/ ITU-PTA International Training Program 2016
20-22 July 2016
Islamabad, Pakistan /
Day 1: Wednesday 20 July / Day 2: Thursday 21 July / Day 3: Friday 22 July
8.30 – 9.00 / REGISTRATION / TEA/COFFEE
9.00 - 10.30 / Welcome
  • Dr. Syed Ismail Shah, Chairman PTA
  • Mr. R S Sharma,
Chairman TRAI
  • Mr. Ioane Koroivuki,
Regional Director, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Keynote Presentation :
PTA: Enabler of ICT development
Presenter: Dr. Syed Ismail Shah, Chairman PTA / Digital Financial Inclusion and mobile apps
Presenters: Mr. U.K Srivastava, Principal Advisor, TRAI, India + Mr. Tariq Sultan, Member (Finance) PTA + Mr. Omar Moeen Malik, Director (S&P) Telenor Pakistan
  1. Enabling Instruments
  2. Standards for secure payments
  3. Initiatives on m apps
/ Cybersecurity
Presenters: Mr. Sameer Sharma, Senior Advisor ITU + Mr. Abdullah Abdur Rehman Khan, Head Corporate Responsibility, Telenor Pakistan
  1. ITU Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI)
  2. Cybersecurity Strategy Model
  3. Updates on Child Online Protection Guidelines by Mr. Abdullah Abdur Rehman Khan, Head Corporate Responsibility, Telenor Pakistan

10.30 – 11.00 / MORNING TEA / MORNING TEA / MORNING TEA
11.00 – 12.30 / Broadband for networked society
Presenter: Mr. Rizwan Hydri, DG(Licensing) PTA
  1. National Telecom, Policy Broadband for universal access, Incentives for broadband infrastructure and applications (1100 to 1145)
  2. Regulatory Impact Assessment by Mr. Takuya Nakaizumi, Ph.D., Japan. (1145 to 1230)
/ Competition Issues
Presenters: Dr. Muhammad Saleem, DG (CA) PTA
  1. Defining markets and dominance control, Mergers and Acquisitions Regulating Interconnection, Access and Pricing (1100 to 1145)
  2. Competition Issues of Regulations by Mr. Takuya Nakaizumi, Ph.D., Japan. (1145 to 1230)
/ New Technology Trends in wireless
Presenter: Dr. Syed Ismail Shah, Chairman PTA
  1. LTE Advanced , 5G
  2. IOT, Cloud Computing
  3. Artificial Intelligence

12.30 – 14.00 / LUNCH / LUNCH / LUNCH
14.00 – 15.30 / Consumer Protection & Quality of Service
  1. Mandate , framework and provisions by Mr. Sajjad Latif Awan, DG (RA) PTA
  2. Standards and initiatives by Mr. Yawar Yasin, DG (Enf) PTA
  3. Country Cases by Mr. Yawar Yasin, DG(Enf) PTA
/ OTT Players: Challenges and Opportunities
Guest Speakers:
  • Dr. Rony Mamur Bishry, Commissioner – BRTI, Indonesia
Presenters: Mr. Muhammad Ahmed Kamal, DG (S&D) PTA + Mr. Muhammad Aslam Hayat, Chief Corporate Affairs & Strategy Officer, Telenor Pakistan
  1. OTT: different types of services and business models
  2. Policy and Regulatory Approaches
Country Cases / Enforcement Issues
  1. Biometric Verifications of SIMs by Mr. Yawar Yasin, DG (Enf) PTA
  2. Device Identification, Registration and Blocking System (DIRBS) by Mr. Talib Dogar, DG (Services) PTA

15.30 – 16.00 / AFTERNOON TEA / AFTERNOON TEA / AFTERNOON TEA
16.00 – 17.00 / Spectrum Management
Presenter: Mr. Abdul Samad, Member (Compliance & Enforcement) PTA
  1. Spectrum Licensing and Auctions for broadband -
  2. Harnessing Digital Dividend
  3. The Economics value of Spectrum
/ ICT for Persons with disabilities & women empowerment
Presenter: Mr. Tahir Mushtaq, Mem (HRD), MoIT&T
  1. Provisions and framework
  2. Initiatives by GoP
  3. Success stories
/ Closing Session: PTA/ITU