Thursday 2 December 2010
10.00am to 12.00pm

Sydney Venue
Baker & McKenzie
Level 27, AMP Centre,
50 Bridge Street,
Sydney

Melbourne Venue
via videoconference
Baker & McKenzie
Level 19, CBW 181 William Street
Melbourne

Communications Alliance Members

Communications Alliance and Baker & McKenzie are presenting a series of seminars introducing topics relevant to the telecommunications industry.

Seminar five: NBN 101 on Thursday 2 December 2010 from 10.00am to 12.00pm.

John Stanton, CEO, Communications Alliance, James Halliday and Patrick Fair, Partners, Baker & McKenzie, Phil Smith, General Manager, OptiComm, Matthew Lobb, General Manager, Industry Engagement and Leica Ison, General Manager, Products, NBN Co  will cover:

• International perspectives
• FTTP Business models – past, present and future
• An overview of the proposed regulatory framework
• NBN Co activities
• Panel discussion

Who Should Attend?

Communications Alliance members from business, commercial, legal and regulatory and network divisions. The Forums will be valuable in particular for professionals who have come into the telecommunications industry from other sectors, or for those working in the sector who may not be familiar with a particular topic.

Thursday 21 October
9:30am to 11:30pm

Baker & McKenzie
Level 27, AMP Centre,
50 Bridge Street, Sydney

Communications Alliance Members

Communications Alliance and Baker & McKenzie are presenting six seminars introducing topics relevant to the telecommunications industry.

Seminar four: Competition Issues on Thursday 21 October 2010 from 9.30am to 11.30am.

James Halliday – Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Rob Nicholls - General Manager, Communications Group, ACCC, Jane van Beelen - Executive Director Regulatory Affairs, Telstra, Matt Healy - National Executive, Regulatory & Government, Macquarie Telecom will cover:

• competition regime;
• Part XIB and the competition rule;
• competition notices - process and practice;
• impact of NBN on competition regimes;
• commercial interconnection arrangements, including an overview of access arbitration principles and pricing principles applied by the ACCC for interconnection disputes.

Who Should Attend?

Communications Alliance members from business, commercial, legal and regulatory and network divisions. The Forums will be valuable in particular for professionals who have come into the telecommunications industry from other sectors, or for those working in the sector who may not be familiar with a particular topic.

NBN 101 | Sydney & Melbourne | December 2010

Tuesday 28 September 2010
10:00am to 12:00pm

Baker & McKenzie
Level 27, AMP Centre,
50 Bridge Street, Sydney

Communications Alliance Members

Communications Alliance and Baker & McKenzie are presenting six seminars introducing topics relevant to the telecommunications industry.

Seminar three: Wholesale Arrangements on Tuesday 28 September 2010 from 10:00am to 12:00pm.

Patrick Fair – Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Glenn Osborne - Managing Director Sales, Telstra Wholesale and Gavin Williams - Managing Director, Optus Wholesale & Satellite will cover:

• Overview of the Australian wholesale telecommunications market
• Challenges and opportunities for wholesale providers in Australia
• Overview of services that are subject to wholesale arrangements in the Australian market
• Types of wholesale arrangements
• Competition issues
• Future trends – new wholesale products, wholesale constructs in an NBN or alternative broadband environment

Who Should Attend?

Communications Alliance members from business, commercial, legal and regulatory and network divisions. The Forums will be valuable in particular for professionals who have come into the telecommunications industry from other sectors, or for those working in the sector who may not be familiar with a particular topic.

Future Seminars

NBN 101 | Melbourne | October 2010

Strategic Alliances including Mergers & Acquisitions | Sydney | November 2010

Competition Issues | Melbourne | December 2010

We will be issuing invitations for these seminars closer to the date.

Tuesday 24 August 2010
2:00pm to 4:00pm

Baker & McKenzie
Level 19, CBW
181 William Street, Melbourne

Communications Alliance Members

Communications Alliance and Baker & McKenzie are presenting six seminars introducing topics relevant to the telecommunications industry.

