First Tues event

First Tuesday / Investnet presents:

'The future of the Irish Telecommunications Sector - Unblocking the Logjam'

Panellists:

John Doherty, Chairperson of the commission - ComReg
Paul Slattery, Country Manager Ireland - Tiscali
Donal Hanrahan, General Manager - Aurora Telecom
Oisin Fanning, Managing Director - Smart Telecom
Sean McVeigh, Managing Director - Ryanair Telecom

Chairman:

Martin Creaner, Vice President Technical Progeams - TeleManagement Forum

Date: Tuesday March 9th
Venue: The Grafton Suite, The Westbury Hotel, off Grafton St., Dublin 2
Registration: Between 6.00pm-6.30pm
Admission: Euro15

Suggested Topics

Introduction of panelists

After government backed investments during the 80s and early 90s in our telecoms infrastructure, have we now fallen behind?

How can the government prevent "winback" by the the incumbent?

What are the long term effects of an underdeveloped broadband infrastructure on the country's cost base?

Is the rollout of DSL to homes the final piece of the broadband puzzle?

Looking overseas to international benchmarks - What's being done and what lessons can be learned?

What impact, if any is the Governments Intervention going to have on the Irish market?

Registration: 6.00pm at the venue, the event will be followed by networking & refreshments. The event will commence promptly at 6.30 and finish at 8pm.