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ITU Regional Economic and Financial Forum of Telecommunications/ICTs

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​ The 2016 ITU week in the Americas, organized by the ITU in collaboration with the National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) of Brazil, will be held in the Centro de Eventos e Convenções Brasil 21, in Brasilia, from 13-17 June. Besides the ITU Regional Economic and Financial Forum of Telecommunications/ICTs for Latin America and the Caribbean, it will comprise the following events:
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ABOUT

The ITU Regional Economic and Financial Forum of Telecommunications/ICTs for Latin America and the Caribbean –, will be held in Centro de Eventos e Convenções Brasil 21 in Brasilia, Brazil, from 13 to 14 June 2016. This activity is organized by the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), in collaboration with the National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) of Brazil.

In the same week, will be held the ITU Regional Development Forum for the Americas Region (RDF) and the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau will organize the Regional Meeting of the Study Group 2 for Americas (SG2RG-AMR) and the Regional Meeting of the Study Group 3 Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (SG3RG-LAC),

PURPOSE

The Regional Economic and Financial Forum of Telecommunications/ICT will focus, among other interesting subjects, on connecting the unconnected in a digital converged world, the economic and financial issues in a converged broadband environment and the new challenges in the digital ecosystem. Participants are invited to make presentations or participate as panelists to illustrate the situation in their countries on these issues, in order to promote dialogue and exchange of experiences.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

ITU Member States; ITU-D Sector Members, Associates and Academia; Regional organizations in the Americas region; National Regulatory Authorities of ITU Member States.

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DOCUMENTS & DOWNLOADS

SESSION 1

• Legal and regulatory debates on the “collaborative economy” in Europe, Elena Scaramuzzi, Cullen International

• República Digital: Plan de República Dominicana para la inclusión en el uso de las TIC’S, Julissa Cruz Abreu, Indotel, Dominican Republic

• IXPs ... los desafíos ... de X Int en la región LAC, Alejandro Acosta, LACNIC

• IXP en América Latina, Ariel Graizer

• cgi.br, Milton Kauru, nig.br cgi.br, Brasil

• International Mobile Roaming. Market competition and the ITU LET’S ROAM THE WORLD Initiative, Carmen Prado, UIT

SESSION 2

• Aspectos Económicos y Financieros de la Asignación de Espectro, Raúl Katz

• Implementation of a National ‘Free’ Wifi Initiative. Championing the Broadband Pillar of Development & the Universal Service Mandate, Annie Baldeo, Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago

• Los aspectos económicos y financieros de la asignación de espectro, Amadeu Castro, GSMA

• Proceso de Revisión de las Tarifas Máximas, Cargos Máximos de Interconexión y Cargo de Acceso, Juan Carlos Castro, SIGET, El Salvador

• Modelos de Costos y Políticas de Regulación Tarifaria y PSM en Banda Ancha, caso de Honduras, Dustin Santos, CONATEL, Honduras

• Review of Relevant Markets of PGMC, Abraão Balbino e Silva, Anatel, Brasil

• Inter-sectoral collaboration, Standardization, and Membership, Amine Mcharek, ITU-T Study Group 3

• Evolución de las Políticas Tarifarias, Costos y OPSM en Banda Ancha, Denis Villalobos Araya, Ph.D Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad

SESSION 3

• The Impact of Taxation on the Digital Economy, Raúl Katz

• Tax on Brazilian telecom industry, Ildeu Borges, Telebras

• Machine-to-Machine, Internet of Things, Big Data, Cloud Computing and New Business Opportunities, Rob Frieden, Pioneers Chair and Professor of Telecommunications and Law, Penn State University

• Máquina a Máquina, Internet de las Cosas, Big Data, Cloud Computing y nuevas oportunidades comerciales, Amadeu Castro, GSMA

• The Internet of Things. Business opportunities, Francisco Giacomini Soares Sr. Director, Government Affairs, Qualcomm

• Evolution of ICTs: Economic, Policy and Regulatory issues, Hopeton S. Dunn, Ph.D. Professor and Director CARIMAC, UWI, Mona, Jamaica

• The Race for Scale: Market Power, Regulation and the App Economy, Carmen Prado-Wagner, UIT

• Economía digital: Apps en el entorno internacional, IFT, México

Grupos de Estudio ITU-D/ ITU-D Study Groups
http://www.itu.int/net4/ITU-D/CDS/sg/index.asp?lg=1&sp=2014

Entorno normativo y comercial/Regulatory and Market Environment
http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regulatory-Market/Pages/default.aspx

Grupo Regional de la CE 3 del UIT-T para Latinoamérica y el Caribe (GR-CE3-LAC) / ITU-T SG3 Regional Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (SG3 RG-LAC)
http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/studygroups/2013-2016/03/sg3rglac/Pages/default.aspx
UIT / ITU 
Rodrigo Robles
rodrigo.robles@itu.int



País Anfitrión / Host Country

Mr. Fábio Casotti
Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel)
Tel: + 55 61 2312-2894
E-mail:  fabiocasotti@anatel.gov.br


 

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