The GSR-20 Regional Regulatory Roundtable
for Arab and Africa regions
This webinar was organized within the framework of GSR-20 and aimed at engaging representatives of the National Regulatory Authorities as well as other stakeholders from the Africa and Arab regions to advance discussions on Competition Policy and Analysis in a Digital Apps environment.
This Roundtablel provided an analysis of the ICTs competition policy and regulation and the foundation for understanding the rules of competition and the regulatory powers that apply to the telecommunications sector, considering the wider competitive landscape that now includes digital platforms. In the Arab and Africa regions the important technological trends of digitalization and of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) are very diverse due to different levels of development both between and within Arab and Africa countries. These differences are represented by the level of infrastructure development, ICTs services penetration rates, economic conditions, ICTs contribution to job market, adequate ICTs policies and regulation specifically for Least Developing Countries (LDCs).
Discussions and reports presented at the webinar aimed to build knowledge and skills of ICT policy makers, regulators, industry and academia and provide them with the necessary policy and regulation tools to address competition issues in a digital applications environment with emphasis on two-sided and multi-sided markets.
The speakers highlighted on the digital strategies and innovative solutions adopted in terms of competition policy and analysis in a Digital Apps Environment.
The Meeting provided a unique opportunity to discuss the GSR-20 consultation leading towards adoption of the GSR-20 Best Practice Guidelines, being an outcome document of the Global Symposium for Regulators, in particular the regional point of view that might be reflected in the 2020 edition of the Guidelines. (See BDT/DKH/RME/DM/150).
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