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Divsion info

The Regional & Bilateral Affairs Branch (RBA) is the FCC’s interface with foreign telecommunications regulators. RBA also assists in multilateral negotiations and international telecommunications industry analysis.

Through its regional experts, RBA: 1) leads FCC participation in telecommunications bilateral meetings sponsored by the State Department and in multilateral meetings such as the annual U.S.-E.U. Information Society Dialogue and those of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); and, 2) assists the Division’s multilateral specialists in various other international telecommunications fora such those sponsored by  the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Additional information about RBA’s work can be found on the Division’s Global Outreach webpage.