NEGOTIATING CARRIER-TO-CARRIER
TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEALS


Conference in Detail
Thursday • November 6, 2003

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8:30	Day One: Carrier Interconnection	Mary Jo Peed, Esq. Program Co-Chair BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. Atlanta, GA Walt Sapronov, Esq. Program Co-Chair Gerry & Sapronov LLP Atlanta, GA
8:45	Negotiating Commercial Telecommunications Transactions in Today’s Uncertain Regulatory and Economic Environment
	• What to Expect from Industry Consolidation: Who will be left? What are the implications for deal making today?	William Denebeim CPA, Managing Director FTI Consulting San Francisco, CA
	• Carrier financing in today’s uncertain economic and regulatory environment; availability (or not) of credit agreements, vendor financing and high yield debt for telecom companies	Glenn S. Gerstell, Esq. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP Washington, DC Bruce R. Kraus, Esq. Willkie Farr & Gallagher New York, NY
10:15	Break
10:30	The FCC’s Triennial Review Decision, and Other Recent Federal Developments Triennial Review’s implications for broadband access, XDSL, cable, and fiber to the home/curb; tips for navigating through the appeals process and calculating how it will affect your interconnection agreement
	• ILEC perspective	Michael Karno Corporate Counsel BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. Atlanta, GA
	• Other perspectives	Jonathan J. Nadler, Esq. Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP Washington, DC
12:00	Lunch (on your own)
1:15	FCC’s Policy Agenda UNE-P, TELRIC rates, and other Controversies: Here to stay? Update from the FCC	Christopher Libertelli, Esq., Commissioner’s Counsel Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Washington, DC
2:00	At the State Level: Triennial Review
	• Implementation; Jurisdictional Issues; Litigation Update Overview of national trends	Barry Goheen, Esq. King & Spalding LLP Atlanta, GA
	• Policy maker’s perspective on the key issues facing the states; political dynamics at the state level	The Hon. David L. Burgess Georgia Public Service Commission Atlanta, GA
3:15	Break
3:30	Negotiating Interconnection Agreements Under the New FCC Rules Application of the new rules to interconnection, network elements, line sharing, broadband (XDSL and cable) access; and collocation: Will the “pick and choose” approach survive? What other major changes can we expect?
	• ILEC perspective	Colleen O’Grady Diamond, Esq. SBC Communications, Inc. San Francisco, CA
	• CLEC perspective	Russell M. Blau, Esq. Swidler Berlin Shereff & Friedman, LLP Washington, DC
	• Wireless perspective	Douglas G. Bonner, Esq. LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae LLP Washington, DC
5:30	End of Day

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