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Final
Programme
ITU-D Regional Development Forum for
the Africa Region:
"NGN and Broadband, Opportunities and Challenges"
Lusaka
(Zambia)
18-19 May 2009 |
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Day 1 -
Day 2
Day 1 (18
May 2009)
09:00 – 10:00 hours
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Opening Ceremony
Opening Remarks:
- Mr. Victor Mbumwae: Chairman,
Director - Communications (Ministry of Communications and Transport)
- Mrs. Judith M. C. Tembo:
Acting Controller (Communications Authority of Zambia)
- Mr. Alec P. Malichi: Board
Chairman (Communications Authority of Zambia)
- Mr. Brahima Sanou: Head (Regional
Office for Africa)
- Hon. Mubika Mubika: Deputy
Minister (Ministry of Communications and Transport) - Guest of
Honour
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Coffee break: 10:00 – 10:30 hours |
10:30 – 13:00 hours
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Session 1: The African Regional
Developmental issues and New Telecommunication
Technologies Bridging the Digital Divide for Developing Countries
Session Chairman: Mr. Brahima Sanou, Head, Regional Office for Africa,
ITU
Objectives: This
session will focus on ITU-D activities including the ones conducted by
the Regional Office for AFR, to help ICT development and implementation
in developing countries. This session will also assess the impact of new
technologies especially role of NGN and Broadband in addressing the
digital divide for Africa countries and will present development
experiences and opportunities in AFR. Discussion will focus on:
- Africa Regional Initiatives,
activities and Connect Africa Summit Goals and Objectives: Chali
Tumelo (ITU Regional Office)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]
- ICT Developmental initiatives (Project and
digital broadcasting activities): Chali Tumelo (ITU Regional Office)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]
- ITU-D Study Groups and NGN Migration
strategies in developing countries: Riccardo Passerini (ITU/BDT)/Désiré
Karyabwite (ITU/BDT)
[
BIOGRAPHY 1 |
BIOGRAPHY 2 |
ABSTRACT | PRESENTATIONS:
PART 1 -
PART 2 ]
- NGN Overview (Definition, functions,
structures, benefits and transition from existing networks):
John Visser (Chairman, TSAG)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]
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IP Multimedia systems and IP enabled services (features, functions
and services):
John Visser (Chairman, TSAG)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]
- Role of ITU-R in Bridging the
Digital Divide: Nelson Malaguti (ITU/BR)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]
- Emerging Trends in Broadband
Technologies - Next Generation Access (NGA): Satya N. Gupta (BT
Global Services)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]
- Interventions and
questions
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Lunch break: 13:00 - 14:15 hours |
14:15 - 16:00 hours
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Session 2: ITU Standardization activities on NGN
and Broadband
Session Chairman: Dr. Jones Kilimbe, Director
General, RASCOM
Objectives: This session will
provide an overview of ITU standardization activities from different ITU
Sectors. Focusing on current standardization topics from ITU Sectors.
This session specifically addresses:
ITU-T Standards development on NGN and Broadband networks:
Georges Sebek (ITU-T Study Group 17 Counsellor, ITU/TSB)
[
BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]
Collaboration with external organizations: John Visser (Chairman,
TSAG)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]
ITU-R Standardization Activities: Nelson Malaguti (ITU/BR)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]
How to bridge the standardization gap - Service Operating Procedures
Perspective: Thomas Senaji (ICT Expert)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]
ITU-R Standards development on Broadband Wireless Access: Nelson
Malaguti (ITU/BR)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]Interventions and
questions
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Coffee break : 16:00 – 16:15 hours |
16:15 - 18:00 hours
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Session 3: Bridging the Digital
Divide by Broadband
Session Chairman: Mr. John Visser, TSAG
Chairman
Objectives:
This session will discuss the status of
ICT deployment in the Region and role of ICT in connecting the
unconnected with specific focus on broadband.
The role of technology, policy and enabling regulatory environment for
encouraging widescale deployment of broadband in the Region will be also
discussed. Issues will include:
The role of policy and enabling environment in encouraging wide
scale deployment of broadband: Elizabeth Migwalla (Qualcomm)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]
Digital Dividend opportunities in African Region: Thabiso Thukani (Ericsson)
[
BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]
What makes up Digital Bridges: Factors Affecting the implementation
of ICT perspective: Thomas Senaji (ICT Expert)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]Case
Study on Broadband Access Network Planning: Ignat Stanev
(International Teletraffic Congress, Bulgaria)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]
Case Study on Sustainable National Broadband Proliferation:
Thomas Senaji (ICT Expert)
[
BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]
Interventions and
questions
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Social Event: 19:00 –
21:00 hours |
Day 1 -
Day 2
Day 2 (19
May 2009)
8:30 – 10:30 hours
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Session 4: Implementation of ICT
infrastructure in Africa
Session Chairman: Ms. Chali Tumelo, Senior
Advisor, ITU Regional Office for Africa
Objectives:
This session will discuss the progress
on implementing networks in Africa and identify successes and
challenges. Technologies necessary to deliver broadband services and
architectural approaches will be discussed. Topics of discussion will
be:
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Progress on implementing networks (core,
access, 3g, etc.): John Visser (Chairman, TSAG)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]- NGN and
Broadband Planning Tools: Ignat Stanev (International Teletraffic
Congress, Bulgaria)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]-
Broadband Wireless Network Implementation for Africa - Options and
Challenges: Y.S. Rao (Qualcomm)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]- Réseaux de la prochaine génération et Réseaux
large bande-Stratégies de l'ONATEL-SA: Dié Sanou (Onatel, Burkina Faso)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]-
IP Based Networks:
Désiré Karyabwite (ITU/BDT)
[
BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ] - Interoperability issues:
Konstantin Savin (ZNIIS, Moscow)
[ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ] - Interventions and
questions
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Coffee break: 10:30 – 10:45 hours |
10:45 – 12:45 hours
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Session 5: Development trends of
NGN technology and migration scenario
and strategies, services and applications in NGN and Broadband
Session Chairman: Mr. Bob Lyazi, Director, UCC
Objectives:
This session will present the evolution
of NGN and future perspectives in the relevant access technologies,
service and network architecture with special focus on convergence,
home, office and mobile applications, Internet protocol-based platforms
and multiple access networks. It will be devoted to the evolution of the
network architecture towards NGN (IMS based or otherwise), fixed-mobile
convergence, evolution: towards a new generation of broadband mobile,
PSTN/ISDN evolution to NGN, pilot cases, and possible scenarios taking
into consideration the relevant business models and opportunities.
