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TRENDS
IN TELECOMMUNICATION REFORM 2007: The road to Next-Generation
Networks (NGN)
1 MARKET AND REGULATORY
TRENDS IN THE ICT SECTOR
1.1 Why
have next-generation networks become important?
1.2 Global
and regional trends in telecommunications
1.3 Privatization
and competition trends
1.4 Drivers
of growth in the ICT
sector
1.5 Challenging
times for regulators
1.6 The
road tNGN
2 NEXT-GENERATION NETWORKING: A REGULATORY OVERVIEW
2.1 Introduction
2.3 Differences
between NGN in developed and
developing markets
2.4 NGN
deployment drivers
2.5 Market
power regulation
2.6 NGN
regulatory challenges
2.7 Recommendations
2.8 Regulating
NGN: the future
3 NEXT-GENERATION
NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY
3.1 Introduction
3.2 On
the road towards NGN
3.3 NGN
standards
3.4 NGN
migration and its implications
3.5 Concluding
remarks
4 FIXED-MOBILE
CONVERGENCE
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Classes
of convergence
4.3 Consumer
markets
4.4 Corporate
networks
4.5 Policy
frameworks
4.6 Conclusion
5 INTERCONNECTION IN AN IP-BASED NGN
ENVIRONMENT
5.1 Objectives
of regulation
5.2 Technical
constraints in the NGN world
5.3 Economic
background
5.4 Should
interconnection prices be set in
an NGN and
at what rates
if so?
5.5 A
sampling of regulatory analysis of NGN interconnection
tdate
5.6 Access
and mobile next-generation networks
5.7 Concluding
thoughts
6 INTERNATIONAL
INTERCONNECTION, NGN AND ICT DEVELOPMENT
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Trends
in international interconnection
6.3 International
interconnection and ICT development: between Scylla and Charybdis
6.4 Conclusion
7.1 Introduction
7.2 NGN-related
technologies and universal access
7.3 Sector
reform
7.4 The
scope of universal access
7.5 Funding
universal access
7.6 Distributing
universal access support and funds
7.7 Conclusion
8 CONSUMER PROTECTION AND QUALITY OF
SERVICE
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Quality
of Service
8.3 Net
neutrality
8.4 Consumer
protection and cybersecurity
8.5 Conclusions
9 ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR NGN
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Role
of the regulator
in transitioning tand facilitating an NGN environment
9.3 Modifying
the legal and regulatory framework in the
transition tan NGN world
9.4 Facilitating
the transition tan NGN world
10 WHY
NGN, WHY NOW?
10.1 What
is NGN?
10.2 Why
should I care about NGN?
10.3 What
can regulators do?
10.4 Timeless
trends
REGULATORY INFORMATION
LIST
OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF BOXES
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