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CHAIRMAN KENNARD RELEASES REPORT ON THE AFRICAN INITIATIVE WITHIN HIS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN |
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Washington, DC -- William E. Kennard, chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), today will release "Connecting the Globe:The Africa Initiative," the first of
four reports that will be produced as part of his International Development Initiative. Last June, in response to a growing volume of requests from his regulatory counterparts abroad, Chairman Kennard announced his International Development Initiative a commitment by the FCC to provide technical assistance to developing nations in Africa, Latin America, Asia and central Europe to assist them in building independent telecommunications regulatory regimes that will promote competition, liberalization and privatization. Chairman Kennard announced at the time that he would begin the initiative in Africa because it is the next great frontier in the information revolution. Last summer Chairman Kennard traveled to Africa and he has signed one-year work plans with South Africa, Ghana and Uganda. The report released today details the history of the initiative, the actual work plans signed with those three countries and the three major components of the Development Initiative for Africa:
International Bureau contact: Patrick Boateng at (202) 418-2370
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