[governance] ITRs: What if...

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

But they do talk to each other and subject to the usual wrangling between competitors there is usually consensus at least within a country, not to mention shared membership in industry associations

--srs (htc one x)


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From: "Mawaki Chango" <kichango at gmail.com>
To: <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>, "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>
Subject: [governance] ITRs: What if...
Date: Fri, Dec 14, 2012 8:13 AM


As we have witnessed during this WCIT process, the crux of the issue
is about the boundaries between telecoms and internet. Behind my
question lies a challenge as to whether the actual technical and
business actors (I didn't previously mean to assign 'operators' to one
sector and 'providers' to the other, at their reciprocal exclusion)
would be more capable of/ successful at defining and recognizing those
boundaries (regardless of some of them operating in both fields,
public and private alike), if they were to talk directly to each other
to that effect, instead of having governments do this on their behalf
-- a bit as their agents. (Some people may think there would be less
politics, therefore higher likelihood of success... to simplify.)

mawaki


On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
<salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am suddenly curious to hear others' views about the following scenario:
>>
>> Is there any one here who thinks it would be a better process or that
>> a better outcome could be reached if the world's telecom operators
>> meet directly with internet connectivity and large service providers
>> to try and define what the operating relationship of the two sectors
>> should be (while recognizing each other as two separate business
>> sectors) and maybe spell out what they would need governments to
>> assist with, if anything, in order to foster affordable access and
>> economic growth across the world?
>
>
> Many would argue that the World Telecom operators are also large service
> providers - most Telcos and ISPs have evolved from their traditional
> business models. Whilst there will always be a need for "carriage" - there
> is an increasing strategic business models that looks at "Content".  It
> might be worthwhile noting that there are countries in Europe, Africa and
> the Pacific where Government still controls some of the Telecommunications
> Entities which means that they have not been privatised.
>
> Aside from Telecommunications Infrastructure, there is a trend where
> countries are now moving to control the ccTLDs and you see that from some of
> the redelegations that has been happening where laws are passed to see
> Governments sieze control of what they perceive as a national resource.
>
> Should we worry about it? I don't think there is cause for worry, there is
> so many more important things that they need to worry about such as what
> David Conrad earlier this year pointed out to the list such as rolling out
> energy grids etc for the developing world. However, for countries who have
> national deficits and struggle with resources for capital expenditure for
> massive infrastructure rollout, they will always be on the lookout for
> sources of revenue and diverse sources of revenue.
>>
>>
>> Is that in the realm of "practical possibility" at all? (It may be
>> hard to see companies put resources in possibly lengthy negotiation
>> process if they don't need to do that to improve their bottom line or
>> at least retain their market.)
>
>
>
>>
>> If that were to be possible, IGF could be the place for other
>> stakeholders to help define the qualitative benchmarks (some sort of
>> Digital Development Goals) to guide the conference of Operators and
>> Providers on their economic growth and social development agenda.
>>
>> Or do you think, I would make more sense after a good night sleep?
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mawaki
>>
>>
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