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Jaroslaw K. Ponder
International Telecommunication Union
Strategy and Policy Unit
Place des Nations
1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
Tel: 00 41 22 730 60 65
Jaroslaw.Ponder@itu.int
http://www.itu.int

Professor Seth G. Neugroschl
Co-chair Columbia University Seminar on Computers, Man and Society
Columbia University
1349 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10128
212-876-7674
SN23@columbia.edu


Dear Jaroslaw:

(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I) in response to my following list distribution;

[gu-new] (04/21/06) John Eger's new essay "We Need a National Infrastructure Initiative."
http://makeashorterlink.com/?O11D2310D

(2) I hope you had a very successful conference on the Next Generation Network (NGN)” in Hanoi, Vietnam a few weeks ago.

Yes, I am very much interested in this subject so that pls make sure to send me your next publications about it.

Dear Seth:

(3) I strongly suggest that you take this subject at your monthly seminar on “Computer, Man and Society” in the coming fall.  For example, you may be interested in reading the following;
“What Rules for IP-Enabled NGNs?”
ITU NGN Policy and Regulatory Workshop
March 23-24 2006, ITU Headquarters
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ngn/event-march-2006.phtml
Draft Workshop Concept Document (dated 17 January 2006)
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ngn/ngn-ws-concept-doc.pdf

This workshop was chaired by Eli Noam, Director of Columbia University Institute for Tele-Information.  You may then invite him to your seminar to hear about this workshop — you once invited him before — BTW, Eli has been one of our list members for many years.

Dear E-Collegues:

(4) I strongly suggest that you visit those web sites listed in ATTACHMENT I.

They are discussing the so-called triple-play (or convergence) of telephony, data via Internet (e.g., email, web, music, etc.), and now emerging video (e.g., TVs and movies) -- and very possibly even with wireless mobile units like cell phone, etc.

Dear Jaroslaw:

(5) When Mr. Yoshio Utsumi, Director General of ITU, your boss, was about to take over the job from Dr. Pekka Tarjanne (who is now one of our GUS Trustee members), I was at his office and told him that the pricing scheme should be per kilo-bytes, instead of per minutes, when the day of such convergence would come.  This is because the former makes telecom carriers multiple charge thanks to the sharing feature of Internet, and hence unfair to users.

I was sorry to find in your web sites that no one talks about such issue yet.

(6) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT II) in response to my following list distribution;
[gu-new] (04/28/06) Megacon Jr. Registration Deadline Extended to5/5/06
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V54152C1D

The conference in Romania sounds very interesting.

(7) Yes, we are putting our effort on global e-learning and global e-healthcare/telemedicine, and hopefully to achieve;
"Global University System with Globally Collaborative Innovation Network"; Paper to be presented at the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis, Tunizia, November 14-18, 2005
http://makeashorterlink.com/?W155410BB

Pls also see the following;

Concept Paper
on
the Creation of Global University System (GUS)
in Ghana and later in Countries of ECOWAS
http://makeashorterlink.com/?F20323F2D

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
<http://www.ecowas.int/>


This was prepared for the meeting of the Director-General of Kofi Annan Center in Ghana with the high official of the ECOWAS — with my hope that each of the ECOWAS would create their GUS.

(8) Pls browse through the first half of the following paper;

Takeshi Utsumi, GLOSAS/USA
"Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming"
http://makeashorterlink.com/?E1D121E09

It tells my saga of extending the predecessor of Internet to Japan and the de-regulation of the Japanese telecom policies for the use of email — Yoshio was a counterpart as being an officer of the Section on Data Telecommunication at the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecom (MPT) more than 3 decades ago.  Our effort on e-learning and e-healthcare/telemedicine is to have our colleagues in developing countries not directly confronting with telecom authorities to avoid such trouble I encountered with the MPT.

(9) When you will be in the US and also in NYC this summer, pls give me a call so that I would be happy to tell you the details of my saga for your reference.

Keep in touch.

Best, Tak

ATTACHMENT I


> From: <jaroslaw.ponder@itu.int>
> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:12:32 +0200
> To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>, <jeger@mail.sdsu.edu>
> Conversation: [gu-new] (04/21/06) John Eger's new essay "We Need a National
> Infrastructure Initiative."
> Subject: RE: [gu-new] (04/21/06) John Eger's new essay "We Need a National
> Infrastructure Initiative."
>
> Dear Mr Utsumi, Dear Mr Eger,
>
> Thank you very much for this very good article. In coming weeks we should have
> the new publication taking a look at the Digital Opportunity Index, forward
> looking index taking into account not only the broadband penetration (fixed
> and mobile) but also prices and other indicators. I will send you some
> material on this soon.
>
> Moreover I would like to draw your attention to the ongoing discussion on
> future regulatory paradigm for Next Generation Networks. We have just
> completed very interesting workshop triggering the debate on the global level.
> The title of the workshop was What rules for IP-enabled NGNs? Just in 20 days
> we are going to launch in Vietnam
> (http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/ngn/200605) official report from this
> meeting (I will send you a copy as soon as available). The change of the
> regulatory paradigm is unavoidable and it is important to prepare the
> regulators and policy makers as soon as possible for possible changes. From
> the institutional point of view it is very interesting to observe that the
> debate has very multi-stakeholder character. As you will see at the workshop
> page some countries started the discussion process. More materials information
> you will find at http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ngn/event-march-2006.phtml . I
> have created the page gathering the global and national proceedings
> http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ngn/ngn-policy-regulatory-resources.html If you
> have any suggestions what I might add on US or other countries I would be very
> grateful. I am very deeply involved on work on this subject at the moment. I
> hope to get some better understanding on American discussion/position during
> my research stay at the Annenberg Institute (USC) this summer.
>
> I am looking forward to hear from you.
>
> With Best regards,
>
> Jaroslaw Ponder
> --------------------------------------------
> International Telecommunication Union
> Strategy and Policy Unit
> Place des Nations
> 1211 Geneva 20
> Switzerland
> Tel.: 00 41 22 730 6065
> E-mail: Jaroslaw.Ponder@itu.int  

ATTACHMENT II


From: <jaroslaw.ponder@itu.int>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 15:15:39 +0200
To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Conversation: [gu-new] (04/28/06) Megacon Jr. Registration Deadline Extended to5/5/06
Subject: RE: [gu-new] (04/28/06) Megacon Jr. Registration Deadline Extended to5/5/06
Dear Tak,
 
Knowing that among the other things you focus on the e-learning solutions I would like to draw your attention to the European event organized via our NETTIES colleagues on
 
The Future of E: Advanced Educational Technologies for a Future e-Europe

To be held in September 2006 in Romania.
 
Form more information on the event see
 
www.netties2006.ro <http://www.netties2006.ro/>
 
With best regards
 
Jaroslaw
 
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International Telecommunication Union
Strategy and Policy Unit
Place des Nations
1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
Tel.: 00 41 22 730 6065
E-mail: Jaroslaw.Ponder@itu.int
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