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Bridging The Digital Divide |
| Author: |
Kalman Kovacs |
| Title: |
Minister, Informatics and Communications |
| Organisation: |
Hungary |
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| Hungary is transforming itself into a knowledge-based economy. To bridge the digital divide so its population can take part in the information society, Hungary must increase Internet usage, particularly through broadband access, and foster greater competition in fixed telephony. The government has distributed PCs to key groups, but there is no infrastructure in many regions for these to acce ss the Internet. Hungary, soon to join the EU, must find ways to subsidise development of its telecommunications infrastructure within EU rules. |
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Article no.: |
2 |
| Topic: |
Carrier Market Development in the Baltic Region |
| Author: |
Valdis Vancovics |
| Title: |
Director, Carrier Business |
| Organisation: |
Lattelekom |
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| The liberalisation of the fixed telecommunications market in the Baltic region has attracted the attention of European, Scandinavian and Russian telecom operators. Utility companies and railways also want to market their excess telecommunications capacity. There are good reasons to consolidate telecommunications operators in the Baltic States but this is likely to occur only for international services. Regulation is different in each of the countries and unification seems unlikely although economies of scale would result and international competition met more efficiently. |
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Article no.: |
3 |
| Topic: |
Connecting Europe, CIS and Asia |
| Author: |
Dr. Mikhail Poliantsev |
| Title: |
Vice President, Carrier Relations |
| Organisation: |
Transtelecom |
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| Since the Russian Telecommunications market was deregulated in the mid 90's, new entrants have started to roll out their networks across the country. Among the new networks are those of power utilities, gas and oil companies and railways. Despite many impressive initial plans, only the network put in place by the railways has succeeded on a large scale. This 45,000 km network connects all of Russia's significant population centers. It is Russia's largest infrastructure project of the last decade. |
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Article no.: |
4 |
| Topic: |
Czech Telecommunications and European Union Accession |
| Author: |
Marcela Gürlichová |
| Title: |
Deputy Minister |
| Organisation: |
Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Czech Republic |
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| The Czech Republic is part of the spectacular European Union enlargement. Czech telecommunications were state-owned and the infrastructure was neglected. More than 1 billion US dollars per year was spent to improve the infrastructure and services, the system was liberalised and privatised and a new regulatory structure and regulatory agency created to prepare for EU entry. The new regulations provided technological neutrality - services that comply with the law and technical parameters may be provided on any platform. |
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Article no.: |
5 |
| Topic: |
Powering Poland - Telecommunications Fuels Growth |
| Author: |
Witold Grabos |
| Title: |
President |
| Organisation: |
Office of Telecommunications and Postal Regulation |
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| Poland's telecom market, despite major liberalization, is still not fully competitive; the incumbent, TPSA, controls 93% of the fixed telephony market. Further liberalisation and the complete privatisation of TPSA are needed. Regulatory policies to foster wireless, broadband, the growth of Internet usage, VoIP, rural telecommunications, the modernization of interconnection agreements, the sharing of infrastructure, mobile communications and competition among services and technologies are high priorities. Poland's Telecommunications Law must also be amended to conform to the EU's regulatory framework. |
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Article no.: |
6 |
| Topic: |
Reduce Cost With Prepaid Roaming |
| Author: |
Christian Giroux |
| Title: |
Product Manager |
| Organisation: |
Sicap Ltd |
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| Prepaid Roaming is a high margin GSM service and, being paid for in advance, minimises fraud. Unfortunately, most pre-paid roaming is complicated to use. CAMEL, a GSM standard - an adaptation of Intelligent Networks - overcomes the usability problem. Intelligent Networks enable quick implementation of services by moving the logic from thousands of switches to a reasonable number of new nodes called SCPs. Full implementation is expensive, but existing equipment can be adapted to provide limited CAMEL functionality more cheaply. |
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Article no.: |
7 |
| Topic: |
Regulatory developments in Hungary –EV Harmonization |
| Author: |
Dr. Attila Csikai |
| Title: |
Senior Associate |
| Organisation: |
Réczicza Law Firm White & Case, Budapest |
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| The Hungarian Government is reviewing its telecommunications regulations and plans to amend them during 2003. Hungary began to privatise and liberalise its telecommunications sector in 1988. Initially, the question was how to privatise without disrupting the market and, later, to liberalise the market and introduce competition. Now, the Hungarian regulatory regime is being re-examined to determine how to modify current rules to comply with EU requirements, taking into account the specific needs of its telecommunications market - particularly to strengthen competition. |
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Article no.: |
8 |
| Topic: |
Telecommunication, Competition and Branding in Eastern Europe |
| Author: |
Martin Roll |
| Title: |
CEO |
| Organisation: |
VentureRepublic |
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| Eastern European (EE) telecommunications are becoming increasingly competitive in response to the market, the information economy the WTO and the EU. Few, if any, of today's international telecommunications brands come from Eastern Europe. To build their revenues, EE telecom companies need to build internationally recognized brands to drive their entry into world markets. Businesses and consumers place increasing importance on brands they know and trust. Companies whose brands are global reap clear benefits in terms of growth and market capitalization. |
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Article no.: |
9 |
| Topic: |
The Development of the Czech Telecommunications Market Since the Internet |
| Author: |
Vit Subert |
| Title: |
CEO |
| Organisation: |
Nextra (A Telenor company) Czech and Slovak Republics |
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| The Czech Telecommunications market did not grow after the Revolution of 1989. It was only pushed into growing by Internet boom that attracted many small companies to the market. Foreign groups, more interested in customers - for alternative telecommunications in a market monopolised by Ceský Telecom - than in the Internet, later bought the more successful of these companies. Price wars have since pushed many companies out of the market and now seriously jeopardise the growth of competition in the sector. |
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Article no.: |
10 |
| Topic: |
The Impact of Broadband Services on Productivity and Growth |
| Author: |
Paolo Campoli |
| Title: |
Senior Manager |
| Organisation: |
Cisco Systems – EMEA |
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36KB |
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| True, widespread, broadband availability can have an important impact upon the productivity and growth of both business organizations and national economies. Studies show a direct connection between network availability and use and national Gross Domestic Product in knowledge-based societies. Seemingly small incremental gains multiply substantially with time. Researchers claim that GPD growth can be accelerated by as much as 30% through converged voice, video and data broadband networks that provide cost savings and for the rapid implementation of new business models. |
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Article no.: |
11 |
| Topic: |
Yamal-100 and Yamal-200 Satellites New Opportunities for Russian and CIS Satcom Operators |
| Author: |
Nickolay N. Sevastianov |
| Title: |
General Director |
| Organisation: |
GASCOM |
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| The Yamal-100, the first of a new generation of Russian telecommunications satellites, will soon be followed by the Yamal-200 series. These satellites use modern technology to expand their radio and TV broadcasting capacity. They have a footprint that bridges east to west covering Russia, the other CIS countries and parts of Europe and Asia as well. Their high power transmission permits the use of small inexpensive ground stations; efficient modulation reduces the bandwidth needed and consequently its cost of leasing. |
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