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Role of Telecom Regulator

Role of Telecom Regulator. Haitham El Nakhal AfPIF 2013 Casablanca. TRA Role. Set the Interconnection Agreement guidelines and include it into operators’ Licenses http://www.tra.gov.eg/english/dpages_dpagesdetails.asp?ID=230&Menu=1 Liberalize the telecom market

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Role of Telecom Regulator

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  1. Role of Telecom Regulator Haitham El Nakhal AfPIF 2013 Casablanca

  2. TRA Role.. • Set the Interconnection Agreement guidelines and include it into operators’ Licenses http://www.tra.gov.eg/english/dpages_dpagesdetails.asp?ID=230&Menu=1 • Liberalize the telecom market • License for international gateway (TE and Etisalat) • License for submarine cable landing (13 systems) • License for ISP which allow ISP (Class A or B) to obtain the international transit capacity directly from international carriers (7 Class A , 300+ Class C) • Regulation framework for “Right of Way” • Reduce taxes for communications equipment to be 5%

  3. TRA Role.. • Invest in building infrastructure (Universal Service Fund), specially for un-or-under served areas, and this infra should be accessible to any operator • SMP (LLU, infrastructure sharing) • Protect operators’ investment (exclusivity for limited period) • Initiatives to increase Internet penetration within the community (National Broadband plan http://www.tra.gov.eg/emisr/)

  4. Submarine cables

  5. Terabit Connectivity with 60+ Countries

  6. Regional IXP • ITU project to build national and regional IXPs in all Arab countries ($220M) • NTRA operates a national IX, CAIX (www.caix.net.eg); • E, J and L root-servers , PCH ccTLD servers • All Class A ISPs are members • Plan to make it a regional IX

  7. Thanks

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