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Greek Telecoms
28 February - 1 March 2001
Greek Telecoms
Time was, and comparatively recently at that, when telecoms services in Greece were chaotic, unpredictable and thoroughly inefficient. But Greek Telecoms is now booming!

OTE (Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation) has, during the past decade, done a tremendous job in making telecom services universally available the length and breadth of the country. The enormous investments made in network upgrading, digitalisation, microwave links on land and submarine cable between the islands, have all propelled Greece ahead of far richer EU members.

We want you to develop and secure your investment in this region. Following on from the success of last year’s event, SAE Media Group will be holding Greek Telecoms 2001 at the Athenaeum Inter-Continental Hotel in Athens. Once again you can gain valuable information on current and future developments in the region’s Telecom industry, you will also have a chance to meet and discuss your opinions with key professionals currently working in the region.

Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration and Coffee

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9:00

Liberalisation of the telecommunications markets

  • Liberalisation under the new telecoms bill
  • Liberalisation requirements under EU laws
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    9:50

    Interconnection issues

  • Mandatory
  • Regulation of interconnection fees
  • Non-discrimination among service providers
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    10:40

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    Subscribers

  • Definition
  • Business regulations
  • Prepaid subscriptions
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    11:30

    Leased line services

  • Fees
  • Lease of complete telecommunications networks or specified portions thereof
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    12:15

    Rights of utilisation, easement

  • What rights does a service provider have in connection with setting up telecommunications equipment and how much does a real estate owner have to tolerate
  • Establishment of rights of utilisation in the light of recent telecoms legislation
  • What permissions and licences are needed for the set up of telecommunications equipment?
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    13:00

    Lunch

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    14:15

    Utilities networks versus other alternative networks

  • Infrastructure
  • Rights of way
  • Access to client base
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    15:00

    Universal service obligation

  • Definition of the term «Universal service», its financing on an international scale, its role and necessity in the market
  • Useful information on competition regulations, definition of the «market» presently and in the era of liberalisation
  • Have the telecommunications companies successfully handled the year-change from 1999 to 2000? If not, how can such companies defend themselves against different claims?
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    15:40

    Afternoon Tea

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    16:00

    Telecommunications investment and financing

  • Equity financing
  • Venture capital
  • Leverage
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    17:00

    End of workshop and closing remarks

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    8:30

    Registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Panayotis Bernitsas

    Panayotis Bernitsas, Managing Director, M & P Bernitsas

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    9:10

    OPENING ADDRESS: TELECOM REGULATION IN GREECE

    Dr Alkiviades C. Psarras

    Dr Alkiviades C. Psarras, Legal Advisor, National Commission for Telecommunications and Post

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    9:40

    THE POSITION OF THE INCUMBENT

    Nikos Manassis

    Nikos Manassis, Chairman, OTE

  • OTE’s monopoly over public voice telecommunications services - what are the time-frames for the opening up of the market
  • Development of telephone communications countrywide - teledensity in Greece
  • Overview of the infrastructure and the development of the network in Greece
  • Interconnection issues in the Greek area
  • How to ensure international traffic - overview of international tariffing and pricing
  • OTE’s position after 2002
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    10:20

    THE GROWTH OF THE GREEK MOBILE MARKET

    Megaklis Stoukidis

    Megaklis Stoukidis, General Manager, Commercial Affairs, COSMOTE

  • The Greek mobile telecoms market: present situation
  • Positioning your company as mobile operator
  • Securing a customer base through value-added services
  • Preventing customer churn in a changing market
  • Future prospects for the mobile market in the Greece
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    LEGAL AND REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS IN GREEK TELECOMS

    Alkistis Christofilou

    Alkistis Christofilou, Partner, IKRP Rokas & Partners

  • Telecoms law: recent legislation
  • Licensing Broadband
  • Licensing UMTS
  • Competition law developments
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    12:00

    THE STRAGEGY OF A GREEK ISP

    Yorgos Ioannidis

    Yorgos Ioannidis, Managing Director, OTEnet

  • The Internet economy environment
  • Corporate structure and human capital
  • OTEnet’s vision and strategy
  • Providing Internet services in Greece (current and future)
  • Steps to E-business
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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    13:40

