VOICE OVER IP


Conference in Detail
Friday • March 12, 2004

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8:30	Key Economic Issues (continued)
	• Franchise fee (cable and otherwise) and local tax implications; state taxation	William M. Marticorena, II, Esq. Rutan & Tucker LLP Costa Mesa, CA
	• Arrangements between international carriers and VoIP providers, foreign regulatory considerations	Troy F. Tanner, Esq. Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP Washington, DC
10:00	Break
10:15	Public Policy Questions for VoIP
	• Regardless of its classification as a telecommunications service or an information service, VoIP poses a number of policy questions: Will telephony regulation become irrelevant? Do we need a national broadband policy rather than state regulation? Will VoIP force restructuring of the traditional “stove-pipe” regulation of services into a focus on the underlying facility (regardless of the service provided)?	Jonathan E. Canis, Esq. Moderator Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Washington, DC The Hon. Susan P. Kennedy Commissioner California Public Utilities Commission San Francisco, CA
	• Connecting carrier perspective	Chérie R. Kiser, Esq. Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo P.C. Washington, DC
	• Cable system perspective	Christopher W. Savage, Esq.
	• VoIP service provider perspective	Elana Shapochnikov, Esq. Net2Phone, Inc. Newark, NJ
12:15	Lunch (on your own)
1:30	Dealmaking Tips
	• An overview of VoIP as an element of telecom deal negotiations today	Walt Sapronov, Esq. Gerry & Sapronov LLP Atlanta, GA
	• Vendor perspective on negotiating combined equipment and service agreements	Michael Anderson Vice President, Global Market Development ADC Eden Prairie, MN
	• Customer perspective	Laura F. H. McDonald, Esq. Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby, LLP Washington, DC
3:30	Adjourn

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