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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><st1:PersonName
w:st="on"></st1:PersonName>The IIC is
organising a Telecommunications and Media Forum in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Bahrain</st1:country-region></st1:place> on Tuesday 5 and
Wednesday
6 May, at the kind invitation of the Telecommunications Regulatory
Authority. Attached a pdf with some up to date information.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">The theme of
the meeting is convergent communications. It will focus on<b><span
style="font-weight: bold;"> 'Building Digital Broadband for the
Future: Market
and Policy Implications'</span></b> and will look at the economic and
social impact
of ICT and the media, the policy implications of building high-speed
broadband,
how broadband adoption and use can be stimulated, and the role of
regulation
and public policy in achieving national broadband aspirations. </span></font><font
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">The IIC is
an independent global body with
up-to-the-minute expertise in the worlds of broadcasting and
telecommunications
and we have had the benefit of deep association with the major players
in the
two sectors for many years. Every year, we hold a small number of
Telecommunications
and Media Fora around the globe, where leading communications
organisations
come together to discuss major market implications and which includes
an annual
event in Brussels and one in Washington, DC. This is the first <st1:place
w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place> meeting of the Forum. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Forum
meetings are small, interactive events and by invitation only so
that we achieve the right mix of expertise present. Numbers are capped
at fifty
or so senior attendees to stimulate debate and the programme is put
together in
close consultation with Forum members which include Cisco, Liberty
Global,
Telkom SA, Wind, Verizon and Telus. Further details about the IIC are
at </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.iicom.org" title="blocked::http://www.iicom.org/"><font
title="blocked::http://www.iicom.org/" color="black"><span
title="blocked::http://www.iicom.org/"><span style="color: windowtext;">www.iicom.org</span></span></font></a>
</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">where you
will also find a selection of audiocasts and
slidecasts from recent Forum meetings. </span></font><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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