Seminar two: Networks 101 on Tuesday 24 August 2010 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.

This seminar is a basic introduction to the technical aspects of networks – fixed, mobile, wireless and satellite.

Greg Fidler, Executive Director of Digital Business Operations at Telstra will outline the basics of fixed voice, data and mobile networks.

John Stanton, CEO of Communications Alliance will outline satellite technologies and services.

Who Should Attend?

Communications Alliance members from business, commercial, legal and regulatory and network divisions. The Forums will be valuable in particular for professionals who have come into the telecommunications industry from other sectors, or for those working in the sector who may not be familiar with a particular topic.

Future Seminars

NBN 101 | Sydney | September 2010

Wholesale Arrangements | Melbourne | October 2010

Strategic Alliances including Mergers & Acquisitions | Sydney | November 2010

Competition Issues | Melbourne | December 2010

We will be issuing invitations for these seminars closer to the date.

Tuesday 27 July 2010
10:00am to 12:00pm

Baker & McKenzie
Level 27, AMP Centre
50 Bridge Street, Sydney

Seminar Evaluation

Communications Alliance Members

Communications Alliance and Baker & McKenzie present six seminars introducing topics relevant to the telecommunications industry.

Seminar one: Telecoms Regulation 101 on Tuesday 27 July 2010 from 10:00am to 12:00pm.

Chris Cheah, Acting Deputy Chair, Australian Communications and Media Authority and Baker & McKenzie speakers will cover:

• the requirement to hold a carrier licence;
• key carrier licence conditions;
• regulation of service providers;
• key commercial industry codes and the consequences of non‑compliance;
• consumer protection laws; and
• contracting models, including standard forms of agreement.
• Places are limited so we suggest you register early.

Who Should Attend?

Communications Alliance members from business, commercial, legal and regulatory and network divisions. The Forums will be valuable in particular for professionals who have come into the telecommunications industry from other sectors, or for those working in the sector who may not be familiar with a particular topic.

Future Seminars

Networks 101 | Melbourne | August 2010

NBN 101 | Sydney | September 2010

Wholesale Arrangements | Melbourne | October 2010

Strategic Alliances including Mergers & Acquisitions | Sydney | November 2010

Competition Issues | Melbourne | December 2010

We will be issuing invitations for these seminars closer to the date.

Tuesday 11 May 2010
12:00pm for 12:15pm to 1:45pm
(A light lunch will be provided)

Baker & McKenzie
Level 27, AMP Centre
50 Bridge Street, Sydney

Communications Alliance Members

Baker & McKenzie and Communications Alliance invite you to a lunchtime seminar about the specific implications of the new Australian Consumer Law for the telecommunications and content sectors.

On 17 March 2010 the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No.1) was passed as law. The Act introduced a single national consumer law. The law creates a national unfair contracts regime, as well as standard statutory consumer guarantees and consumer product safety laws.

James Halliday, Partner, Baker & McKenzie will provide an overview of the new Australian Consumer Law as it relates to the telecommunications and content sectors followed by Sarah Court, ACCC Commissioner, who will outline the ACCC's approach to the enforcement of the new laws.

There will be a panel discussion with Page Henty, Corporate Counsel, AUSTAR Entertainment Pty Ltd, John Horan, General Counsel, Primus Telecommunications and Bill Gallagher, General Counsel - Public Policy & Communications, Telstra Corporation Ltd.

The panel will discuss the industry’s views on the impact of the new law, the changes it will bring about, and the specific actions that need to be taken by participants in the telecommunications and content sectors both before and following the introduction of the Australian Consumer Law.

We hope you can make it.

James Halliday - Partner, Baker & McKenzie, james.halliday@bakermckenzie.com

John Stanton- CEO, Communications Alliance, stanton@commsalliance.com.au