Summary Agenda

Conference Day One
Sunday 18th April 2010

08:30 Registration & morning coffee

09:00 Opening remarks from the Chair

09:10 Examining and benchmarking the different strategies that have been used to implement Number Portability in different countries: learning from the successes and the mistakes
Carin Johansson, Managing Director and Senior Corporate Developer Consultant, BoCa Consulting

10:10 Implementing complete Mobile Number Portability and a Central Reference Database (CRDB) in smaller economic environments
Ronald Vlasman, CEO, PortingXS

10:50 Morning refreshments

11:20 Identifying the role and responsibilities of the regulator in ensuring the successful implementation of Number Portability – the UAE perspective
Peter Burge, Director of Legal Affairs, TRA UAE

12:00 Examining the central possibilities for Number Portability
Johannes Vallesverd, Advisor, Norwegian Post & Telecommunications Authority

12:40 Lunch

14:00 Determining the role that the Operator Clearing House (OCH) played in ensuring the success of Denmark’s Number Portability solution
Carsten Hviid, Product Manager, Tele Denmark (TDC)

14:40 Determining how a high percentage of prepaid users may impact the success of your Number Portability solution
Les Oliver, Senior Consultant, InterConnect Communications

15:20 Project Management in cross-operator initiatives: Practical lessons from Mobile Number Portability implementation in Qatar
Gregory Smith, Programme Manager MNP Implementation, Qtel

16:00 Closing Remarks from the Chair

16:10 End of Conference Day One

Conference Day Two
Monday 19th April 2010

08:30 Registration and morning coffee

09:00 Opening remarks from the Chair

09:10 Examining Vodafone’s global experiences of Number Portability with specific reference to the implementation in Qatar
Matthew Harrison-Harvey, Director of Regulatory and External Relations, Vodafone Qatar

09:50 Examining the role and responsibilities of the regulator in ensuring the successful implementation of Number Portability – the Singaporean perspective
Harin Grewal, Director, Interconnection and Access, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA)

10:30 Morning refreshments

11:00 Examining the decision making process and the Number Portability solution selected in India
Shahnawaz Alam, Director, Department of Telecommunications, Government of India (awaiting final confirmation)

11:40 Understanding the requirements and the strategy behind the implementation and management of Number Portability in Morocco
Ahmed Slalmi, Head of Universal Service Programmes, Agence Nationale de Régulation des Télécommunications (ANRT), Morocco

12:20 Assessing the implications of Number Portability for new entrants and MVNOs
Justin Connor, Strategic Regulatory Advisor, SAMENA Council

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Establishing how to leverage Number Portability as a tool to increase customer acquisition whilst minimising the impact on customer churn
Jorgen Nilsson, Head of Mobile Number Portability Implementation, Reforcia Consulting

14:40 Examining Number Portability in Pakistan: Learning from Telenor Pakistan’s experiences
Nauman Arshad, Manager MNP, Telenor Pakistan

15:20 MNP in Turkey: Discussing the lessons learnt by Avea
Nurdan Cavdaroglu San, Regulatory Legal Affairs Manager, Avea

16:00 Closing remarks from the Chair

16:10 End of Conference Day Two
    
 
Tutorial Day
Tuesday 20th April 2010

08:30 Registration

TUTORIAL 1:
09:00 – 10:30 Back to basics – Determining how to implement the most suitable Number Portability solution for you
• Establishing the rationale for implementing NP in your particular market
 Commercial drivers
 Regulatory drivers
• Identifying and evaluating the different NP solutions that are available
• Understanding how to determine the most effective NP solution for you
• Examining and overcoming the technical, operational and regulatory challenges that may arise
• Building on lessons learnt by those countries that have already implemented NP
Led by: Les Oliver, Senior Consultant, InterConnect Communications

About your tutorial leader: Les has worked in the telecommunications industry for nearly 40 years, initially with BT and as an International Business development manager with Telcordia Technologies and Context Connect Inc. and, for the past 5 years, as a consultant with InterConnect Communications. He has carried out project work, and lead projects, in the UK, USA, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, advising on Numbering and Number Portability. His experience includes working with National Regulatory Authorities, national and inter-national cross-industry groups and incumbent and new entrant operators mainly dealing with National Numbering Plans & Number Portability. Les is the Chair person of the NP Commercial Group in the UK and is currently working in the Middle East & East Africa.

10:30 – 10:45 Refreshments

TUTORIAL 2:
10:45 – 12:15 Understanding how to ensure the cooperation of the different players in the market place
• Establishing the importance of developing the effective cooperation of all the operators when implementing an NP solution
• Identifying and assessing the different challenges associated with the different operators in the market
 Incumbent
 New Entrants
 MVNOs
 Other parties
• Determining the role of the regulator in ensuring the effective cooperation of all the different operators
• Examining best practice for developing cooperation between all the operators in the market place
Led by: Raymond Bouwman, Rabión Consultancy

About your tutorial leader: Raymond Bouwman is founder and managing director of Rabión Consultancy, based in Gouda in the Netherlands. Rabión Consultancy is a telecommunications consultancy, founded in 2000, with expert knowledge and experience in areas such as International Roaming, Interconnection, Mobile Virtual Network Operators, M2M and Number Portability. Raymond is an expert in Number Portability, having worked on NP since 1997, and has been involved in the introduction of NP in the Netherlands with mobile operators Orange and T-Mobile, cable operators and MVNOs. He was also involved in setting up the inter-operator procedures and central NP organisation. He has also been involved in NP implementation studies for customers and prospects in the Caribbean region. Raymond has been providing NP workshops to several regulators and operators around the world including Brazil and is currently working on the management of the Number Portability implementation for the Kingdom of Bahrain.

12:15 – 12:30 Refreshments

TUTORIAL 3:
12:30 – 14:00 Ensuring the sustainability of your Number Portability solution
• Examining the challenges that can affect the development and management of NP solutions
 OPEX
 Evolving networks and services
 New entrants to the market
• Establishing how to implement an NP solution that is cost-efficient in the long term
• Understanding how to ensure flexibility within your NP solution in order to incorporate technical advances and particularly the evolution of Next Generation and IP networks
For updates on the tutorial leader please visit www.iir-conferences.com/npme

14:00 Networking Lunch