Programme

Day One | Day Two

Agenda

DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY 22 JUNE 2005

08.30
Registration and Coffee

09.00
Welcome from ViB events
Delia Rumpf, Programme Manager, ViB events

09.05
Opening address from the Chair
Philippe Defraigne, Director, CULLEN INTERNATIONAL

Wholesale international roaming (market 17)

09.10
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
An update from EC of the ongoing inquiry into the wholesale international roaming market

• How does this inquiry fit into the overall competitive and regulatory framework?
• How is the inquiry conducted and what type of outcome does it produce?
• What are the Commission’s main concerns?

Manuel Martinez-Lopez, Principal Administrator, DG COMPETITION, EUROPEAN COMMISSION

09.40
A statement from the ERG on WIR

• Joint data collection exercise
• Common ERG position on WIR

Mauro Martino, Senior Official, AGCOM

10.00
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Possible future ex ante regulations regarding WIR charges – much ado about nothing or is the fear justified?

• Who is worried and why?
• Will the use of traffic direction technologies and competition between international roaming alliances drive down Inter-Operator-Tariffs (IOTs)?
• Will lower IOTs be passed on to end-users in form of lower retail roaming tariffs?
• What obligations could NRAs possibly impose on operators?
• How badly would these remedies impact the bottom-line business of mobile operators?
• Would application of ex post competition law be sufficient to cope with any competition problems?
• Should WIR be eliminated from the Commission Relevant Markets Recommendation?

Chairman: Dr. Ulrich Stumpf, Director, WIK CONSULT
Participating panellists: Manuel Martinez-Lopez, Principal Administrator, DG COMPETITION, EUROPEAN COMMISSION; Philippe Vogeleer, Head Legal and Regulatory Affairs, ORANGE Global Roaming and Interconnect; John Blakemore, European Regulatory Manager, MMO2; Jilles van den Beukel, Senior Advisor Regulatory Affairs, KPN MOBILE, Marianne Treschow, President, PTS

11.00
Coffee and tea break

Mobile call termination

11.30
Update of the IRG benchmark study on mobile termination rates (MTR)

• To what extent do the results support the argument that the level of the termination tariffs can still not be justified?
• Recommendations on how to establish principles of implementation and best practices (PIBs)
• How can benchmarks support NRAs’ decision making in the assessment and choice of remedies with respect to MTR?

Anders Bjorklund, Chairman of the Mobile Markets WG, IRG/ERG

12.00
Applying a glide path to achieve a competitive level of MT charges – case study Austria

• Results of market analysis of market 16 (mobile termination)
• Consultation relating to termination tariffs
• Reactions by operators
• Current status and outlook

Dr. Roland Belfin, Manager CEO´s office, RTR GMBH

12.30
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Price control and cost-orientation obligations (Art.13 AD) as the most painful remedy – is cost-orientation the way forward?

• What are the operators’ arguments for the continuing opposition towards price control and cost-orientations? Do they have a point?
• Under what circumstances would FL-LRIC and FDC be appropriately applied?
• What other regulatory options are available and feasible to deal with SMP?
• How to balance the different goals (consumer protection, competition and innovation) of regulation when imposing remedies?
• What will happen in the UK after 2006?

Chairperson: Markus Steingroever, Managing Consultant, DETECON INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Participating panellists: Dr. Roland Belfin, Manager CEO´s office, RTR GMBH; Philippe Vogeleer, Head Regulatory Affairs, MOBISTAR; Daniela Antão, Head of Regulatory Affairs, OPTIMUS; Claes-Göran Sundelius, VP Regulatory Affairs, TELIASONERA AB

13.15 Lunch break Sponsored by: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Spectrum trading, auctioning and liberalisation

14.45
Spectrum trading and liberalisation in a wider context of spectrum management: Ofcom’s approach

• Development of UK regulatory regime governing spectrum trading
• Liberalisation: What changes will be allowed? 2G and 3G issues, How to ensure a smooth transition?
• Interference management
• Competition law issues

Philip Rutnam, Competition & Strategic Resources, OFCOM

15.15
Spectrum trading: lessons learnt from case studies

• Why is a secondary market in spectrum required?
  • Limitations of the current 'command and control' approach
  • Relationship with unlicensed spectrum
• Implementation of spectrum trading
  • Key aspects of spectrum trading frameworks
  • Alternative approaches to implementation
• Impact of spectrum trading on mobile operators
• Case studies of mobile spectrum trading in action (Austria, USA)

Amit Nagpal, Senior Consultant, ANALYSYS

15.45
Coffee and tea break

16.15
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Implementing spectrum trading and liberalisation on a European level – an update from the EC

• The general effect of liberalisation and trading in Europe
• Should the management of spectrum trading be implemented at a national or European level?
• What benefits to expect from co-ordinating approaches to liberalisation and trading across Europe?
• What about unlicensed spectrum?

Rune Ostgard, DG INFSO B4, Radio Spectrum Policy, EUROPEAN COMMISSION

16.45
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Will spectrum liberalisation and trading increase the efficiency of spectrum usage?

• Spectrum trading: who will benefit, who will not?
• Predicting the likely timescales for the introduction of secondary spectrum trading in Europe
• When will the effects of trading be felt across Europe?
• How would spectrum trading be monitored to ensure the competitive issues of independence is maintained?
• Harmonised flexibility: how to establish a consistent approach across Europe?
• Will different standards for spectrum trading influence the European consolidation process in mobile telecommunications?

