[kictanet] FW: LINK CENTRE: TPRM 2008: Certificate in Telecomms Policy, Regulation & Management - places filling up fast

Fri Apr 18 11:27:59 EAT 2008

This may be of interest - it's an excellent course.

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Sent: 18 April 2008 10:53
To: link-info at lists.wits.ac.za
Cc: Tennyson Mashiloane
Subject: LINK CENTRE: TPRM 2008: Certificate in Telecomms Policy,Regulation
& Management - places filling up fast

I believe this course is filling up rapidly.

Register today, or pass this information on to others who you know can
benefit from the course.

Your registration and payment secures your place on this valuable programme.

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Certificate in Telecomms Policy, Regulation and Management

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The Certificate in Telecommunications Policy, Regulation and Management is
offered by the LINK Centre, School of Public and Development Management,
University of the Witwatersrand  -  Southern Africa's leading research and
training body in the field of information and communications technology
policy, regulation and management.  It provides an essential background to
the understanding the regulatory and policy issues and challenges in the
rapidly changing telecommunications and broadcasting sector.

Spread over three week-long sessions between May and July 2008, skilled and
experienced staff at the LINK Centre, School of Public & Development
Management, University of Witwatersrand, supported by an extensive panel of
guest lecturers, each an expert in their field, will help you map the
telecommunications landscape.

Significance 

The course is designed to address the constantly evolving issues and
concerns inherent in the dynamic and fast-paced nature of the
telecommunications sector in South Africa. These changes - driven by rapidly
developing technologies, by the evolving legal and regulatory environment
and by the emergence of new markets, services and applications - give rise
to increased demands for training and information. The advent of convergence
and globalisation intensifies the ongoing challenge on people in these
sectors to remain informed of local developments and international trends
and practices.

Who should attend? 

Decision-makers and senior policy-makers in the Department of
Communications, ICASA and the USA, managers and regulatory staff in industry
(manufacturers, service providers and fixed and mobile operators), bidders
for PSTN licences, broadcasters, lawyers, consultants, journalists, union
officials and NGOs involved in the sector.

Objectives 

By the end of the course, the successful student will be able to: 

*        demonstrate an understanding of the policy and regulatory
environment for the telecommunications and broadcasting industries in South
Africa; 

*        demonstrate an understanding of information and communications
technologies and the policy implications of these technologies; 

*        describe the structure and process of policy formulation,
regulatory oversight and licensing procedures in South Africa; 

*        critically compare the South African telecommunications environment
with international models and best practice benchmarks; 

*        explain the approaches to telecommunications policy and regulation
adopted in SADC, Africa and globally; 

*        demonstrate an understanding of telecommunications reform and its
implications for South Africa; 

*        understand the essential drivers of reform locally and
internationally, including the impact of globalisation and convergence. 

Content Overview 

A Certificate in Telecommunications Policy, Regulation and Management is
awarded to candidates who attend the following three modules (120 hours) and
who successfully complete the required individual and syndicate assignments.

Module 1: ICT Technologies and Markets 

*        Basic concepts of telecommunications networks: the PSTN and its
underlying technologies, digitisation, transmission, switching; 

*        Wireless communications: WLL, satellite, mobile wireless, GSM, 3G; 

*        Call traffic and its implications; 

*        Spectrum, its planning and management, and the assignment of
frequency; 

*        Numbering and numbering plans, number portability, carrier
pre-select, eNum; 

*        The telecommunications market in SA: status, performance and
trends; 

*        Signal distribution, and broadcasting technologies; 

*        The broadcasting market and the impact of digital broadcasting; 

*        The Internet, VoIP, VANS and VPNs; 

*        Convergence, broadband, multimedia and the future. 

