Comments on: CPRsouth inaugural conference to commence http://lirneasia.net/2007/01/cprsouth-inaugural-conference-to-commence/ a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Wed, 23 May 2012 17:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Grace Mirandilla http://lirneasia.net/2007/01/cprsouth-inaugural-conference-to-commence/comment-page-1/#comment-10082 Grace Mirandilla Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:53:16 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2007/01/cprsouth-inaugural-conference-to-commence/#comment-10082 Dear all, Thanks for a wonderful conference and for giving us young scholars a chance to hone our research skills and the privilege to talk to experts in our respective fields. Hope you enjoyed your stay in the Phillippies. Thought I should share this article from the Inquirer, a leading major daily in the Philippines. Salamat! Grace ===== Keep politics, telecom regulations separate, RP told INQUIRER.net Last updated 04:27pm (Mla time) 01/21/2007 MANILA, Philippines--The Philippines should work on making the government agency that regulates telecommunications less subject to political interference, according to a group of researchers that recently looked into the regulatory environment for telecommunications in six Southeast Asian countries. Rohan Samarajiva, executive director of Learning Initiatives on Reforms for Network Economies (LIRNEAsia), said that the Philippines should make clear distinctions between the role of Congress and regulatory agencies like the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). Congress should limit itself to setting policy guidelines while regulators work on the implementing rules, he said. A recent case where Congress questioned the granting of the third-generation mobile network licenses to local operators despite clear guidelines set by the NTC was an example that shows "legislation directly poking with regulation," Samarajiva added. "What kind of signals does this give to outsiders?" he asked. Such an environment forces regulators to "second guess," which makes for an unstable regulatory situation, Samarajiva said. Despite political interference, however, LIRNEAsia's recent six-country study called "Telecom Regulatory Environment Assessment (TRE)" found the Philippines second only to Pakistan in terms of having a perceived stable and sound regulatory environment. LIRNEAsia is a non-profit organization established in Sri Lanka but which intends to operate throughout Asia. It was launched on September 2004 during the World Dialogue on Regulation's Expert Forum in Sri Lanka. http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=44710 Dear all,

Thanks for a wonderful conference and for giving us young scholars a chance to hone our research skills and the privilege to talk to experts in our respective fields. Hope you enjoyed your stay in the Phillippies.

Thought I should share this article from the Inquirer, a leading major daily in the Philippines.

Salamat!

Grace

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Keep politics, telecom regulations separate, RP told

INQUIRER.net
Last updated 04:27pm (Mla time) 01/21/2007

MANILA, Philippines–The Philippines should work on making the government agency that regulates telecommunications less subject to political interference, according to a group of researchers that recently looked into the regulatory environment for telecommunications in six Southeast Asian countries.

Rohan Samarajiva, executive director of Learning Initiatives on Reforms for Network Economies (LIRNEAsia), said that the Philippines should make clear distinctions between the role of Congress and regulatory agencies like the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).

Congress should limit itself to setting policy guidelines while regulators work on the implementing rules, he said.

A recent case where Congress questioned the granting of the third-generation mobile network licenses to local operators despite clear guidelines set by the NTC was an example that shows “legislation directly poking with regulation,” Samarajiva added.

“What kind of signals does this give to outsiders?” he asked.

Such an environment forces regulators to “second guess,” which makes for an unstable regulatory situation, Samarajiva said.

Despite political interference, however, LIRNEAsia’s recent six-country study called “Telecom Regulatory Environment Assessment (TRE)” found the Philippines second only to Pakistan in terms of having a perceived stable and sound regulatory environment.

LIRNEAsia is a non-profit organization established in Sri Lanka but which intends to operate throughout Asia. It was launched on September 2004 during the World Dialogue on Regulation’s Expert Forum in Sri Lanka.

http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=44710

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