The Seventh Global Symposium for Regulators is scheduled to commence tomorrow with all preparations well underway at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center at Dubai World Trade Center on February 5 – 7, 2007.
Organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nations (UN) and hosted by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the Untied Arab Emirates (TRA), the symposium will be inaugurated by H.E. Sultan Saeed Al-Mansouri, UAE Minister for Development of Governmental Sector. The three day meeting will bring together heads of national regulatory authorities from both developed and developing countries to achieve consensus on the best way to address the challenges brought about by the migration of Next Generation Networks (NGN). The symposium aims to answer the question: Can regulators promote investment and achieve open access?
Topics to be discussed include interconnection, the enabling environment, consumer protection, quality of service, cyber security issues in an NGN world, universal access and international internet interconnection amongst others.
