Seminario: To regulate or not to regulate? That is NOT the question

Contatto di riferimento: Prof. Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli

About the speaker

Antonella Faniuolo is a Principal Technology Advisor at Ofcom, the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries. She joined Ofcom in 2015 after 12 years experience in the private sector.

In her previous role she led the wireless market analysis and business strategy team for Alcatel-Lucent with a focus on market trends, competitive dynamics and deployment strategies for new technologies. She has also held roles in LTE product portfolio management and 3GPP standardisation focussing on LTE scheduling algorithms and inter-cell interference management techniques. Prior to joining Alcatel-Lucent she worked for Siemens and NEC in various functions in R&D, system design, testing and pre-sales.

Antonella is the author of several patents in the field of wireless cellular technologies. She holds a Laurea degree in Telecommunications Engineering (2002) from the University of Bologna, a Master’s degree in Radiocommunications Engineering (2003) from Alma Graduate School and an MBA (2011) from Oxford Brookes University.

Abstract

The role of telecom regulators is to protect consumers and citizens, while stimulating innovation and investments in the market place. New trends and disruptions in the telecom sector such as the Internet of Things and the digital economy are creating new opportunities for businesses and society, but, at the same time, they are altering the traditional market dynamics and are creating new challenges for regulators.

This seminar will look at how regulators play a key role in shaping the evolution of the telecom sector and will discuss the “regulator’s dilemma” with a focus on the evolution of wireless technologies.