLING DATA CAPTURE
* The case for accounting for signalling traffic - dealing with non call related
charging such as GSM roaming traffic
* Achieving flexible CDR generation for interconnect billing and verification -
an alternative and independent source of CDRs from the conventional switch
* Exploiting the opportunity to use interconnect signalling data for fraud
detection
* An overview of the solutions to capture signalling data
* Examining the implications for the future roles of signalling data - the
wholesale unbundling of network elements
Alistair Scott
System Architect
HEWLETT PACKARD
3.50 EXAMINING THE DEPLOYMENT OF IN IN INTERCONNECTION AND ITS EFFECT ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF NUMBER PORTABILITY
* Using IN to improve the transparent operation of interconnect points - for
value added services in particular
* Identifying the implications of IN for determining least cost routing and
optimising interconnecting network resilience
* What are the system architecture requirements necessary to implement number
portability?
* Reviewing the progress so far - an examination of number portability in
practice
Kari Lautanala
Marketing Manager, Intelligent Networks
NOKIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS
PANEL DISCUSSION JOINED BY:
Scott Cameron
Systems Development Engineer
NYNEX
4.35 PANEL DISCUSSION & CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR
4.40 END OF CONFERENCE
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DEVISING AN INTERCONNECTION STRATEGY TO COMPETE EFFECTIVELY
IN A CHANGING REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
SEMINAR - FRIDAY 18th OCTOBER
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8.45 REGISTRATION & COFFEE
9.15 OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR:
Leo Todd
Managing Director
TODD TELECOMMUNICATIONS
9.25 DEFINING THE ROLE OF LAW IN INTERCONNECTION: THE OBJECTIVES OF
REGULATION
* Determining the extent to which legislation must form the basis of
interconnection obligations
* Achieving interconnection on commercial terms and avoiding legal disputes
* Examining the relationship between regulation and commercial necessity
* How should the role of the regulator evolve in the light of increasing
liberalisation and competition?
* Identifying the extent to which 'rough justice' might be a necessary and
effective regulatory policy to promote competition
Paul Ryan
Consultant
DDV TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY
10.05 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
DELIVERING SERVICE AND MARKETING TO WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVELY -
IDENTIFYING THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERCONNECT PARTNERS AS MISSION CRITICAL
CUSTOMERS IN AN OPENLY COMPETITIVE MARKET
* Examining the changes in the US telecommunications market and its effect on
inter-carrier relationships
* Capitalising on the new opportunities for growth in wholesale traffic
* Who are our wholesale customers and how do we meet their needs effectively?
Liz Fetter
President - Industry Markets Group
PACIFIC BELL
10.45 MORNING COFFEE
11.10 EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF THE US TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT ON INTERCONNECTION
AND COMPETITION
* Achieving open competition in telecommunications
* An up-to-the-minute examination of the telecommunications industry's response
to the act:
- in the local loop
- long distance
- value added services
- international traffic
* Recognising and regulating for the convergence of entertainment and
telecommunications services - how will this change the rules for
interconnection?
* Addressing the key issues of:
- number portability
- unbundling
* Ensuring that universal service is maintained in a competitive market
Bob Pepper
Head Of Plans & Policy
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
11.45 REVIEWING THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT IN EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
ITS IMPACT ON INTERCONNECT RELATIONSHIPS
* Preparing for 1998 in Europe - the way forward
* Establishing non-discrimination and transparency in the interconnect charging
structure
* Ensuring that interconnect agreements facilitate rather than hinder the
progress towards a fully open market
* Can interconnection charges be driven by market forces and to what extent
should the regulator intervene?
* What is the future for international accounting rate structures
* Building an international regulatory framework - how can regulators deal with:
- global satellite communications?
- global partnerships and alliances?
Louisa Gosling
Expert
EUROPEAN COMMISSION DG IV
PANEL DISCUSSION JOINED BY:
Nigel Attenborough
Associate Director
NATIONAL ECONOMIC RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
12.50 LUNCH
1.50 OPTIMISING INTERCONNECT RELATIONSHIPS - DETERMINING A STRATEGY TO
RESPOND
SUCCESSFULLY TO CHANGING COMPETITIVE & REGULATORY PRESSURES
* Facing up to competitive pressures and understanding how these can be used as
a positive driver for corporate development
* Analysing the financial benefits of establishing strong interconnect
relationships
* Ensuring flexibility in the interconnect agreement to deal with changing
customer requirements and business growth
* Identifying the different strategies required by incumbents and new entrants
- achieving a balanced view of new entrants as both competitors and
customers
- determining the extent to which interconnect regulation may be seen as
restrictive to a second operator's business development
- examining the problems for an incumbent in one market entering another
national market as a second operator
* Dealing with uncertainty in the access deficit regime
* Maintaining a good relationship with the regulator
Per Hemrin
Assistant Director
TELIA CARRIER SERVICES
Regulatory Affairs Department
BT
Malcolm Taylor
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
TELEWEST COMMUNICATIONS
PANEL DISCUSSION JOINED BY:
Paul Morgan
Director Of Marketing
TELIA INTERNATIONAL
3.20 AFTERNOON TEA
3.40 ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS FOR INTERCONNECT DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN
A COMPETITIVE MARKET
PANEL DISCUSSION JOINED BY:
* Distinguishing between interconnection disputes and competition disputes
* Why do disputes arise and how can the regulatory regime act to keep these to a
minimum?
* Will the negotiation of industry-wide standard interconnection agreements help
to minimise disputes?
* When is behaviour anti-competitive and who should define it?
* To what extent should the regulator play a part in dispute resolution?
David Reibel
General Council
ESPRIT TELECOM
Speaker Names To Be Announced From:
MFS COMMUNICATIONS &
HERMES EUROPE RAILTEL
Lesley Bulman
Director Of Interconnect
DIAMOND CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
4.25 CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR
4.30 END OF SEMINAR
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week prior to the conference.
3. Additional sets of DOCUMENTATION & AUDIO TAPES (where released by the
speaker) for the event are available after the conference. If you would like to
reserve a set for yourself, please contact the DOCUMENTATION DEPARTMENT on +44
(0)171 915 5056, quoting reference number G24292.
Tapes & Documentation L365.96 (+VAT @ 17.5%) = L430.00
Documentation Only L300.00 (no VAT is chargeable)
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Delegates are responsible for the arrangement and payment of their own travel
and accommodation. IIR has arranged a special room rate at a number of central
London hotels. If you wish to book a room, please call Venue Search on +44
(0)181 546 6166 stating that you are an IIR delegate and quoting reference
number G24292.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
There are still a limited number of openings for:
* An exhibition space at the conference
* Advertising in the delegate documentation pack
* Sponsoring a lunch or cocktail party
If you would like to take advantage of these or other opportunities with IIR,
the world's largest conference organiser, then please contact Nick Cabrera on
+44 (0)171 915 5085
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Please contact the Institute For International Research Customer Services on:
+44 (0)171 915 5055 (Telephone)
+44 (0)171 915 5056 (Fax)
Or by post at:
Customer Services
The Institute Of International Research
29 Bressenden Place
London SW1E 5DR
UNITED KINGDOM
The producer of the workshops (HUGH ROBERTS) can be contacted on:
+44 (0)171 915 5092 (Telephone)
+44 (0)171 915 5001 (Fax)
[email protected] (Internet)
101335,772 (CompuServe)
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Due to unforeseen circumstances the programme may change
and IIR reserves the right to alter the venue and/or the speakers.
(c) COPYRIGHT INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH (IIR) B.V. 1996
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