Session 7:Regulatory issues, their status and resolution Conclusions

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Session 7Regulatory issues, their status and
resolution Conclusions Recommendations

• Chair Haim Mazar

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Worldwide, Regional and National Unlicensed and
Unprotected RF allocations, for Wireless Network
Access (including Social Issues) Haim
MazarDeputy Director Frequency Mgmt and
Licensing Ministry of Comms IsraelVice
Chairman Study Group 9 (fixed service) ITU-R
mazar_at_moc.gov.il mazar_at_itu.int

• US provides more RF spectrum (power and
  bandwidth) for network access, to License exempt
  than Europe
• Europe is more liberal than USA in equipment
  approval
• Licence-Exempt and Internet the growth due to
  unregulation
• More RF license exempt is needed to citizens and
  industry

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Regulatory Framework for Implementing WiMAX
Mariana GoldhamerDirector Strategic
Technologies ALVARION

• to implement WiMAX in lower frequencies
• More Licensed spectrum needed
• Rural / sub-urban use
• Allow Portable Internet and VoD services
  together with FWA
• More Licensed Exempt spectrum needed
• Higher power
• The LE spectrum may be sliced / allocated,
  according to co-existence capabilities of
  different systems
• 802.11 and 802.16 have different co-existence
  approaches
• All systems may implement the spectrum sharing
  protocol defined for a band
• Allocate the 90 not used spectrum for
• Cognitive Radio / Light licensing
• Harmonized Spectrum
• Cost reduction by factor of scale effect

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Will EU rules on Network Access allow the
deployment of new broadband infrastructure in
Europe?Ms M. Styliadou Corning, Director,
European Government Affairs

• Basic Principles
• Technological Neutrality
• Regulatory Intervention limited to cases where
  there is no effective competition
• Licensing Required only for scarce resources such
  as frequencies or numbering
• Remedies
• Transparency
• Non discrimination
• Accounting separation
• Access to and use of specific network facilities
• Price control and cost accounting obligations
• Retail obligations

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Comparison of access between the US and Europe
broadband policy and deployment. Mr. S. Marcus,
Transatlantic Fellow of the German Marshall Fund
of the USA

• Key regulatory issues are
• bottleneck facilities
• Unbundling obligations (U.S. and E.U.)
• Bitstream access (E.U. only)
• Universal service obligations (neither to date)
• Common objectives between the E.U. and USA
• Promote competition, and competitive entry
• Address any restrictions or distortions in
  competition
• Ensure that users derive maximum benefit in terms
  of choice, price and quality
• Encourage efficient investment

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Lawfully Authorized Electronic Surveillance of
Public IP Network Access ServiceGreg Ratta T1S1
Vice Chairman VC ITU-T SG 11VC

• The Service Specification Document of Public IP
  Network Access Service (PIPNAS) contains the
  electronic surveillance needs of USA law
  enforcement for PIPNAS service, and forms the
  basis for contributions submitted to standards
  bodies and industry forums
• It is law enforcements goal to work with
  industry in an effort to create a cost-effective
  solution that balances privacy, national security
  and public safety

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Panel- Cooperation in Standards Development

• ITU-R serves as an umbrella to regional
  regulatory organizations (such as CEPT, CITEL,
  FRATEL) ITU-T may serve as an umbrella to
  standardization organizations, such as ETSI,
  IEEE, TTC
• Worldwide standards versus digital video regional
  standards ATSC, ISDB-T and DVB-T
• Convergence of the Fixed and Wireless services
  and telephonies (i.e. in CEPT- ETC and ERC
  converge into ECC)

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Conclusion

• This session incorporates regulatory issues
  common to all precedent sessions
• The Network Access can be promoted by appropriate
  national policy, as achieved in Korea and Japan
• Light touch regulation and License Exempt RF
  spectrum contribute to the penetration of
  broadband