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Regulatory policies on universal access to broadband services Interactive Workshop on Practical Strategies
8 September 2008, ITU-D Study Group 1, GenevaAndrew Dymond
Objective of presentation
Highlight a few key issues from the day
Identify related / associated practical strategies
Illustrate with country examples
Formulate opposing/alternate views
Propose & debate
Way forward? Final summary
Relationship of UAS to Broadband
UAS policy
Regional access,spread and growth of
Internet services creates demand
forbroadband
Broadband policy
Demand stimulation & supply strategy
e-government projects
price reduction measures
create investment & more opportunity
for economic delivery
Internet servicesInternet services
Broadband facilities
Broadband facilities
Converging into one policy?Converging into one policy?
Cases from this workshop (am) India
• Integrated re-casting of broadband policy, regulation and the USOF’s role into broadband access
• Use of USOF funds
USA• Inter-governmental agency collaboration to ensure broadband made available by
various means – FCC, USF, USDA
Portugal• Program energized by economic challenge – becoming competitive in the world
• Schools … schools …. schools!
• Mobile broadband as the favoured facility
Serbia• Development of a US policy through sector & demand research. Need for
broadband service identified
• Establish dual US target – Schools first broadband target in basic Scenario A
• Scenario B - Broadband to specific communities based on research outcomes
Brazil• Incumbent PSTN operators committed to extension of the backbone
• All municipalities to be connected
• All urban schools to have free broadband, under Government initiative
Dominican Republic• Needed to change the paradigm
• Various local access centre project models
• Rural connectivity programme to connect each municipal district
• Zero subsidies
Mobile banking • “Banking the un-banked” > Financial inclusion
• 85% of m-banking customers in developing countries
• Massive remittance market
• No broadband implications except capacity for growth
Cases from this workshop (pm)
Suggested topics for discussion
Are UAS and Broadband policy converging?• What are the challenges, hurdles & disadvantages for this?
Finding out the baseline information • Practical demand surveys
• Experience & lessons
Are schools the main priority for broadband?• How do we compare libraries, cybercafés, health centres?
• How should schools projects be financed?
Are UAS Funds even needed or should levies be reduced?• Obligations can be negotiated
• Licenses can have requirements
• Some competitions yield low or zero subsidies
2007 finding for GSMA …. mobile networks
Cover more than 80% of the world’s population
Global coverage and penetration indicators
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 E
Area (GSM) Wireless Penetration Population (GSM)
• Will be over 90% by 2010
Thank you adymond@inteleconresearch.com
www.inteleconresearch.com
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