well, well, well - I would go for more of a "Pull" approach.

I think that going by the feedback from the consultants who conducted the recent internet study commissioned by CCK - one of the hardest things to obtain was clear and accurate internet tariffs and terms of service for the various products from ISPs.

One way of using the internet would be for regulators to provide consumers with an online interface/forms that would allow them to input what they pay for the service they receive. It would of course be necessary to try as much as possible to make it an easy to use interface by using pulldown menus and checkboxes to allow users to select the type of service/duration of contract or term for which they pay (montly, quarterly, annually etc) - this approach might yield better results.

my two ndululus

Mblayo

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On Oct 11, 2007, at 10:52 PM, John Walubengo wrote:

mmhh. Not much response on opportunities apart from Nancy
B. I would have imagined many of us would have something to
say about how the Regulator could serve is better using the
web.  

My thinking follows:
1. Market Penetration:  The Regulator could open up an
e-forum where stakeholders could openly discuss industry
issues. The Regulator can then harvest alot of industry
thinking from those discussion-logs and use them
appropriately. They would therefore get to 'know' their
customers better in order to serve them better (ofcourse
some Regulators do feel they need NOT know their customers 
and so may not consider this a bright idea ;-)

2. Market Development: Most ICT players and consumers are
concentrated in urban centers. It would be interesting to
see Regulators reaching new players and consumers in the
rural centers using the web. Routine services like license
applications, renewals and payments could be completed
without visiting  the capital cities where most Regulators
are domesticated.

3. Product Development: New Regulatory e-Services may arise
from the web. I am thinking that there could be ways new
regulatory functionalities such as monitoring ISP/ASP
webographics (e.g. their bandwidth provisioning and
utilization, the amount of spamming they generate or simply
mapping out the internet traffic patterns in the country)

So this thread like the others shall remain open for more
contributions as we head towards Day 3 of 10, where we
review the threats that may face Regulators adopting
internet technologies in their service provision.

walu. 
--- nancy bosire <bozaya@gmail.com> wrote:

1. Market Penetration: how can the Regulator use the
Internet to be closer to you (customer)? - almost the
same as what we have
here, mailing lists and/or forums

2. Market Development: how can the Regulator best reach
thier EXCLUDED or ignored customers - decentralization of
their
offices/services.



On 10/11/07, John Walubengo <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:

Now that we have an idea of the Role of Regulators and
their target Customers, we can begin to think about the
Opportunites that the Internet presents for delivering
their services.

Assuming the Regulator was a business and wanted to
give
value to their customer using the Internet, how would
they
do it? Alternatively, you as a customer to the
Regulator
(Operator, Consumer, Government, etc), how do you think
the
Regulator can best serve you, using the internet?

Think along these lines.

1. Market Penetration: how can the Regulator use the
Internet to be closer to you (customer)?
2. Market Development: how can the Regulator best reach
thier EXCLUDED or ignored customers
3. Product Development: are there new ways the
Regulator
can deliver their old services (functions) over the
web?

We have 1day to hear more contributions from your
various
perspectives (Consumers, Operators, Individuals, etc).

walu.






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