The 21st APT Policy and Regulatory Forum (PRF-21)

19 July 2021 - 21 July 2021
Virtual/Online Meeting

APT organized the 21st APT Policy and Regulatory Forum (PRF-21) from 19 to 21 July 2021 as a virtual/online meeting.

The PRF-21 addressed issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to Pillars of the Strategic Plan of the APT for 2021-2023. PRF-21 also included a special Ministerial Session from APT Member Administrations to share insights, experiences, lessons learned, policies being implemented in their countries with regard to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and digital transformation, which is an objective of the Singapore Statement adopted by the ICT Ministers of APT.

The Forum also included a special roundtable session among Head of Regulators to share their experiences as well as engage in dialogue to identify the challenging issues and how to enhance cooperation between regulators/policymakers to smoothen the deployment of 5G in the Asia-Pacific region. In addition, the Forum had a business dialogue session which intends to provide a platform for industry representatives to share their views on the strategies to accelerate 5G deployment as well as thematic sessions on OTT and Digital Economy.