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The Regional Dialogue on the Information Society for Latin America and the Caribbean (DIRSI) has released Telecom Regulatory Environment (TRE) studies for Ecuador and Peru. Using interviews and a questionnaire administered to a statistically significant cross-section of industry stakeholders and experts, the TRE assessment traverses six dimensions of regulatory risk (market entry, access to scarce resources, interconnection, tariff regulation, regulation of anti-competitive practice and universal service) for both the fixed and mobile sectors. The TRE methodology focuses on the environment as a whole, rather than only on the regulatory agency.

Click here to download the TRE for Peru by Roxana Barrantes and Patricia Perez (in Spanish).

Click here to download the TRE for Ecuador by Hugo Carrion (in Spanish).

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The Research ICT Africa network (RIA!) is now releasing the results of their 2007 Sector Performance Reviews. Sector performance reviews examine the performance of national telecom sectors in terms of delivery agains national policy objectives. The case studies monitor and assess ICT policy (though specifically telecommunications policy) against policy outcomes in the sector, and against the broader impact these policies have on the national economy and society.

For more information, go to Research ICT Africa!
Click on “read the rest of this entry” for links to the country studies in .pdf downloads from the RIA! website.

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[4 March 2008] Kim Mallieu of the Regional Dialogue on the Information Society (DIRSI) will facilitate a DIRSI Stakeholder Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago, and will present and lead discussion on “DIRSI: Regional Telecommunications Policy and Regulatory Research Collaborative.” The main objectives of this meeting are:

• Information dissemination on regional research relating to telecommunications policy and regulation
• Identification of needs and gaps in telecommunications policy and regulatory research
• Identification of research priorities
• Recommendations on strategies to meet priority research needs.

Click here for more information from the DIRSI website
or send an email to < info at dirsi dot net >. (more…)

[4 March 2008] Kim Mallieu of the Regional Dialogue on the Information Society (DIRSI) will facilitate a DIRSI Stakeholder Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago, and will present and lead discussion on “DIRSI: Regional Telecommunications Policy and Regulatory Research Collaborative.” The main objectives of this meeting are:

• Information dissemination on regional research relating to telecommunications policy and regulation
• Identification of needs and gaps in telecommunications policy and regulatory research
• Identification of research priorities
• Recommendations on strategies to meet priority research needs.

Click here for more information from the DIRSI website
or send an email to < info at dirsi dot net >. (more…)

[30 - 31 January 2008] Kim Mallieu is presenting on “Building Caribbean Capacity for ICT Policy and Regulation” at the 1st Stakeholders meeting on Connect the Caribbean Initiative, to be held in Trinidad and Tobago. The main objective of the meeting is to establish a regional team to contemplate the mobilization of human, financial and technical resources required to bridge major gaps in ICT infrastructure development, enabling a harmonized policy framework and developing relevant and affordable services and applications.

Click here to go to the meeting webpage.

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