    CONVERGENCE OF MOBILE TELEPHONY AND INTERNET SERVICES

    Biagio Cuffari

    Biagio Cuffari, Strategy and Regulatory Executive Director, Telestet

  • Impact of new technology on Greek telecoms market
  • Implications for internet services in Greece
  • UMTS licensing
  • Integrating legacy and third generation systems
  • Mobile telephony in Greece: future outlook
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    14:20

    COMPETITION IN GREEK TELECOMS

    Nirmal Garawal

    Nirmal Garawal, Marketing Director, Grapes Communication

  • Impact of growing competition on the Greek telecoms market
  • Positioning of telecoms companies in the Greek market
  • Impact of increasing competitiveness on the quality of service
  • Competition and interconnection
  • Competition and pricing implications
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    15:00

    APPLICATION SOFTWARE

    Dimitrios Emiris

    Dimitrios Emiris, Managing Director, Euro-Link

  • Definition of need and functional requirements
  • Structured analysis approach
  • The services platform software
  • Mapping of the business processes
  • Typical applications paradigms - Customer monitoring and management
  • Calling cards; Unified billing
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    15:40

    Afternoon Tea

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    16:00

    CASE STUDY - AMIMEX

    George Nomikos

    George Nomikos, Manager Missile Systems Department; , Technical Director Assessment and Demonstrations Division, Munitions Directorate, Amimex

  • The deregulation of the Greek Telephone market
  • The new business opportunities for smaller companies
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    16:40

    SUBMARINE CABLES

    Amos Lasker

    Amos Lasker, Chief Executive Officer, Med1 Submarine Cables

  • Demand for international infrastructure
  • Existing systems in the eastern part of the Mediterranean
  • The Med Nautilus concept
  • Med Nautilus and the Greek market
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    17:20

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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    17:30

    Drinks Reception

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    8:30

    Re-registration and Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Stavros Papastavrou

    Stavros Papastavrou, Head of Telecoms, Zepos Law Firm

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    9:10

    VALUE ADDED SERVICES

    Maria Boura

    Maria Boura, Key Account Manager, Ericsson

  • Increased globalisation of trade
  • Changes in the ways customers operate and do business
  • Increased demand for ‘anywhere anytime’ connectivity
  • New technologies create new opportunities on the business-to-business market
  • Combining Intranets with the Internet
  • Challenges with tomorrow’s global players
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    9:40

    NETWORK MANAGEMENT FOR GREEK OPERATORS

    Gaetan Perrier

    Gaetan Perrier, Business Development Manager, 3M - Quante

  • Network management in the Greek telecoms market
  • Offering more cost effective and reliable services to the carriers
  • Cost implications of managed network services
  • Bandwidth availability in the Greek market
  • Outlook on the future demand for managed high bandwidth networks
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    10:20

    (To be Confirmed)

    Maria Yannopoulou

    Maria Yannopoulou, Deputy Manager, Billing Systems Department, Intrasoft

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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

    Cristina llamas

    Cristina llamas, Sales Director, Loral Skynet

  • Positioning the company in the global telecoms market place
  • Fundamental Strategies
  • Potentials for a global carrier in Greece
  • Competitive advantages
  • Local solutions for global business
  • Global solutions for growing local businesses
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    12:00

    FREE SPACE OPTICS AND MAXIMIZINGTHE TECHNOLOGY TO EXTEND METRO AREA NETWORKS

    Heinz Willebrand

    Heinz Willebrand, CTO, LightPointe

  • Compelling economics and rapid provisioning vs. physical fiber
  • Flexibility for any protocol or network topology
  • Beyond the 'last mile' metro application
  • Carrier-class 9.9999% availability solution
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    12:40

    Networking Lunch – Sponsored by Lightpointe

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    13:40

    CASE STUDY - STARGATE NETWORKS

    Elena Dika-Kaprissi

    Elena Dika-Kaprissi, Sales and Marketing Director, StarGate Networks

  • The demand for quality Internet Infrastructure & Services
  • Positioning your internet business in the Greek market
  • The importance of global infrastructure for the business market
  • How to support the Greek business market - development of e-business
  • What will increase competition and what, in the form of services, will be available to the Greek business market
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    14:20

