WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONS/C/W/110
15 June 1999
(99-2396)
Council for Trade in Services
Special Session on Telecommunications Services
PROGRAMME OF DISCUSSION
14.00h
A. OPENING REMARKS
Mr. Stuart Harbinson, Chairman of the Council for Trade in Services
Mr. Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary-General, ITU
Mr. David Hartridge, Director in charge, WTO
14.30h
B. INDEPENDENT REGULATORS
Regulators Panel:
The challenges of establishing independent regulatory bodies and developing transparent
regulatory procedures
Moderator: Mr. Roberto Blois, Deputy Secretary-General, ITU
Panelists: Mr. C.M. Lekaukau, Executive Chairman
Botswana Telecommunication authority
Mr. B.K. Zutshi, Vice-Chairperson
TRAI, India (to be confirmed)
Mr. Clovis Baptista Neto, Head
International Affairs, ANATEL, Brazil
Ms. Rebecca Arbogast, Chief, Telecommunications Division,
International Bureau, U.S. FCC
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16.15h
C. REGULATORY ISSUES : INTERCONNECTION , COMPETITION SAFEGUARDS AND UNIVERSAL
SERVICE
Regulators Panel:
The challenges of setting and implementing regulations on interconnection, competition
safeguards and universal service programs in a competitive environment.
Moderator: Mr. Carlos Primo Braga , Program Manager
INFODEV,  The World Bank
Panelists: Mr. Anthony Wong, Director-General
Telecommunications Authority of Hong Kong   
Mr. Jorge Kunigami, Chairman
OSIPTEL, Peru
Dr. Ivan Schmideg, Vice President,
International, HIF,  Hungary
Mr. Sonwabo Eddie Funde, Deputy Chairperson
SATRA, South Africa
Mr. Jørgen Andersen, Director
Telestyrelsen, Denmark
Open floor to discussion
18.00h
D. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SOURCES AND NEEDS
Assessment of the principal technical assistance sources and needs identified in the session.
Open floor to discussion
19.00h
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SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED AS OF 11 JUNE 1999
Communication from the United States, Prin ciples of Competitive Entry: Independent
Telecommunications Regulation and Interconnection Principles (S/C/W/110/Add.1)
Communication from the United States, Official Sources of United States Technical
Assistance in the Telecommunicat ions Sector (S/C/W/110/Add.2)
Communication from the ITU, Description of Assistance in the Regulatory Domain
(S/C/W/110/Add.3)
Communication from the ITU, General Trends  in Telecommunication Reform - Extracts of
Chapter 1 (S/C/W/110/Add.4)
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