Next Generation Networks: Challenges for the Future Regulatory Policy

Market Potential of Next Generation Networks

• Jaroslaw K. Ponder
• Strategy and Policy Unit
• International Telecommunication Union

• Presentation prepared for the IIR Conference on
• “Strategies of Fixed Telecommunication Operators”
• 7 March 2006, Warsaw, Poland

• Note: The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the ITU. Jaroslaw K. Ponder can be contacted at [e-mail]

ITU - International Telecommunication Union

• The oldest specialized UN agency with more than 140 years of experience in communication sector
• Headquarters in Geneva and Regional Offices
• 189 member states, more than 640 sector members
• Structure of the ITU
• ITU-T – Telecom Standardization
• ITU-D – Development Bureau
• ITU-R – Radio-communications

• http://www.itu.int/spu

ITU’s Strategy and Policy Unit (SPU)

• New Initiatives Programme
• Digital Bridges (2005)
• Ubiquitous Network Societies (2005)
• Today’s Networks Tomorrow (2005)
• What Rules for IP-enabled NGNs? (2006)
• Digital Transformations in the Information Society (2006)
• Regulatory Environment for Future Mobile Multimedia Services (2006)

• http://www.itu.int/spu

Market Potential of Next Generation Networks

• Jaroslaw K. Ponder
• Strategy and Policy Unit
• International Telecommunication Union

• Presentation prepared for the IIR Conference on
• “Strategies of Fixed Telecommunications Operators”
• 7 March 2006, Warsaw, Poland

• Note: The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the ITU. Jaroslaw K. Ponder can be contacted at [e-mail]