Chairperson: Prof. Martin Cave, Director, Centre for Management under Regulation, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
Participating panellists: Robyn Durie, Regulatory Counsel, T-MOBILE UK LTD; Paul Knol, Legal Council, KPN MOBILE; Dr. Ulrich Stumpf, Director, WIK CONSULT; Rune Ostgard, DG INFSO B4, EUROPEAN COMMISSION; Bernhard Wiesinger, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Carrier Relations & Roaming, HUTCHINSON 3G AUSTRA GMBH

17.45
Chair’s conclusions and close of the day

17.50
Drinks reception
Delegates are invited to join the speakers and panellists at an informal drinks reception

DAY TWO: THURSDAY 23 JUNE 2005

08.30
Registration and Coffee

09.00
Opening address from the Chair
Philippe Defraigne, Director, CULLEN INTERNATIONAL

Access and call origination regulation and the role of mobile virtual network operators

09.05
Implications of mandated access on the Danish market

• How much regulatory support or restriction do MVNOs need?
  – the reasoning behind mandated access
• Evaluating the market before and after the introduction of mandated access
• Has mandated access stimulated investment in new 3G services and led to more competition?
• Can the Danish MVNO experience be replicated elsewhere?

Finn Petersen, Deputy General, ITST

09.35
Competition law aspects of access in a regulated industry

• Importance of access for market entry
• Identification of typical competition law issues arising in the context of access to networks - pricing and non-pricing issues
• Relevance for mobile communications
• Potential remedies

Yves van Gerven, Partner and Anne Vallery, Counsel, WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP

10.05
Coffee and tea break

10.30
Collective dominance in the Irish mobile market: the challenges of the new regulatory framework

• The Irish market evidence for collective dominance
• Issues with collective dominance under the new regulatory framework
• Taking account of jurisprudence, particularly Airtours
• What are the remedies to address the market failure

Gary Healy, Director Market Development, COMREG

11.00
Collective dominance in mobile access and origination: the view of a mobile network operator

• The impact of fringe firms
• Current analysis of prices
• Market maturity issues
• Usage levels and its impacts on any analysis of competitiveness
• Retaliation mechanisms in the current analysis
• The objectives of regulatory intervention ... making competition "more effective"

Dan Elliot, Director, FRONTIER ECONOMICS LIMITED (Vodafone advisor)

11.30
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Will MVNOs have a significant impact on the competitive landscape?

• What are the defining features of MVNOs?
• What are the costs and benefits of MVNOs from the consumer perspective? From the perspective of MNOs?
• Is the MVNO business model sustainable without regulatory intervention? What market factors are conducive to their successful formation and operation? What factors impede their development?
• What forms of market failure justify mandatory MVNOs and, in cases where MVNOs are imposed by regulation, what degree of regulatory intervention is necessary for MVNOs to have a fair chance of success in the marketplace?
• What impact will mandatory MVNOs have on the evolution of the industry in terms of investment, innovation and convergence?

Chairperson: Ann LaFrance, Coordinating Partner, European Communications Law, SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY L.L.P
Participating panellists: Finn Petersen, Deputy General, ITST; John Blakemore, European Regulatory Manager, MMO2; Gary Healy, Director Market Development, COMREG; Paul Ryan, Group Public
Regulatory and Governance Executive, VODAFONE GROUP SERVICES LTD, Serafino Abate, Research Director, OVUM

12.30 Lunch break Sponsored by: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

MVNOs and access to content

13.30
MVNOs: moving away from the simple resale and discount model to the provision of niche
value-added services

• Identifying a profound industry shift; how sizable are the commercial opportunities for MVNOs?
• Opportunities for MVNOs to push distribution in the French market
• Positioning in the market compared to other players
• Ability of launching products in disruption to the classic current market offers
• Change in business model compared to previous service providing models

Jean-Pierre Champion, CEO and Guy Malibas, CFO, DEBITEL FRANCE

14.00
Access to content for broadband mobile services - discussing the relevant regulatory framework from the EC's point of view

• Current development of broadband mobile services
• To what extent do different regulations apply?
• What type of restrictions on access to content raise competition concerns?

Alain Crawford, Media Unit, DG Competition, EUROPEAN COMMISSION

14.30
Coffee and tea

Regulating mobile payments

15.00
Regulation of mobile payments and the issues arising from the EU: which legal rules?

• Understanding the new legal framework: what regulations need to be considered by mobile operators and why?
• Pre-paid versus post-paid – what regulations apply to these two different markets
• How to combine the New Legal Framework Directive and the eMoney Directive?
• Current and future initiatives of the EC: what approach is the EC following?

Jean Allix, DG Internal Markets, EUROPEAN COMMISSION

15.30
PANEL DISCUSSION: Mobile payments: how to define the market and is a fair
competition between operators and banks possible?

• How do operators define the payment market?
• What is the attraction from an operator’s point of view?
• Is there a bigger market than e- or m-money possible and is it interesting for mobile operators?
• Should payments be considered as a financial product or as a logistic product?
• Is there a need for another or a better regulator to open the total payment market?
• What is the competitive landscape within the Single European Payment Area and will operators be able to stimulate extra competition?
• Is it possible that the current common interoperable standards will expand in such a way that operators can offer a competitive payment network?

Chairperson: Jaap Rignalda, Independent Payment Advisor, ORCHARD FINANCE
Participating panellists: Judith Leschanz, Head of Telecommunication & Competition Law, MOBILKOM AUSTRIA; Jean Allix, DG Internal Markets, EUROPEAN COMMISSION; Claire Alexandre, Public Policy Senior Manager, VODAFONE GROUP

16.15
Closing remarks from chairman

16.20
Champagne draw

16.30
End of the conference

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