ASTEL 2004 Conference
"European Framework 2002"

20 - 21 April 2004
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Sofia, Narodno Sabranie Sq



Panel I. Eurotrends and Regulatory Framework

Introduction of the EU Legislation in the Field of Telecommunications. Regulatory Framework 2000 - 2002 - Andreana Atanasova, Ministry of Transport and Communications

Hands-on Telecommunications Sector Liberalisation Challenges in Bulgaria - George Alexandrov, Chairman, Communications Regulation Commission

Regulation of Competition on Telecommunications Market - Silvia Cheresheva, TLC

Panel II. South East Europe and Telecommunications

Long-term Financing whit the Black Sea Bank for Trade and Development - Nikolaj Danev, BSBTD

The Experience of the Operators in the SEE Region - John Munnery, Vitosha Consultants Ltd

Panel III. IP and NGN in a Liberalized Market

Competing for the Future with NGN - Hristo Hristov, Siemens I & C

Regulatory Treatments for Introducing NGN - Prof. À. Slavinski, NBU

Next Generation Networks. Telecom Evolution - Georgios Mintzopoulos, Intracom

NGN&IP - New Opportunities in a New Dynamic Environment - Ivailo Bachiiski, Ericsson Telecommunications Bulgaria

Bulgarian Model of Network Development for Providing IP-based Services - Teodor Zahov, Spectrum Net

Panel IV. Convergence and Information Society

Technology Enhanced Learning - Best Practice Cases - Assoc. Prof. Roumen Nikolov, Sofia University "St Kliment Ohridski"

Projects of the Agency for Information and Telecommunications Technologies Development for Development of the Information Society in Bulgaria - Hristo Hristov, Agency for Information and Telecommunications Technologies Development

Bulgarian Radio Market and the Digital Radio - Konstantin Tilev, Radio FM+

 

The Convergence of the Technologies - from DVB toward 4G - B.Âalabanov




Institutional Aspects of the Convergence in the EU - Nelly Ognianova, Sofia University "St Kliment Ohridski"

Telecommunication Infrastructure Regulation and Electronic Media Regulatory Goals in a Digital World - Peter Rendov, CRC

Panel V. The Last Mile and the Customer Interests

 

Gigabyte Passive Optic Network - Opportunities and Advantages - Zlatka Levterova, RCT Ltd.




Effective Solutions for Modernization of the Rural Telephone Networks - Atanas Chenkin, ELTA-R

Modern Telecommunications Network and Service Development in the Liberalized Telecom Market - Dimitar Radev, CableTel Bulgaria