D 18 New Initiatives 22 TELECOM / WGR / tech- New Technologies / /
Continent
Africa / Americas / /
Country
Venezuela / Croatia / Italy / Bulgaria / Cambodia / Sri Lanka / Japan / Uganda / Brazil / Dominican Republic / Portugal / Paraguay / Finland / South Korea / /
Currency
USD / /
IndustryTerm
Internet access / once-disparate networks / Internet service providers / cellular systems / wireless communications systems / basic telecommunications / spun-off Internet operations / telecommunications environment / formal / telecommunications services / multimedia services / telephony / voice services / direct broadcasting services / satellite communications / fixed-line telecommunications / telephone lines / software developers / telecommunications affairs / information technology sectors / online content / Telecommunications demand / satellite systems / electronic communications / communications satellites / telecommunications markets / pay-per-use online consumer services / telecommunications / telecommunications development / service supplier / public switched networks / fixed-line network / Internet subscribers / telephone / information technology / e - commerce / broadband capacity into their core networks / telecommunications operators / media / Internet users / Internet subsidiaries / equitable cost-recovery systems / location-finding applications / multimedia applications / telecommunications systems / media interests / /
Organization
Brazil’s Ministry of Communications / Inter-American Telecommunication Commission / Telecommunication Standardization Bureau / World Trade Organization / ITU Council / Special Committee on Regulatory and Procedural Matters / Radiocommunication Assembly / Telecommunication Development Bureau / Japan’s Ministry / FSS / Radiocommunication Bureau / GSO Broadcast Satellite Service / ITU / Internet Engineering Task Force / Sector / International Telecommunication Union / European Union / Fixed Service / /
Person
Robert Jones / Hamadoun Touré / Houlin Zhao / Roberto Blois / Bureaux / Yoshio Utsumi / / /
Contents Foreword by the Secretary-General 2 A Growing Membership