    ICL - MULTI-SERVICE PROVIDER IN GREEK TELECOMS

    Tiki Hadjioannou

    Tiki Hadjioannou, Managing Director Equity Capital Markets, ICL Hellas

  • Total access modern telecom solutions for Home, SOHO, and Corporate Users
  • Interactive Digital-TV solutions
  • Advanced Billing/Interconnect software solutions for telecom carriers
  • New technology transmissions and networks
  • Third generation mobile telephony solutions
  • Business to consumer e-innovations solutions for Telecoms carriers (Case Study - Portuguese PTT)
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    15:00

    THE STATE OF INTERNET TELEPHONY: OVERVIEW AND OPPORTUNITIES

    Nassia Hanewich

    Nassia Hanewich, Director of Business Development in Europe, Middle East & Africa, iBasis

  • Business models for rapid entry: from wholesale to hosting
  • Looking ahead: enhanced services unifying voice and the Internet
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    15:40

    Coffee Break

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    16:00

    THE FOURTH DIMENSION

    Richard Redgrave

    Richard Redgrave, Marketing Director, PAV Data Systems

  • What are the bandwidth demands as e-commerce makes its presence felt?
  • How will the local loop meet these demands?
  • What are the business restraints?
  • What is the alternative to traditional transmission approaches?
  • How could you rapidly deploy Metropolitan Area Networks?
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    16:40

    INTERCONNECTION ISSUES

    Dimitris Stavrianos

    Dimitris Stavrianos, Lawyer - IT & Telecommunications Department, Sarantitis & Partners

  • The new proposal for interconnection
  • Rights of way and establishment
  • Collocation and facility sharing
  • Unbundling the local loop
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    17:10

    Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Conference

    Workshops

    Key Issues In Greek Telecoms

    Key Issues In Greek Telecoms

    Athenaeum Inter-continental
    2 March 2001
    Athens, Greece

    Athenaeum Inter-continental

    89-93 Syngrou Av
    Athens 117 45
    Greece

    Athenaeum Inter-continental

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    WHAT IS CPD?

    CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development’. It is essentially a philosophy, which maintains that in order to be effective, learning should be organised and structured. The most common definition is:

    ‘A commitment to structured skills and knowledge enhancement for Personal or Professional competence’

    CPD is a common requirement of individual membership with professional bodies and Institutes. Increasingly, employers also expect their staff to undertake regular CPD activities.

    Undertaken over a period of time, CPD ensures that educational qualifications do not become obsolete, and allows for best practice and professional standards to be upheld.

    CPD can be undertaken through a variety of learning activities including instructor led training courses, seminars and conferences, e:learning modules or structured reading.

    CPD AND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES

    There are approximately 470 institutes in the UK across all industry sectors, with a collective membership of circa 4 million professionals, and they all expect their members to undertake CPD.

    For some institutes undertaking CPD is mandatory e.g. accountancy and law, and linked to a licence to practice, for others it’s obligatory. By ensuring that their members undertake CPD, the professional bodies seek to ensure that professional standards, legislative awareness and ethical practices are maintained.

    CPD Schemes often run over the period of a year and the institutes generally provide online tools for their members to record and reflect on their CPD activities.

    TYPICAL CPD SCHEMES AND RECORDING OF CPD (CPD points and hours)

    Professional bodies and Institutes CPD schemes are either structured as ‘Input’ or ‘Output’ based.

    ‘Input’ based schemes list a precise number of CPD hours that individuals must achieve within a given time period. These schemes can also use different ‘currencies’ such as points, merits, units or credits, where an individual must accumulate the number required. These currencies are usually based on time i.e. 1 CPD point = 1 hour of learning.

    ‘Output’ based schemes are learner centred. They require individuals to set learning goals that align to professional competencies, or personal development objectives. These schemes also list different ways to achieve the learning goals e.g. training courses, seminars or e:learning, which enables an individual to complete their CPD through their preferred mode of learning.

    The majority of Input and Output based schemes actively encourage individuals to seek appropriate CPD activities independently.

    As a formal provider of CPD certified activities, SAE Media Group can provide an indication of the learning benefit gained and the typical completion. However, it is ultimately the responsibility of the delegate to evaluate their learning, and record it correctly in line with their professional body’s or employers requirements.

    GLOBAL CPD

    Increasingly, international and emerging markets are ‘professionalising’ their workforces and looking to the UK to benchmark educational standards. The undertaking of CPD is now increasingly expected of any individual employed within today’s global marketplace.

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