Applications and new services which the NGN and broadband offers due to
convergence will be also discussed. Major emphasis will be on:
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Host Country Experience: Victor Nalishua (Zamtel)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ] -
NGN migration strategies, scenarios and
challenges: John Visser (Chairman, TSAG)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]- NGN services: New concepts and NGN open
service environment: Georges Sebek (ITU-T Study Group 17
Counsellor)
[
BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]- Voice evolution and Fixed-Mobile-Internet
convergence: John Visser (Chairman, TSAG)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]- IMT-Advanced standardization process:
Nelson Malaguti (ITU/BR)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]- NGN Planning and Migration tools: Natasa
Gospic (University of Belgrade, Transport and Traffic Engineering
Faculty, Serbia)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]- Offering 3G Services in the 900 MHz bands:
Neo Phukubje (UMTS Forum)
[
BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]- Interventions and
questions
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Lunch break: 12:45 - 13:45 hours |
13:45 – 15:15 hours
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Session 6: NGN and Broadband:
Policy and Regulatory Issues
Session Chairman: Mr. John Visser, TSAG
Chairman
Objectives:
This session will focus on the
challenges that the policy makers and regulators face while considering
introduction of NGN and Broadband due to convergence technologies.
Current regulatory framework which are based on technologies and/ or
service specific licenses have limitations. Moreover, Number Portability
and Network Address, Translation and Protocol Translation issues will be
considered as well as Interoperability of NGN and legacy networks and
their interconnection. In order to ensure investment in NGN and
Broadband, regulators need to encourage conditions, which lowers entry
barriers, promotes competition and encourage investment in
infrastructure. Emphasis will be on:
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Universal Service Wireless Broadband Policy:
Natasa Gospic (University of Belgrade, Transport and Traffic Engineering
Faculty, Serbia)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]- Enabling
NGN Regulatory Ecosystem for a Developing Country - Kenya: Mwende
Njiraini (Communications Commission of Kenya)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]- New Technology and Regulatory Aspects:
Thabani Tonny Khupe (Intel)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]- Spectrum forecast for mobile broadband:
Wladimir Bocquet (Orange France Telecom Group)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]-
Resolution 76 WTSA-08: Konstantin Savin (ZNIIS, Moscow)
[ BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]
- Interventions and
questions
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Coffee break: 15:15 – 15:30 hours |
15:30 – 17:00 hours
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Session 7: Market Opportunities
and Challenges: Economic and financial impact of
NGN and Broadband Implementation
Session Chairman: Zambia
Objectives: NGN provides
a number of opportunities for variety of businesses. Those include
service providers, application providers, transport providers in the
access and the backbone. NGN also provides mechanisms to offer services
to residential and business users as well as to re-sellers. Challenges
arise from a number of sources like competition, cost of implementation,
changing marketplaces, complex migration scenarios and regulatory
uncertainties. This session aims to provide a state-of-the-art overview
on global trends with a focus on the AFR region from the different
perspectives.
- Tariffs, Accounting
and Billing Issues: Abossé
Akue-Kpakpo (ITU-T SG 3 Vice-Chairman, Togo Telecom)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]- Emerging trends
in Next Generation Access (NGA) Policy and Financing Models - Case
study from Emerging Market: Satya N. Gupta (BT Global
Services)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]- Case Study on Economic impact of Broadband
Implementation: Ignat Stanev (International Teletraffic Congress,
Bulgaria)
[
BIOGRAPHY |
ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]- Internet for remote areas - Village
Connection: Neo Phukubje (Nokia Siemens Networks)
[
BIOGRAPHY | ABSTRACT |
PRESENTATION ]
- Interventions and
questions
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17:00 – 18:30 hours
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Session 8: Panel Discussion
Ways Forward: How to foster the development of NGN
and Broadband in the Region?
Session Chairman: ITU
Objectives: This
discussion aims to examine experience and lessons learned in the Region,
and how the points raised in this Forum may be applied to address
specific problems encountered or anticipated.
The Forum will close with a brief
summation by Mr. John Visser, TSAG Chairman. |
Day 1 -
Day 2
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