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Corporate

Corporate Item
Division	Item	Description	Output	Time	Year
Corporate Services	Annual Conference 2008	ComReg's annual conference	Annual Conference 2008	Q3	2008
Corporate Services	Annual Report (06/07)	Annual report for 06/07	Annual Report (06/07)	Q4	2008
Corporate Services	Extension of e-licensing services	On-line service extension for e-licensing	Extended on-line service	Q1	2009
Corporate Services	Action Plan and Budget	Publish the ComReg Action Plan and Budget for 2009/2010	Action Plan Budget	Q2	2009

Regulating Electronic Communications
Division	Item	Description	Output	Time	Year	Status	Doc
Retail	International	ComReg actively interacts on an on-going basis in the area of electronic communications with the European Commission and other NRAs through the European Regulators Group	Ongoing			Ongoing

Encouraging Innovation

Managing the Radio Frequency Spectrum
Division	Item	Description	Output	Time	Year	Doc
Market Framework	400 MHz emergency Services	Opening the 400 MHz emergency services band	New SI and Licence Regime	Q3	2008	08/67
Market Framework	Fixed link Bands	Revised guidance notes for less than 2GHz	Guidance Notes	Q3	2008
Market Framework	FWALA Mobility		Consultation	Q4	2008
Market Framework	Review of PMR Bands	Review PMR frequency bands with a view to ensuring there is adequate spectrum for the introduction of new and emerging digital technologies	Consultation	Q1	2009
Market Framework	Review of PMR Bands	Review PMR frequency bands with a view to ensuring there is adequate spectrum for the introduction of new and emerging digital technologies	Response to Consultation	Q2	2009

Regulating Electronic Communications
Division	Item	Description	Output	Time	Year
Market Framework	Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)	Facilitate the introduction of national DAB services	Consultation	Q4	2008
Market Framework	Digital Dividend Strategy	Develop ComReg's Digital Dividend Strategy	Consultation	Q4	2008
Market Framework	Digital Dividend Strategy	Develop ComReg's Digital Dividend Strategy	Response to Consultation	Q1	2009
Market Framework	Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)	Facilitate the introduction of national DAB services	Response to Consultation	Q1	2009

Promoting Competition

Managing the Radio Frequency Spectrum
Division	Item	Description	Output	Time	Year	Status	Doc
Market Framework	FWALA	Provision of additional spectrum	Information Notice & Revised SI	Q3	2008	Completed	08/72
Market Framework	Use of current and opening of new fixed link bands	Revised Guidance Notes for Bands less than 26GHz	Information Notice	Q3	2008	Completed	08/67
Market Framework	FWALA	Provision of additional spectrum and the introduction of mobility	Information memorandum	Q4	2008
Market Framework	Spectrum Award 2300-2400 MHz	Release of this band depending on expressions of interest	Consultation	Q4	2008
Market Framework	Radar system regulations	New regulations to govern the use of Radar systems	Information Notice & Regulations	Q4	2008
Market Framework	2.6 GHz Band Refarming	Band is designated at European level for IMT-2000 services	Information Notice	Q4	2008
Market Framework	Liberalisation of GSM bands	Band liberalisation and expiration of licences	Response to Consultation	Q4	2008
Market Framework	National Table of Spectrum Frequency Allocation	Update	Information Notice	Q4	2008
Market Framework	Liberalisation of GSM bands	Band liberalisation and expiration of licences	Information Notice	Q1	2009
Market Framework	Fixed Link Bands	Revised Guidance Notes for > 2 GHz	Information Notice	Q2	2009
Market Framework	Spectrum Award 2300-2400 MHz	Release of this band depending on expressions of interest	Response to Consultation	Q2	2009

