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The III Forum of CITEL/PCC.I on Public Telecommunications Services took place in Isla Margarita, Venezuela on June 26-27, 2000. More than 350 delegates gathered to make a balance of communications in the Americas on the cusp of the 21st century.

CITEL is making most of the presentations available online. All presentations are in their original language (English or Spanish) and are in Adobe Acrobat version 4.0 format. Many are large files, over one megabyte in size. If you place your mouse cursor over each icon , you will see the size of the file and the language.

Presentations

General Coordinator: Mr. Alberto Zetina

First-Day Issue

Convergence of regulatory frameworks to promote the development and access to Internet and IP Services to all social levels in the Region

Coordinator: Mr. Jesse Chacón, Venezuela

Alternative regulatory perspectives regarding IP services.

Moderator: Mr. Jesse Chacón, CONATEL, Venezuela

Mr. Alvin Lezama, CONATEL, Venezuela - Regulación IP: Un enfoque convergente
Mr Richard Simnett, Telcordia - Regulating the Internet
Mr. John Deasy, FCC, U.S.A - Speeding the Era of the Broadband Era: The Regulator's Role
Ms. Aura Cecilia Rengifo, Global Crossing - Visión de Global Crossing en torno a la Regulación de Servicios de Telecomunicaciones
Mr. José Pablo de la Roca, Telcor, Nicaragua - Historia del Internet y Actividades del Regulador en Nicaragua

The knowledge society in the Americas - Universal service: access to voice or to information?

Moderator: Mr. Marcelo López Arjona, ASETA

Mr. Jesse Chacón, CONATEL, Venezuela - Servicio Universal en Venezuela
Mr. Luis Bonifaz, OSIPTEL, Peru
Mr. Ramón Gómez, CANTV, Venezuela -
Mr. Diego Molano, CRT, Colombia - IP, Competenica y Desarrollo

The digital culture in the Americas: Fostering generation of content and developing a knowledge society

Moderator: Mr. Franco Silva, CONATEL, Venezuela.

Mr. Mitsutero Nishio, Dominican Republic - Desarrollo de la Cultura Digital en RD
Ms. Alba Rocío García, Quantica, Venezuela
Mr. Enrique Díaz Cerón, COFETEL, Mexico.
Mr. Carlos Borges, TELCEL, Venezuela - eEuropa - Una sociedad de la información para todos

Second-Day Issues

Convergence of telecommunications services over IP and the technological requirements of fixed/mobile/ telecommunications infrastructures that can use telecommunications over IP

Coordinator: Mr. Robert Stephens

Convergence between Internet/IP networks and telecommunications networks

Moderator: Sr. Sergio Martínez, CCIT, Colombia

Mr. Héctor Hernández, IDC consultants - Latin America's Telecom Odyssey: From Dialtone to IP Services
Mr. Oscar de León, Lucent Technologies, U.S.A - The Network Convergence?
M. Pablo Maza, CANTV, Venezuela - Evolución de las Tecnologías de Aceso, Comutación y Transporte: Caso CANTV
Mr. Massimo Salino, Motorola-Latin America
Mr. Oscar Grand, Telco, Argentina - Voice Over Internet Protocol: Panorama y Perspectiva del Mercado

Fostering investment in the Internet markets in the Americas

Moderator: Mr. Oscar Grand, Telco, Argentina.

Mr. Luis Bonifaz, OSIPTEL, Peru - Estrategia para Masificar el Acceso y Uso de Internet y de las Tecnologías de la Información
Mr. Sergio Martínez, CCIT, ColoMbia
Mr. Bruce Rink, Diveo-Latin America.
Mr. Bethoven Casanova, Global Crossing - One Planet - One Network

Cost issues related to Internet access: Consumer, carrier and service provider issues

Moderator: Mr. Robert Stephens, iBasis.

Mr. Robert McDonald, AOL - Local Call Pricing: A Critical Element of a Successful Internet Policy
Mr. Eduardo Gabelloni, AHCIET - Posiciones a debatir sobre Internet y Servicios IP
Ms. Leticia Díaz, COFETEL, Mexico - Planes futuros para la Región Americas respecto a los cargos el los servicios de Internet
Mr. Ken Schagrin, US Department of Commerce, U.S.A.

Wireless access and the Internet

Moderator: Ms. Martha De Cuhna de Killian, Telecom Personal, Argentina

Mr. Karl Anderson, Ericsson-Latin America
Mr. Pal Ala Nieto, Nokia, Venezuela
Ms. Gabriela Manriquez, Qualcomm - El próximo Tsusami: Acceso Inalámbrico a Internet
Ms. Joslyn Read, Hughes Satellite, U.S.A. - Wireless Internet via Advanced Broadband Satellites
Mr. Javier Morero, Digitel, Venezuela - Mobile Customers: Challenge to Service and Content Providers

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