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Article: ITU TELECOM WORLD 2006 goes to Hong Kong.(International Report)(International Telecommunication Union)(plans for industry conference)(Brief Article)
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- Microwave Journal
- Article date:
- August 1, 2004
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The Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Yoshio Utsumi, has confirmed the recommendation of the ITU TELECOM Board to hold the next ITU TELECOM WORLD in 2006 in Hong Kong, China, following an evaluation of the final offers received from Geneva and Hong Kong on 28 May 2004. At the request of the Geneva authorities, the ITU TELECOM Board, at its' meeting on 5 May 2004, agreed to authorize Geneva to revise its offer. For transparency and fair play, the Board also agreed to invite Hong Kong to review its bid and the 28 May deadline given.
The revised offers complemented the initial bids in that they were refining the terms and ...