Course 801: U.S. Telecommunication Regulation Fundamentals
Course #:
801
Course Type:
On-site
Duration:
2 days
Price:
$1,499
Description
As in many other industries, regulators of the telecommunications industry have aimed to bring affordable products and services to the general public, while at the same time allowing participating companies to make adequate profits.
Over the last few years, there has been a step change in digital communications, which have had a dramatic effect on the way people live their lives and conduct business. Broadband technologies are becoming the base upon which people and IT systems are enabled to communicate electronically ubiquitously, rapidly and cheaply, resulting in a high level of innovation and a wide range of economic and social benefits.
Regulation is fundamental to the realization of the networked economy, as it plays a central role in setting a vision for the evolution of the telecoms market including, crucially, the types of market structure that will emerge. This is particularly the case with broadband telecoms, as first, in these early stages of deployment, the market needs structures that encourage the widest availability of cheap broadband as rapidly as possible, and second, market structures determine the extent of innovation within the telecoms industry itself, for example in applications and services, a key ingredient in achieving the networked economy.
As the EU and USA consider new regulatory approaches to electronic communications, this course explains what the new legislation means for the evolution of the telecoms industry, both now and in the future. The course aims to question some aspects of conventional regulatory approaches, on the grounds that they risk losing some of the full benefits of the networked economy, and considers the big regulatory challenges that lie ahead.
The course makes some important contributions in the area of our economic understanding of the empirical results of U.S. and global telecommunications markets.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the attendees will have a good understanding of:
Telecom Act of 1996
Role of ILECs/IXCs/Wireless Operators/Cable MSOs/CLECs
Broadcasting and Cable Regulations
Digital Terrestrial Television Regulations
Interconnection Issues
Internet Regulations
Local Loop Unbundling Regulations
VoIP Regulations
What the economic benefits of the networked economy are
What the regulators' role is in developing market structures that ensure the full benefits of broadband are delivered
What the key aims of regulation in the networked economy are
How well suited new regulation in the EU and the USA is to supporting the necessary broadband market structures and to achieving innovation in infrastructure, services and applications
What the new legislation mean for the longer-term development of the networked economy
What issues will future regulatory reviews need to address
Course Outline
Executive summary
The Telecommunications Paradigm Shift
Telecom Services: Finding Safe Harbor
International Telecom Regulation Bodies
Telecom and Wireless Service Providers
Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs/ILECs)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Independent Telcos Cable Companies
Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs)
Competitive Access Providers Regulatory Agencies
Cellular/PCS Wireless Providers
Telecom R&D Groups
Long Distance Carriers Corporate
Telecom Planning Groups
Telecommunications Market
Overview
Regulatory environment
Infrastructure
Data
Internet
Broadband
E-commerce
Wireless communications
Broadcasting
Key Statistics and Market Overview
Key statistics
Telecommunications market
Trends and developments
Change in the industry
Local competition
New networks and services
Regulatory Overview
The US landscape
Key players in US regulatory environment
Major operators
Telecom operators
Overview
Local operators
Long-distance
Callback operators/international resellers
Major players
Multi Utilities Markets
Electric utility/telecommunications retail efforts
Power line telephony
Utilities and the Internet
Infrastructure
Local and national infrastructure
Deployment of fibre optic networks
Switching and transmission technologies
Wireless
DWDM
Ethernet
Infrastructure trends
International infrastructure
Submarine cable networks
Satellite networks
Fixed Network Voice Services
Long-distance market
Access charges and future competition
International market
IP Telephony
Voice calls over the Internet
IP networks
Major players
Enhanced voice services
Payphones
Enhanced voice services
Calling cards
Audiotex
Toll-free market
Public Data Communications Services
Data market
Overview
Market trends
Leased lines
X.25
SMDS
ISDN
Frame relay
VANs
VPNs
