Fair Trade and Competition Policy

Scope of Part 1

The ITC Markets and Industry is the third module in the training program. Part 1 of this module deals with Fair Trade and Competition Policy. The objective is to enable participants to understand competition policy, including mergers and acquisitions, market dominance, discriminatory / predatory practices, and the options available to the sector regulator to deal with these infringements.

Thus the TRASA students will have the ability to:

• Understand the concepts of competition in developing telecommunications markets
  
• Recognise the requirements for regulatory action in order to enable competition to develop
  
• Apply this knowledge effectively, to future regulatory decisions, in the countries which make up TRASA.

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of the Part 1 of this module (Fair Trade and Competition Policy) students will be able to:

• Plan the introduction of liberalisation with confidence
  
• Understand the key factors for the successful development of effective competition
  
• Recognise where action is necessary to promote and maintain effective competition
  
• Know how to respond to signs that competition is not developing as intended.