Listen or talk to Comreg's John Doherty

eircomtribunal

Today at 6 pm there's a First Tuesday meeting in the Merrion Room in the RDS.
Would be great if somebody could cover the event for us on boards.

P.

'Irish telecoms forum - Developing a competitive Irish Telecom
sector'

Chairman:
Mal Murphy - Independent Consultant
Panellists:
John Doherty, Chairman - http://www.comreg.ie (ComReg)
Oisin Fanning, Managing Director - http://www.smarttelecom.ie (Smart
Telecom)
Iain McDonald, Managing Director http://www.perlico.com
(Perlico)
George McGrath, Director - http://www.enet.ie (E-net)
Donal
Hanrahan, General Manager - http://www.auroratelecom.ie (Aurora
Telecom)

Date: Tuesday September 14th
Venue: The Merrion Room, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Registration: Between 6.00pm-6.30pm
Admission: Euro 20
Topics:
- Introduction of panelists
- Does legal regulation to open up ageing infrastructure really
discourage the rollout of new infrastructure, what is the effect of
this on future services?
- Is the new wholesale fixed line price
at ?14.65 a fair one?
- Is the rollout of DSL to homes the final
piece of the broadband puzzle?
- Will the entry of Eircom into
the MVNO area mean a less competitive range of services provided by the
new fixed voice providers?
- Is open low-cost fiber
infrastructure provision a good way to shake up the market, has it worked overseas and what are the long term effects?
- Future services coming on
stream

Jorinn

Is their a student price? It's only about 15minutes away from me, but I can't afford €20. Especialkly considering I'll probablyhave to leave it early.

vinnyfitz

You could go along and argue your case at the door. They might be agreeable to a discount or freebe if they are not packed out.