Module 2: International ICT Trends, Organisations & Developments 

*        Globalisation and the information age; 

*        Global trends in regulatory reform: liberalisation, privatisation,
regulation in a converging environment; 

*        Global e-governance: structures, institutions and global
obligations (ITU, WTO, GATS, ICANN); 

*        Regional developments in telecommunications regulation: SATCC,
CRASA, ATU, NEPAD; 

*        National responses to the global information economy: e-commerce in
South Africa; 

*        ICT and labour; 

*        ICT and gender; 

*        Information and communications technologies and development (the
digital divide, ISAD, GK, dotForce, UN ICT TT, WSIS); 

*        Universal access and universal service.

Module 3: Telecommunications and Broadcasting Policy, Law and Regulation 

*        The SA Constitution and administrative law; 

*        Telecommunications sector regulation: rationales, principles and
practices; 

*        Competition law, and the telecommunications and broadcasting
sectors in SA; 

*        ICT sector reform in SA: overview; 

*        Legislative, regulatory and licensing framework for
telecommunications in SA: agencies, structure and procedures; 

*        Policy and legislative reform, the regulatory and licensing
framework for broadcasting in SA; 

*        Interconnection and facilities sharing: principles, law and
regulation; 

*        Licensing: the objectives, typology, procedures, content and
monitoring of licences; 

*        Pricing and tariffs; 

*        Quality of service and consumer protection. 

About LINK

The LINK Centre is the leading public policy, regulation and management
educational body in the area of information and communication in Southern
Africa. 

LINK focuses on capacity building in the public sector and development
arenas through quality training, applied research and consultancy services
necessary to maximise the benefits of the Information Society and the
Knowledge Economy. 

Methodology 

An interactive and intensive teaching methodology is used, comprised of
several learning methods, including lectures, syndicate work, case studies,
structured learning group discussions and presentations from local and
international experts in the field. In this way participants will develop a
strong practical focus directly applicable to their own organisations. 

The course is evaluated via one individual and two syndicate assignments.
Syndicate assignments are professionally presented to the group and external
examiners drawn from government, industry or academia. 

Schedule 2008 

TPRM 2008 is a block release course divided into three modules, each running
for one week per month.  Participants may attend individual modules as
stand-alone executive courses.

Certificate in Telecommunications Policy, Regulation & Management 

Module

Title

Dates

Module 1

ICT Technologies and Markets

12 - 16 May,
08:30 - 17:00

Module 2

International ICT Trends, Organisations & Developments

23 - 27 June,
08:30 - 17:00

Module 3

Telecommunications and Broadcasting Policy, Law and Regulation

21 - 25 July,
08:30 - 17:00

Fees 

R 17 250 (plus VAT) per participant for the full three-week course. 

Individual modules may be taken on their own as executive courses (for which
a certificate of attendance is issued) at a fee of R 7 500 (plus VAT) per
participant. A small fee discount is available for bulk enrolments.

Venue 

All lectures are held at the Graduate School of Public and Development
Management campus, 2 St David's Place, Parktown.   Lectures run daily from
08:30 to 17:00 with breaks for lunch and teas. 

Convenor 

Charley Lewis + 27 + 11 + 717-3784 or charley.lewis at wits.ac.za 

Information 

The course web page is available at
<http://link.wits.ac.za/training/tc1.html>
http://link.wits.ac.za/training/tc1.html.

Registration can be done online, using the course code WE/TPRMGM/07/01, via
<http://www.wits.ac.za/enterprise/courses/register.html>
http://www.wits.ac.za/enterprise/courses/register.html.

Contact Tennyson Mashiloane + 27 + 11 + 717-4595 or via
Tennyson.Mashiloane at wits.ac.za for more information or to enrol.

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Charley Lewis

Senior Lecturer, LINK Centre

Tel:                  + 27 11-717-3784

Fax:                  + 27 11-717-3910

Mobile:              + 27 83-539-5242

Post (personal): Box 81185, Parkhurst, 2120, SOUTH AFRICA

Skype:              charley.lewis

URL:                 http://link.wits.ac.za

Mwalimu House, School of Public & Development Management, University of the
Witwatersrand

2 St David's Place, Parktown, 2193, SOUTH AFRICA

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