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Distance Education Course: Regulating New IP Services and Applications 

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General Information

The Secretariat of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL), in conjunction with the Interamerican Agency for Cooperation and Development of the Organization of American States, is offering fellowships for a distance-education course on: "Regulating New IP Services and Applications". This course is offered by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Center of Excellence for the Region of the Americas over the over the Excellence Network Node and CITEL Regional Training Center of Peru's National Telecommunications Research and Training Institute (INICTEL).

You can participated in this courses through:

1. Citel Fellowships or
2. Personal Registration

1. CITEL Fellowships

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1) Place of Study: Distance Education Course through the e-learning platform of the International Telecommunication Union ITU, Centre of Excellence for the Americas Region (Tel: (54) 3543 44 4222, e-mail: excelencia-cursos@ubp.edu.ar) over the Excellence Network Node and CITEL Regional Training Center of Peru's National Telecommunications Research and Training Institute (INICTEL) (Phone: +51 1 346-1808, ext. 434/430, Fax: +51 1 346-1816, e-mail: teleducacion@inictel.gob.pe)

2) Starting and ending date: Applicants shall specify, on their application forms, their chosen session for the course. However, if the numbers for the first session are filled during the selection process, candidates will automatically be considered for the second session.

• First Session: April 28 to July 5, 2003   (number of courses will depend on number of students).

• Second Session: September 1 to November 8, 2003 (number of courses will depend on number of students).

3) Deadline of Reception of Applications: August 8th, 2003 in Washington, D.C [1].

4) Duration: Ten (10) weeks per session.

5) Language:  Spanish and English. Candidates will be given the choice of
taking the course in one of the two languages

Recommendations:

In light of our experience of applications for the first distance education course held in 2002, we kindly request that applicants follow the recommendations below:

• Fellowship applications are to be submitted through the official channels indicated in the announcement. 

• Note that often National Liaison Offices (ONEs) have deadline dates that may be up to one month earlier than the OAS deadline.  Contact the ONE as soon as possible to ascertain the ONE deadline and to verify the required procedures.  Such procedures are generally not complicated, but they do need to be completed by the deadlines established.  

• Complete the entire OAS Form 98 as carefully as possible.  Selection will be made on the basis of this information.  If information is missing, the application may be rejected.

• Where there is a choice of  dates for courses, clearly indicate on your application the session in which you are interested in participating. This does not necessarily mean that we will be able to assign you to this session.  However, if no indication is made, the Selection Committee will choose for you.

• Indicate clearly on the form a fax number and e-mail address where you can be contacted and advised of the selection results.

6) General Objectives: The goal of the course is to help harmonize concepts and terminology relating to the regulation of new IP services and applications by the region’s agencies. By the end of the course, participants will understand telecommunications policies and recent trends in regulation, and they will be equipped with technical and regulatory tools for developing or enforcing telecommunications policies.

The course offers a general overview of:

• Telecommunications policies and regulatory trends with respect to new IP services and applications

• The state of the art in IP technologies and applications in the world and, particularly, in the region. 

• The implications, risks, and challenges of defining regulatory policies for electronic commerce, IP voice traffic, and network security.

7) Program: 

Module 1: Current situation of the Internet and new IP services

Ø Evolution of the Internet

• Brief history of the Internet

• Basic notions about the IP protocol

• Internet: limits and trends

Ø The Internet in figures

• Global figures

• Regional figures

Ø New market structure

• Market evolution

• Impact of new services on the market

Module 2: Internet technologies and architecture

Ø Architecture.

• Trends (IP ver. 6, Internet-2, creation of the ICANN agency)

• The global technological scene

Ø   Numbering and addressing

• Protocols

• NAP administration

Module 3: Impact of the paradigm change on telecommunications regulations

Ø  The paradigm change

Ø Sociological and psychological aspects of the Internet

• Impact of the Internet on society

• Impact of the Internet on the individual

Ø Impact on and forms of market regulation

• Monopolies and perfect competition.

• Liberalization and privatization of telecommunications

• Market diversification.

Ø Public service

• The concept of public service

• The nature of the Internet as a public service

• Comparative legislation on the classification of Internet services

• Current status of the debate

Ø  Universal service obligations

• Obligations of IP applications

• Comparative legislation

Module 4: Internet service regulatory issues

Ø  Regulatory framework for Internet service

• Basic regulation issues

• Impact of network convergence

• Regulating convergence

• Comparative legislation

• Current status of the debate

Ø Internet access networks

• Local loop problems

• Loop regulation

• Comparative legislation

• Current status of the debate

Module 5: Regulatory issues of network interconnections and fees

Ø Interconnecting IP Networks

• Regulating IP network interconnectivity

• Protocols and standards

• Current status of the debate

Ø Internet fees

• Approaches to regulating Internet fees

• Fee trends: flat rates

• Subsidies

Module 6: Regulating electronic commerce

Ø Electronic commerce

• Types of transactions

• Comparative legislation

• Regulatory problems

Ø Internet network security

• Network vulnerability

• Privacy

• Security measures: Cryptography

Ø Internet crime

• Types of crime

• Comparative legislations

Module 7: Regulating IP voice traffic and other applications

Ø IP voice traffic

• Service description

• Comparative legislation

• Options for regulation

• Consequences for business

Ø Other applications

• Distance Education

• Telemedice

• Telework

• E-government

Module 8: Regulatory trends in network and service convergence

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