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2. Slide 2 of 16 First African Preparatory Meeting Was held in Cairo 14-17 November 2011 with invitation from the African Telecommunication Union “ATU”, and hosted by NTRA. Attended by 50 Participants and several observers. Presentations from : ITU-T Councilor, ATU Consultant, Egypt, Arab Group Representative, RCC Representative. Main discussions: African Concept Paper on the ITRs revision. Preliminary Common African Proposal for the revision of some important Articles of the ITRs.

3. Slide 3 of 16 Main three sections : 1. Current Telecom Environment. 2. Reference principles on which Africa will base its revision of the ITRS. 3. Criteria for considering proposals from other regions.

4. Slide 4 of 16 Privatization of telecoms Commercialization of telecom operations Significant and growing use of IP protocol Use of VoIP over high speed Internet connections Security threats to infrastructures and individuals Misuse of NNA & Identification resources Increasing financial misappropriation/harm Technical challenges, QoS (specially for IP Telecom) Multinational operators and traffic aggregators (with the increasing use of alternate calling procedures, traffic hubbing and refiling).

5. Slide 5 of 16 2. key principles for revising the ITRs The ITRs should contain, inter alia, high level strategic and policy issues; Should not be limited by current technological constraints; Flexible and sufficiently broad to apply over a considerable period of time; ITRs should be self-contained; however min overlap & no conflict with the CS/CV. Ensure the purpose of the Union as set in the Preamble of the CS specifically “... with the object of facilitating peaceful relations....”

6. Slide 6 of 16 2. (cont) – key principles (HARM) Should consider definitions of the terms, inter alia : “harm”, “fraud”, “misappropriation”, “misuse” and “threat”. Provisions to avoid, to the furthest extent, and in accordance with the Preamble of the CS, practices which could harm other MS. Security Related Articles.

7. Slide 7 of 16 2. (cont) – key principles (OA/RoA Obligations) Commitments and obligations on MS, related to harm to other MS, shall be implemented, if necessary by transferring them to operating agencies through national laws (CS §38). Rights of telecoms operators to exercise reasonable competitive commercial choices, provided that there is no technical harm or financial misappropriation/harm to third countries.

8. Slide 8 of 16 2. (cont) – key principles (DCs rights) WTPF-09 (Lisbon-2009) on Opinion 6 should be considered, especially regarding DCs. Preserve the rights of small operators from abuse by SMP large & multinational operators; (equal bargaining powers at the international level between operators) (WTPF Opinion 6). There should not be observance of other treaties that “some” Member States are engaged-in (e.g. BTA/WTO).

9. Slide 9 of 16 2. (cont) – key principles (Origin and Routes) Ensure the receiving operators’ right to be able to identify the true origin of the communication they receive. The sovereign right of a MS to have knowledge, and the possibility to select – for example for security reasons - the route of telecommunication traffic originated or terminated to its territories from/to an international end user must be guaranteed.

10. Slide 10 of 16 EU presented Criteria to accept other regions’ proposals, based on WTO (BTA, GATS), and EU Regulations. USA position is a hard line one, with some, but not all, support to EU. Africa as well presented its criteria. Africa shall consider in the net meeting how to a void “tie deadlocks” in the WCIT itself.

11. Slide 11 of 16 Observance of the provisions of the ITRs by MS, administration, and OA, in accordance with No. 38 of the Constitution. Transfer of particular commitments, obligations and provisions to national legislations, in particular to avoid harm. Respecting the rights of other Member States with respect to issues such as, inter alia, fraud, technical harm, financial misappropriation/harm, and other security issues.

12. Slide 12 of 16 ITRs kept at high level, however in certain instances the ITRs can deal with technical or regulatory issues related to int’l telecom. in certain instances the ITRs can include technical, operational and regulatory issues related to international telecommunications; in these cases, the ITRs can include reference to specific ITU Recommendations, whose provisions would become mandatory if such a Recommendation is deemed essential for the proper implementation /enforcement of this ITR provision to fulfil its intended purpose.

13. Slide 13 of 16 ITRs should be a stand-alone treaty and not be subject to or dependant on any other treaties (except CS/CV).

14. Slide 14 of 16 The meeting overviewed the previous proposals by Africa or African countries. Identified how and why the “obligatory: nature of the ITU-T Recommendations has turned to “non-obligatory” in WCIT Melbourne, 1988. Africa produced a proposal (TD60R1) for the revision of some important articles of the ITRs based on the CWG-WCIT document TD36R5 (compilation of proposals, SEP 2011).

15. Slide 15 of 16 African proposals discussed and included in the Compilation of Proposals Doc (TD52R2).TD52R2 Several additional contributions from individual African countries were submitted to the CWG-WCIT (Egypt, Rwanda and Côte d’Ivoire), for review also in Durban. e-mail correspondence group was established by ATU to exchange views, and used to circulate proposals before submission.

16. Slide 16 of 16 Several African countries participated in subsequent CWG-WCIT African Coordination meetings are held during CWG- WCIT meetings. Last coordination meeting considered the most important issues for the African region to be considered in the second African meeting, Durban, South Africa 20 – 25 May 2012.

17. Slide 17 of 16 Issues of C60R1 :C60R1  § 6.1.1: collection charges avoids dissymmetry and be transparent.  § 6.2: Accounting, Transit and Termination Rates are by mutual agreement between OAs, and shall be Cost Based.  New § 6.12: Rates (transit, termination and roaming) are cost based.

18. Slide 18 of 16  New § 6.7: Access to alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, and standing to have recourse to the relevant regulatory or competition authorities of the other party's country.  New § xx: on settlement of disputes by national or international body mutually agreeable to the parties in dispute.

19. Slide 19 of 16 § 9.1 b): Special Arrangements SHALL avoid : financial misappropriation/technical harm/stoppage. New §: Intercept and Monitoring subject to due process authorization in accordance with national law. New § : Security: o New § X1 : MS cooperate in technical matters in security. o New § X2 : MS Cooperate to harmonize policies, investigation and prosecution of cybercrime.

20. Slide 20 of 16  Africa is engaged in the ITRs revision process.  Africa is concerned with connectivity and costing issues, among others.  Outcomes of this Arab WCIT preparatory meeting will add to the 2 nd African meeting.  Looking forward to see you in the 2 nd African WCIT Preparatory meeting in Durban, South Africa, from 21-24 May 2012.

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