Regulators Summit - Connecting the Next Billion

Regulators Summit – 2 November 2010
Sharing Regulatory Strategies to Enable Affordable Access for All This session is open to regulators only

12:30	Registration and coffee

13:00	Introductory comments

13:10	An overview of connectivity and usage trends across Asia
	Levels of telecoms and internet connectivity Usage trends Key access challenges
13:40	The role of wireless in enabling access
	Ensuring the availability of spectrum The importance of low frequency spectrum in enabling low cost rural coverage Approaches to the “digital dividend” question
14:00	Supply-side interventions to enable accessibility
	Exploring the role of subsidies and USO funds How differing locations and circumstances require different interventions – rural vs. urban
14:20	Accessibility: Demand-side interventions to promote internet access
	How to develop an infrastructure which promotes access to the Internet - community centres, PC penetration, IT literacy, local content Exploring potential demand promotion mechanisms Roles for public sector and private sector in developing demand-side infrastructure
14:40	Discussion roundtable
	Your chance to put questions to the speakers from the first second
15:00	Refreshments and networking

15:20	Towards Affordable Access
	How to provide end-users with affordable devices Exploring the economics of access across the Asia region Stimulating competition to drive down costs of devices Is there a role for Universal Service Funds to foster affordable access?
15:40	Reducing costs across the network to enable affordability for the end user
	Where are the bottlenecks in the core/backbone and how can competition be introduced to lower prices? Strategies to increase competition in international bandwidth, submarine cables and international gateways
16:00	Discussion roundtable
	Your chance to put questions to the speakers from the second session
16:20	Summit Roundup and closing remarks

16:30	Close of Summit