As part of Mobile Asia Expo 2012 in Shanghai, GSMA hosted its first Public Policy Forum, bringing together representatives of ministries and regulatory bodies as well as industry experts from around the Asia Pacific region to gain insights and share their perspectives on the deployment and adoption of mobile broadband. Among more than 70 attendees of the half-day seminar were regulators from Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Rich with relevant and timely information for regulators and policymakers, the Asia Pacific Public Policy Forum 2012 featured presentations from five industry experts, covering China’s success in delivering mobile access to its people, national broadband planning, projections on mobile data demand, creating an environment for mobile broadband to proliferate, and new research measuring the opportunity cost of fragmentation of the Digital Dividend spectrum in Asia Pacific.
Presentations
- John Giusti, Head of Spectrum, GSMA [transcript]
- Kan Runtian, Deputy Director General of Radio Management Bureau, in China’s Ministry for Industry and Information Technology – China’s path to mobile broadband
- H.E Suvi Lindén, ITU Special Envoy for the Broadband Commission for Digital Development [video and slides]
- Dr Robert Pepper , Vice President for Global Technology Policy – New projections for data demand [video and slides]
- Stephen Lo, partner with Ernst & Young – Towards mobile broadband readiness [video and slides]
- Michael Meyer, Partner and Managing Director at The Boston Consulting Group – Measuring the cost of nonharmonised spectrum [video and slides]
Panel Debate: Investment and Affordability
Moderator: Natasha Beschorner, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, World Bank [video and slides]
Panellists:
- Rob Borthwick, Vice President, Group Regulatory Affairs, Axiata
- Hasanul Haq Inu, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on MoPT, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
- Sachin Gupta, Managing Director, Head of Asian Telecoms, Nomura [slide]
- Julie Welch, Senior Director, Government Affairs, Southeast Asia & Pacific, Qualcomm
Panel Debate: Regional Harmonisation
Moderator: Michael Meyer, Partner and Managing Director (Elect) Singapore office, The Boston Consulting Group
Panellists:
- Michael Lee, Chief Technology Officer Hong Kong, Ericsson
- John Blakemore, Director of European Regulatory Affairs, Hutchison 3G
- Prof. Kalamullah Ramli, Senior Advisor to Minister of ICT, Government of the Republic of Indonesia
- Dr Hugh Bradlow, Chief Technology Officer, Telstra
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