Connectivity and Convergence: Alternative Regulatory Strategies for Telecommunications

The University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business is conducting a four-day programme on Connectivity and Convergence: Alternative Regulatory Strategies for Telecommunications, from 14-17 April 2009 in Cape Town.

This new programme is designed to enhance the strategic thinking of a select group of senior decision-makers in telecom and related sectors in Africa and elsewhere.  After having been offered in Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America, this executive programme is now being offered in Africa to meet the challenges it faces in this sector. The aim of the programme is to address the many challenges posed by the current stage of telecom and information communication technology (ICT) reform to governments, regulatory agencies, operators, and other stakeholders. The certainties of yesterday are no more: traditional approaches to the licensing of networks and services is being challenged by converging technologies services and innovative business models; individual assignments of frequencies are being questioned in the light of new standards such as Wi-Fi and WiMax; the distinctions between wired and wireless are being blurred; classic price regulation is becoming less central to the missions of regulatory agencies; new pro-poor business strategies challenging conventional universal service models; and all industry players are being challenged to address content issues at various levels. 

Delegate profile:

Decision-makers in telecommunications and related sectors in Africa including  government; regulatory agencies; operators; unions, ICT journalists, consumer groups and NGOs active in the sector.

Dates: 14-17 April 2009

Tuition Fees: R10 500

Contact Person: Junita Abrahams, tel: 021 406-1323, email: abrahams@gsb.uct.ac.za

Application Deadline: 1 April 2009

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