In the meeting representatives of Communications Administrations and independent regulatory bodies of the RCC participants of: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, RCC Executive Committee as well as the invited persons from Lithuanian Communications Regulatory Authority took part, in all 28 persons.

The following questions under consideration at the meeting:

• “On regulation of the internetwork cooperation of telecommunication operators in the CIS countries” – reports were presented by the regulatory bodies of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzia and Moldova concerning conceptual, procedural, commercial, technical matters of networks connection.

  Consolidated report and draft Decision on this question will be submitted to the 38th RCC Board meeting.

• “Countries experience in universal service provision in the field of telecommunication” – the reports were presented by regulatory bodies of Kyrgyzstan and Russia on the policy of universal service to provide accessible universal communication service for users and to balance interests of users and operators. The participants of the meeting expressed their whish to hold the workshop in 2008 under this subject.
• “Current practices of tariffs regulation for the socially important services” - the reports of Communications Administrations of Belarus and Tajikistan on the tariffs policy based on combination of free market prices formation and direct regulation of communication services were made. It was considered expedient to continue with the information exchange on the practices of tariffs regulation for the telecommunication services.
• “Rules of interaction of the communication operators providing on-line packet voice transmission services (IP-telephony) with Public Switched Telephone Network” – the report of a representative of independent regulatory body of Moldova was presented and the participants considered it expedient to continue with the information exchange on the networks interaction when IP-telephony services providing.
• “Experience of numbering resource regulation” – a report of a representative of the Communications Administration of Belarus. The participants of the meeting decided to listen the question on countries’ experience in payment for numbering recourse at the next Commission meeting.
• “Legal, economic and social aspects of digital broadcasting market development” – a presentation of the administration of the Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania.

Besides, the reports of representatives of the National Communications Agency of Kyrgyzstan “On liberalization of telecommunications market in the Kyrgyz Republic, problems and ways of their solving” were listened and it was considered expedient to familiarize with the experience of telecommunication market liberalization of a host country at the Commission meeting.

In the end of the meeting the RCC Executive Committee was charged to determine the venue and time of the next Commission meeting and complete its agenda.

5 - 7 February 2007 in Dubai (UAE) the 7th Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR), arranged by the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau in cooperation with Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of United Arab Emirates was held. Among the 470 representatives from 100 national regulatory authorities , private sector and international organizations the representatives of the Communications Administrations, independent regulatory authorities from Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia and RCC Executive Committee took part.

The open dialogue between regulators and representatives from private sector, investors and consumers was held under the slogan “The road to the next-generation networks (NGN): can regulators promote investment and achieve open access?”

Among the questions considered at the symposium were interconnection, migration to NGN, fixed and mobile communication and VoIP convergence; new services, new possibilities, consumer protection, quality of service, ensuring fair competition on the basic and access networks, licensing practice, innovations, investments, settlement of disputes in cyber-space, regulators’, consumers’ and industries roles, etc.

Interactive discussion of representatives from private sector, regulators and decisions makers was held.