infoDev and ITU Launch New Online Regulation Toolkit

infoDev, a multi-donor program focusing on information and communication technologies (ICT) for development, and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for telecommunications, have launched a new online Regulation Toolkit designed to address the complex regulatory challenges emerging from a rapidly evolving ICT industry. The new web-based toolkit is aimed at national and regional regulatory agencies, ICT policy-makers, and other stakeholders with an active interest in ICT regulation. This new ICT Regulation Toolkit is a unique resource designed around three key features, that of interactive, dynamic and forward-looking. The first module launched deals with the authorization of telecommunication services. It addresses such issues as different authorization approaches and practices, and competitive licensing processes. It also highlights recent trends toward lighter authorization and licensing practices that reduce barriers to market entry. The remaining modules are scheduled to come online by 2006, which will cover legal and institutional aspects of regulation and connection. Users can gain access to reference documents containing information on best practice and industry precedents as well as providing an invaluable day-to-day information resource. These modules can also be used as training materials in formal training sessions for regulators or operators. The full toolkit will be showcased at the annual ITU Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR), to be held in Hammamet, Tunisia from November 14 to 15, 2005, as well as at the upcoming World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which will take place in Tunis from 16 to 18 November 2005. More

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