<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/10/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Walubengo</b> <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Apologies to our international participants - today was a<br>holiday in Kenya and therefore quite a slow day here. -<br>just gotten online now.<br><br>Thanx Eric for your previous views on the role and Alice<br>for tying in the idea of who are the Regulators customers?
<br>It is important to put the role and the target customers in<br>perspective since from there it will be easier to discuss<br>how the Regulator can best engage with their customer<br>through the web (eCommunications).<br>
<br>My take is that the Regulators customers include:<br>-Government<br>-Telco Operators<br>-IT & Broadcast Service Providers<br>-Postal Service Providers<br>-Consumers<br><br>any other customers or entities interacting with regulators
<br>I may have left out? lets share<br><br>walu.<br>nb: Tomorrow I will start the second thread but ask members<br>to continue belated discussions on previous threads as long<br>as they can keep the correct Subject Lines
i.e. Day 1 of<br>10:-Role of Converged Regulator.<br><br><br>--- alice <<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org">alice@apc.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Hallo Eric<br>><br>> My questions were intended to begin to respond to some of
<br>> the issues<br>> Walu has brought up which touch on the three East African<br>> regulators and<br>> their communication practices, and not so much about<br>> physical<br>> representation, although it is equally important.
<br>><br>> More questions...How we can use regulators websites to<br>> inform the<br>> various constituencies? for consumers to ensure that they<br>> understand<br>> their rights and are in a better position and are able to
<br>> make informed<br>> choices?<br>><br>> Similarly, how do/can we use emerging technologies in the<br>> service of<br>> understanding regulation of the same?<br>><br>> alice there<br>><br>>
<br>><br>> > Dear Alice,<br>> ><br>> > You see the regulator is suppose to be the pivot on<br>> which there should<br>> > be equilibirum among the operators who make the various<br>> levers and
<br>> > again am sure in Kenya things have change for the<br>> better with CCK and<br>> > hence"the speed of light" progress you guys are making.<br>><br>> ><br>> > I think one element is to also strengthen the consumer
<br>> coalition and<br>> > Alex Gakuru has being doing alot of work in that area,<br>> you have done a<br>> > lot yourself in terms of the CSO and hence you<br>> represent them on the<br>> > CCK leadership. I dont know the current representation
<br>> on the CCK<br>> > leadership but if all the stakeholers are there then<br>> you are good to go.<br>> ><br>> > On another note, the oversight from industry is a<br>> mindshift and i hope<br>
> > most countries make it sooner than later in Africa.<br>> ><br>> > Eric here<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On 10 Oct 2007, at 10:19, alice wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> Agree Eric, important conversation indeed.
<br>> >><br>> >> And I see it asking the following questions: Who talks<br>> to regulators?<br>> >> What about and what do regulators do with what they<br>> have learnt in a<br>> >> policy regulatory sense.
<br>> >><br>> >> To use the Eric example, Re: Industrial oversight for<br>> Regulators -<br>> >> How do regulators subject their decision and<br>> engagements to major<br>> >> industry input using communication technology? and has
<br>> this been<br>> >> effective from an industry point of view? The private<br>> sector has the<br>> >> most clear relationship with regulators, simply<br>> because their ongoing<br>> >> activities are a primary object of oversight....so the
<br>> assumption<br>> >> here would be that regulators then have a load of<br>> information,<br>> >> services and applications to facilitate conducting of<br>> business in the<br>> >> country, is this the case?
<br>> >> What about consumers?<br>> >><br>> >> alice there<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> Eric Osiakwan wrote:<br>> >>> Dear Walu,<br>> >>>
<br>> >>> This is an important conversation you are getting<br>> underway and i<br>> >>> would like to robe in two fundamentals that are<br>> essential for the<br>> >>> emerging regulatory regime;
<br>> >>><br>> >>> 1. Regulation is facilitation and must benefit local<br>> industry - It<br>> >>> is important for our regulators to see themseles as<br>> facilitors of<br>> >>> the industry in the interest of the consumer (even in
<br>> the presence<br>> >>> of a consumer parliament...:-) and work towards<br>> helping the local<br>> >>> industry to grow and innovate. The cash cow for the<br>> local operators<br>> >>> in "license" or landing right etc. Recently i was
<br>> talking to a<br>> >>> substantive regulator and he told me the most<br>> shocking thing, he<br>> >>> said he is going to give all the licenses to<br>> indigenous local<br>> >>> operates so they use it as cash cow to trade with
<br>> those carrying<br>> >>> FDIs. Now thats a strategic mindframe that gives<br>> weight to the local<br>> >>> folks and i was excited this is coming from a<br>> regulator....<br>> >>>
<br>> >>> 2. Industrial oversight for Regulators - Because of<br>> the growing<br>> >>> mindset and rapid adaptation of technology, the<br>> regualtory system<br>> >>> worldwide is changing and it is becoming clear that
<br>> effective and<br>> >>> efficient regualtors actually have oversight from<br>> industry. In order<br>> >>> words they must subject their decision and enagements<br>> to major<br>> >>> industry input so that it is consistent with
<br>> technological evolution<br>> >>> which makes them facilitators of growth and economic<br>> development,<br>> >>> not the opposite. So am advocating more for "self<br>> regulation" and
<br>> >>> less inteference in business process and innovation.<br>> Please note<br>> >>> that self regulation does not mean "no<br>> regulation"......<br>> >>><br>> >>> Eric here
<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>> On 9 Oct 2007, at 08:47, John Walubengo wrote:<br>> >>><br>> >>>> In think we can kick off the discussion by first<br>> reviewing
<br>> >>>> the roles of three selected Info & Communications<br>> >>>> Regulators(Kenya, Tanzania & Malaysia).<br>> >>>> The idea is to gain an understanding of the role of
<br>> the<br>> >>>> Converged Regulator and then extend that into<br>> tomorrow's<br>> >>>> Question :- How can the Internet assist Regulators<br>> in<br>> >>>> executing these roles or achieving their objectives?
<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> Probably at the end of this task, we should<br>> highlight five<br>> >>>> key functions or roles the Converged Regulators<br>> should be<br>> >>>> playing and then use them as the reference points
<br>> for<br>> >>>> building appropriate and corresponding<br>> eCommunication<br>> >>>> strategies.<br>> >>>> Feel free to point out any role that may not have<br>> been
<br>> >>>> covered in the three examples.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> walu.<br>> >>>> ~~~~~samples roles below~~~~~<br>> >>>> 1. From Kenya<br>> >>>> The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) was
<br>> >>>> established in February 1999 by the Kenya<br>> Communications<br>> >>>> Act, 1998, to license and regulate<br>> telecommunications,<br>> >>>> radio communication and postal services in Kenya.
<br>> >>>> The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) plays a<br>> >>>> critical role in the liberalization of Kenya's<br>> postal and<br>> >>>> telecommunication sectors. CCK is the Gateway that
<br>> >>>> encourages private investment in the sector and<br>> provides<br>> >>>> for the rights and obligations of both operators and<br>> >>>> consumers. The licensing of new players has given
<br>> the<br>> >>>> consumer greater choice.<br>> >>>> As the Link, CCK liaises with consumers, operators<br>> and<br>> >>>> service providers to ensure a level playing field in
<br>> the<br>> >>>> sector. CCK also assigns frequencies to all licensed<br>> >>>> telecommunications operators as well as broadcasters<br>> >>>> utilizing wireless technologies in the provision of
<br>> their<br>> >>>> services.<br>> >>>> CCK is the Watchdog of the consumer; making sure<br>> that<br>><br>=== message truncated ===<br><br><br><br> ____________________________________________________________________________________
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