Changing technologies are having a profound effect on the structure of the telecommunication and information and communication technology (ICT) sector. Pricing and cost modeling practices are central to the regulator’s and operator’s role in fostering a fair, competitive and healthy telecommunication and ICT sector that ensures affordable access to ICTs and promotes investment incentives for all market players. Striking the right balance requires regulators and operators to fully understand and analyze in detail the advantages and disadvantages of different cost models, including their implications for the calculation of cost-based tariffs for regulated retail and wholesale services and the challenges of data collection.
In addition, because of rapid technological development, it is necessary to provide technical staff with sufficient cost modeling tools and knowledge to enable them understand how to develop their own cost models or to adapt existing cost models to the changing environment. These key costing issues are among a range of operational issues to be addressed during the workshop.
The workshop will take a step-by-step approach to cost modeling development and offers a series of practical, hands-on exercises.
Target Audience:
This workshop is targeted at:
Finance professionals with ICT National regulators and operators who are involved in pricing and cost modeling that foster the ICT sector’s fair and competitive pricing of services.
Finance personnel in ICT National regulators and operators involved in calculation of cost-based tariffs for regulated retail and wholesale services and data collection for auditing and compliance purposes
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the course, participants will be able to understand:
Fair pricing as set by the regulator to foster competition and healthy ICT sector as primary goal of regulatory agencies.
Process of liberalization and regulation
Accounting and cost modeling basic concepts.
Accounting standards and differentiation of costing models in IRIC, LRAIC, Sac, ABC and FDC
Cost modeling process an definitions of parameters and development of cost model on a step-by-step approach
Traffic distribution assumptions, data requirements, depreciation/amortization, data sources
Process reporting and auditing
Case study on setting up a national cost modeling scenario by the regulator.
Registration:
Please confirm your participation using the Registration Form or Registering Online at least one week before the course commencement date.