Regulating Electronic Communications
Division	Item	Description	Output	Time	Year	Status	Doc
Wholesale	Ongoing facilitation of industry NGN development with regulatory intervention as appropriate	Attendance at industry fora, setting regulatory framwork research and informaton sharing	Various			Ongoing
Wholesale	Inter-operator Dispute resolution		Various			Ongoing
Wholesale	Monitor compliance with obligations		Various			Ongoing
Wholesale	LLU product development		Various			Ongoing
Wholesale	Other wholesale product development		Various			Ongoing
Wholesale	Briefing on Infrastructure Sharing		Information Note	Q3	2008
Wholesale	Briefing on exclusivity of telecoms supply	Information Notice	Information notice	Q3	2008
Wholesale	Implement a Wholesale Price Cap for Core Conveyance costs	Complete the review of the Eircom Core network costs for providing conveyance over the next three years	Consultation	Q3	2008
Wholesale	Mobile and Fixed Number Portability	Review of Operator incremental costs associated with porting numbers	Revised number Porting prices	Q3	2008
Wholesale	Wholesale unbundled access market	Response to consultation and decision notice	Consultation	Q3	2008
Wholesale	WBA Market Analysis	Consultation on market for wholesale broadband access	Consultation	Q3	2008
Retail	Residential Surveys	In-depth focus groups for residential telecoms users	Survey results	Q3	2008
Retail	Consultation on Quarterly Report	E-consultation on enforcement options for data collection for the QR	Consultation	Q3	2008
Wholesale	Principles and Proposals on Setting a Maximum Fixed and Mobile Number Porting Charge		Consultation	Q3	2008		08/65, 08/66
Retail	Consumer Policy	International roaming data collection (ERG)	Q4 2007 and Q1 2008 data submissions	Q4	2008
Retail	Residential Surveys	Surveys of residential users of telecoms services	Survey results	Q4	2008
Wholesale	Leased Line Market Analysis	Consultation on Leased Line market Analysis	Consultation	Q4	2008
Wholesale	LLU Pricing Reviews	Full Monthly ULUMP Rental, Sub Loop Unbundling Rental, Line Share Rental and all associated charges in the provision of Local Loop Unbundling	Revised Charges for 2008/09/ Direction	Q4	2008
Retail	Research Conference	1/2 day conference on ICT research	Conference	Q1	2009
Retail	Quarterly Reports	Information and figures showing quarterly developments in the market.	Quarterly Report	Q1	2009
Retail	Business Surveys	Survey of business users of telecoms services	Survey results & Briefing	Q1	2009
Retail	Business Surveys	Survey of business users of telecoms services	Survey results & Briefing	Q2	2009
Retail	Business Surveys	In-depth focus groups for business telecoms users	Survey results	Q2	2009
Retail	Quarterly Reports	Information and figures showing quarterly developments in the market.	Quarterly Report	Q2	2009
Retail	International	International roaming data collection (ERG)	Q4 08 and Q1 09 data submissions	Q2	2009
Retail	Residential Surveys	Surveys of residential users of telecoms services	Survey results & Briefing	Q2	2009

Protecting and Informing Consumers

Corporate Item
Division	Item	Description	Output	Time	Year	Status	Doc
Retail	e-Consultation on Quarterly Report	e-Consultation on material by threshold for QR data	Quarterly Report	Q3	2008
Retail	Quarterly Report Q2 '08		Quarterly Report	Q3	2008

Managing the Radio Frequency Spectrum
Division	Item	Description	Output	Time	Year	Status	Doc
Market Framework	Personal Locator Beacons	To regularise the use of PLB&rsquo;s in Ireland	Consultation	Q3	2008

Postal Regulation
Division	Item	Description	Output	Time	Year
Market Framework	Quality of Service Monitoring - Report Q2 + YTD ‘08	Postal Quality of Service Monitor	Report	Q3	2008
Market Framework	Quality of Service Monitoring - Report Q3 + YTD ‘08	Postal Quality of Service Monitor	Report	Q4	2008
Market Framework	Residential and Business Postal Survey 08	Publication of ComReg's Postal Market Research Findings	Report	Q4	2008
Market Framework	Quality of Service Monitoring - Report Q4 + Full Year ‘08	Postal Quality of Service Monitor	Report	Q1	2009
Market Framework	Quality of Service Monitoring - Report Q1 ‘09	Postal Quality of Service Monitor	Report	Q2	2009

Regulating Electronic Communications
Division	Item	Description	Output	Time	Year	Status
Retail	ComReg Disability Forum	ComReg hosts advisory panels to help inform its thinking in several key areas.	Panel Meetings			Ongoing
Retail	ECAS	Fulfil regulatory obligations in relation to monitoring, reporting on the QoS provided by a new Emergency Call Answering Service Operator. Determine the interim call handling fee for current ECAS operator.				Ongoing
Retail	Consumer Care	Enhancement of www.callcosts.ie	Revised website			Ongoing
Retail	Consumer Care	Consumer Line: Provision of on-going complaints service	Ongoing			Ongoing
Retail	Consumer Care	Out-reach programme at chosen public events	Event			Ongoing
Retail	Consumer Care	Issue of Consumer Guides as relevant to address consumer issues and questions	Ongoing			Ongoing
Retail	Consumer Advisory Panel	ComReg hosts advisory panels to help inform its thinking in several key areas.	Panel Meetings			Ongoing
Retail	Delivery of Key Consumer Messages & Information through media					Ongoing
Retail	USO performance	Publishing performance results for universal service provider	Information notice	Q3	2008
Market Framework	Regulation of the .ie domain	Consultation on general areas of interest to stakeholders	Response to Consultation	Q3	2008
Retail	USO performance (Q2 '08)	Publishing performance results for universal service provider	Information notice	Q4	2008
Market Framework	NIR Site Surveys	Quarterly reports summarising the results of NIR site surveys conducted	Information Notice	Q4	2008
Market Framework	NIR Site Surveys	Quarterly reports summarising the results of NIR site surveys conducted	Information Notice	Q1	2009
Retail	USO performance	Publishing performance results for universal service provider	Information notice	Q1	2009
Retail	USO performance	Publishing performance results for universal service provider	Information notice	Q2	2009
Market Framework	NIR Site Surveys	Quarterly reports summarising the results of NIR site surveys conducted	Information Notice	Q2	2009
Market Framework	Regulatory Framework for VoIP and VoB	Review and update the current framework for Voice over IP/Broadband, factoring in any legislative changes.	Consultation	Q2	2009
Market Framework	NIR Site Surveys	Quarterly reports summarising the results of NIR site surveys conducted	Information Notice	Q3	2009