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[link-info-bounces@lists.wits.ac.za] On Behalf Of Charley Lewis
[Charley.Lewis@wits.ac.za]
Sent: July 7, 2009 9:57 AM
To: link-info@lists.wits.ac.za
Cc: Tennyson Mashiloane
Subject: LINK CENTRE: Executive
Course: Telecommunications & Broadcasting Policy, Law & Regulation
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Executive Course:
Telecommunications & Broadcasting Policy, Law & Regulation
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Please forward to colleagues who might benefit from attending…
There are still a few
places left on this exciting one-week short course commencing on 20 July
2009.
Blast away those Confed
Cup blues - warm the cockles of your heart with some power-packed
ICT regulatory soup, expertly brewed by
This executive course is one of the three
modules comprising the highly-acclaimed Certificate in Telecommunications
Policy, Regulation and Management, offered by the LINK Centre, School of Public
and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand -
Southern Africa’s the leading research and training body in the field of
information and communications technology policy, regulation and
management.
Registration for this single module is
open to participants who wish to focus specifically on Telecommunications &
Broadcasting Policy, Law and Regulation, or whose busy schedule does not permit
them to register for the full certificate.
Content Overview
- The SA Constitution and administrative
law;
- ICT sector regulation: rationales,
principles, approaches and practices;
- Competition law, and the
telecommunications and broadcasting sectors in SA;
- ICT sector reform in SA: overview;
- Legislative, regulatory and licensing
framework for telecommunications in SA: institutions, structure,
processes and issues;
- Legislative, regulatory and licensing
framework for broadcasting in SA: institutions, structure, processes
and issues;
- Interconnection, facilities leasing
and essential facilities: principles, law and regulation;
- Licensing: the objectives, typology,
procedures, content and monitoring of licences;
- Pricing and tariffs;
- Quality of service and consumer protection.
Presenters are drawn from LINK Centre
staff, as well as a number of other experts in the field, including: Andrew
Barendse, Aynon Doyle, Norman Manoim, Sanele Sibanda and Carla Rafinetti.
A certificate of attendance is issued to
all participants who attend a minimum of 80% of the course sessions.
Who should attend?
Decision-makers and senior policy-makers in
the Department of Communications, ICASA and the USA, managers and regulatory
staff in industry (manufacturers, service providers and fixed and mobile
operators), bidders for PSTN licences, broadcasters, lawyers, consultants,
journalists, union officials and NGOs involved in the sector.
About LINK
The LINK Centre is the leading public
policy, regulation and management educational body in the area of information
and communication in
LINK focuses on capacity building in the
public sector and development arenas through quality training, applied research
and consultancy services necessary to maximise the benefits of the Information
Society and the Knowledge Economy.
Visit the LINK web site at http://link.wits.ac.za for
more information.
Methodology
An interactive and intensive teaching methodology is used, comprised of
several learning methods, including lectures, case studies, structured learning
group discussions and presentations from local and international experts in the
field. In this way participants will develop a strong practical focus directly
applicable to their own organisations.
Fees
R 8 000 plus VAT per participant.
Venue
All lectures are held at the Graduate School of Public and Development
Management campus,
Convenor
Charley Lewis + 27 + 11 +
717-3784 or lewis.c@pdm.wits.ac.za
Registration
For more information, or to
register online, please consult the web page for the full Certificate in
Telecommunications Policy, Regulation and Management at http://link.wits.ac.za/training/tc1.html.
Alternatively, contact Tennyson Mashiloane
on Tennyson.Mashiloane@wits.ac.za.
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Charley
Lewis
Senior
Lecturer, LINK Centre
Tel:
+ 27 11-717-3784
Fax:
+ 27 86-529-5562 /+ 27 11-717-3910
Post (personal):
Skype:
charley.lewis
URL:
http://link.wits.ac.za
Mwalimu House, School of
Public & Development Management, University of the
è Master of Management in ICT Policy & Regulation: http://link.wits.ac.za/training/training4.html
è Certificate in Telecomms Policy, Regulation &
Management: http://link.wits.ac.za/training/tc1.html
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