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COME AND SHARE...WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, AND WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO LEARN WHAT: NTCA-World Bank First International Conference on Rural Telecommunications: There Are No Boundaries WHY: To share and learn from case studies and real-life experiences finding creative methods to provide telecommunications service in rural areas WHO: Policy makers, regulators, telecommunications company employees, NGOs, community development groups, bilateral and multilateral donors, and others WHEN: November 30 - December 2, 1998 WHERE: Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill Hotel, Washington, D.C., USA JUST 58 DAYS UNTIL THE CONFERENCE BEGINS. DON'T DELAY REGISTERING! SPACES ARE FILLING UP. THE SPECIAL HOTEL PRICE EXPIRES NOVEMBER 7. (Make sure you mention the conference when registering to get the special rate). PRESENTATIONS AND SESSIONS INCLUDE... Universal Service versus Universal Access...Using Wireless Internet Technology to Serve Alaskan Yup'ik Eskimo Villages...Overcoming Social, Economic and Cultural Challenges in Launching Telemedicine Centers in Rural South Africa... The Impact of Privatization and Exclusivity on Rural IT Development...Serving Difficult Terrain in the Andes Mountains, the Jungles of New Guinea, the Desert of Egypt, and the Arctic and Telecenter Organization and Development...Case Study of a New Satellite Access Network in Turkey... Creative Ways to Provide Internet to Rural Areas...Serving a Native American Reservation...Electronic Conferencing for Russian Farmers...The Link Between Gender Issues and Telecommunications...Internet Telephony and Universal Access and Competition in the Philippines...Telecommunications for Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development -- Applications, Tools and Content...Rebuilding Rural Telephony in Guatemala After the Civil War...Transnational and Domestic Telemedicine Applications in Russia, Finland and South Africa... The Open Society Institute/Soros Foundation's Internet Program for Remote Areas...The Grameen Bank's Village Telephone Program and Village Internet Program...The Bottom-Up Approach --Community-Owned Telecommunications Systems...VSAT and Satellite Deployment and Rural Service AND A GREAT, GREAT DEAL MORE For more conference information and to download a registration form, please visit us at: www.ntca.org/intl/conf/index.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%