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On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 05:31:26AM -1000, Randy Bush wrote: > > The International Telecoms Union (ITU) has been told by the International > Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to focus more of its efforts on stimulating the > growth of fixed line voice telephony in developing countries. The Swiss-led > ICC, which represents global business interests, says that the ITU devotes > too much of its focus to the technical management of the internet rather > than the core issue of teledensity. The ITU has recently announced plans to > wrest control of internet administration from the US-based Internet > Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). thanks. nice word ... teledensity. one does wonder if it remains cost effective to drag bits of wire around. --bill
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