WORLD TELECOM'99

WORLD TELECOM '99, the world's largest telecommunications exhibition and forum, will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 10 to 17 October 1999, organised by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). The event will be targeted at government leaders, carriers, equipment suppliers, content providers and investors who will come together to review global developments in telecommunications and to discuss strategic orientations for the next millennium.

The event will also comprise a series of summits addressing the following topics:

- Policy and regulatory summit which will be built around discussions on global convergence, universal access, electronic commerce, global access to scarce resources and trade;
- Infrastructure summit on networks and systems which will explore the new paradigm of infrastructure development;
- Interactive services and applications summit which will provide a novel, human centred approach to the Information Society;
- TELECOM development symposium which will present participants with development trends in telecommunications and will address development issues from a technology, regulatory, human resources and business opportunities point of view.
For further information, please contact:

TELECOM
ITU
9 rue de Varembé
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Tel. +41-22-7306161; Fax +41-22-7306444
E-mail: telecom99@itu.int
URL: http://www.itu.int/TELECOM/(opens in new window)