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Arno Wirzenius

Telecom policy consultant

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A. Wirzenius Ltd.
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48700 KOTKA
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Publication

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Customer

Observations relevant to the future of the Universal Service directive

The paper is an otherwise unpublished draft compiled with my colleague Ms. Claire Milne, with major changes that could be discussed when revising the Universal Service directive. It is a continuation of the info article and a related conference

No customer, private initiative, 2009

Telecommunications Universal Service in Finland

The paper is a description of how Universal Service type concepts have evolved in Finland over the last about 20 years

Journal info Volume 10 issue 5/6, 2008

Money flow in Net Neutrality

The slide show is a scenario showing possible money flow for videos and for the priority transmission of videos over the internet in case priority is introduced world-wide

No public customer, 2006

Mobile Pricing and Interconnection Regimes

An in-depth analysis and comparison of end-to-end pricing and segment pricing and related interconnection, focussing on competition, monopoly and regulation, including a description of the interconnection regime in Finland

Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland, 2004

Finnish Telecom Policy

A presentation of Finnish telecom policy over the years

Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland, 2003

Universal Service for the Hungry, the Poor and the Yuppie

A presentation of Universal Service matters at a panel discussion ITU Telecom Asia 2002 Forum

ITU, 2002

Fixed Mobile Interconnection: The Finnish Case

A presentation of Fixed mobile interconnection in Finland, one of several country cases

ITU, 2000

Case Mobile Finland

A description how and why Finland was world leader in mobile penetration at the time

Ministry of Transport and Communications, Finland, 2000

Mobile Licensing Principles- two opposite models

A comparison of the European and US principles for licensing mobile operators,a paper for ITU Forum 1999

ITU, 1999

Half-call interconnect pricing

A simple retail charge based interconnect pricing model close to the model used in Finland 1958 - 1999

Omnitele Ltd, 1998

Handbook on Competitive Activities

A handbook on how to introduce competition in telecoms in Asia-Pacific countries

Asia-Pacific Telecommunity, 1994