ASPs
Intranets
Internet and Online Market
Internet
Online, Internet services and applications
Major trends and developments
Next generation Internet
Threats to the Internet
Internet regulations
Major players
Industry overview
Major online service providers
Broadband Networks and Services
Cable modems
Market drivers
Networking and systems integration suppliers
Road Runner
Other cable ISPS
Regulatory issues
DSL
VoDSL Wireless broadband
Market overview
Cellular: 2G, 2.5G and 3G
WLANs
LMDS/MMDS
Internet via satellite
Overview of Telecom Act of 1996
Highlights of the act
The first major overhaul of telecommunications law in 62 years
The goal of this new law
Anyone enter any communications business
Any communications business compete in any market against any other
Role of The Federal Communications Commission
Creating fair rules for this new era of competition
Enabling Choice
Facilitating Competition
Ensuring Quality of Service
Significant events since the act
Court challenges to the act
Growth of the Internet/IP telephony
Merger and acquisition activity and new players
At last competition arrived
Current state of competition
Local competition
RBOCs offering inter-LATA long-distance
Status of key components of the Telecoms Act
Access charges
Universal service fund
Unbundling network access
Foreign competition
The FCC and satellite services
Number portability
Regulatory Issues
Broadband telecoms will underpin the networked economy
The networked economy drives innovation
Broadband market structures
The broadband value chain
Broadband regulatory vision
Proposed regulatory changes
Regulatory change underway in the U.S.
Legacy regulation
Future regulatory reviews Unregulated Activities/Activities Exempt From State Regulation Interstate or International Services
Preemptively Deregulated Services
Enhanced Services
The basic vs. enhanced service dichotomy
The pending debate overIP and data networks
Dark Fiber
An Economic Exploration into the Future of Industry Structure for the Last Mile in Local Telecommunications Markets
An Empirical Exploration of the Unbundled Local Switching Restriction
Telecommunications Software and Related Services
Mining for Revenue in the Latin American Telecommunications Boom
Innovation in the Telecommunications Industry: Separating Hype from Reality
The History of Communications and Its Implications for the Internet
Telecommunications Technologies and Urban Development: Strategies
Voice Over IP: An Overview for Enterprise Organizations and Carriers
Content Charging and Revenue Settlement
e-Business Solutions for the Telecommunications Industry
Flow-Through and Competition in the International Message Telephone Service Market
Bundling of Services in the Communications Industry
Billing Strategies for Interconnection
Interconnection legislation and policies worldwide
Relating To Telephony Over The Internet (VoIP)
Access Charges for ISPs
Reciprocal Compensation for Internet Traffic
International Internet Telephony
Broadband Internet Access
xDSL Services
Cable Open Access
Final Note On Federal Regulation
Summary of Federal/State Jurisdictional Roles
Attachment B30
The Interconnection Process Established by the Communications Act of 1996
Attachment C31
Attachment D33
State and Federal Regulatory Proceedings
Inter-Carrier Negotiations
Arbitrations and Complaint Proceedings
Court Proceedings and Litigation
Judicial Appeals
Enforcement and Compliance Proceedings
Business/Strategic Advice
Transactions and Finance
International Matters
Biographies of the Senior Attorneys in the Telecommunications Practice
Regulators and policymakers: understand the limitations of ‘legacy regulation' for broadband telecoms and how regulation will need to evolve to maximize innovation in infrastructure, services and applications
Operators and service providers: gain insight into the economics of broadband supply and the issues associated with developing a viable business model for broadband, and identify how regulation now and in the future could influence your business plans
Equipment vendors: learn how regulatory change will affect the markets you supply, in terms of the deployment of broadband, the range of services to be offered and the demand from end customers
Legal agencies, firms and consultancies: understand how new telecoms regulation will affect your clients and identify the key issues they will need to address
Managers and team members in cross-functional organizations, Technology Planners, Telecom Planners, Strategic Planners, Information Systems/Technology Managers, Local exchange carriers, CLECs,Interexchange carriers, Internet service providers, Telecom equipment manufacturers, Regulatory personnel, Depreciation professionals who need basic overview of U.S. telecom regulation.
