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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00THEHAGUE1937 |
THE NETHERLANDS: EU DIGITAL SIGNATURE DIRECTIVE [...] Summary. Emboff met with Ministry of Economic Affairs official Martin Buys to discuss Dutch implementation of the directive. The GON is drafting legislation, therefore no public version is available. Buys said that the GON wishes to limit government involvement in electronic signatures, all [...] |
2000-06-27 13:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT ETRD EUN |
| 03ABUJA2161 |
NIGERIA: WHITE ELEPHANT STEEL COMPLEX TO GULP MORE [...] (C) Summary: In June 2003, the GON awarded SOLGAS (a U.S.-based energy company) sole rights to refurbish the yet to operate Ajaokuta Steel Complex, to sell energy to the national grid from the Complex's electric plant, and to operate a yet to be built LNG-fired electric plant. Despite claims [...] |
2003-12-17 05:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EINT EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD NI |
| 03BRASILIA311 |
DEFINING DTV HITS A BUMP; MISSION STRATEGY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 23, new Minister of Communications Miro Teixeira proposed that the GoB form an inter-ministerial group to study and present findings on the viability of a made-in-Brazil digital television (DTV) standard. The announcement immediately followed Teixeira's review of a [...] |
2003-01-29 16:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD EINT BR |
| 03OTTAWA700 |
G8 EXPERTS MEETING ON CRITICAL INFORMATION [...] Following is the list of the Canadian delegation who will participate in the G8 CIP Experts Meeting in Paris March 24-26: William de Laat (Head of Delegation) Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness Michael Bitz Industry Canada Brenda Hensler-Hobbs Off [...] |
2003-03-13 19:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCIP PREL KCRM EINT KJUS CA |
| 03SANTODOMINGO4656 |
PARLACEN COURTS THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Central American Parliament (Parlacen) President Augusto Vela Mena, addressing a joint session of the GODR's National Congress in Santo Domingo August 27, announced that the proposed entry of the Dominican Republic into the System of Central American Integration had been forwarded to the presi [...] |
2003-09-02 21:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EINT ETRD DR |
| 03ZAGREB1391 |
BROADBAND FIXED WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EINT ECPS HR |
| 03ZAGREB1677 |
CROATIA INTERESTED IN SOFIA CYBERSECURITY [...] THE GOC HAS NO SPECIFIC NATIONAL PLAN FOR CYBERSECURITY AT THIS TIME, BUT IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND TAKING STEPS TO ADDRESS IT AS PART OF A LARGER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY. THE GOC WILL LIKELY ATTEND THE SOFIA CYBERSECURITY CONFERENCE (REFTEL), BUT WILL ONLY DETERMINE WHO TO SEND FR [...] |
2003-07-25 13:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KCIP EINT PREL HR |
| 04ABUJA1007 |
U/S TAYLOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] Summary: In a meeting with Treasury U/S Taylor, Nigerian Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala said the Ministry will carry out an audit of petroleum revenues to make sure the GON is getting its fair share, and the results will be reported to the public. The GON is sidelining its windfall cash from [...] |
2004-06-08 07:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINT EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC NI |
| 04DJIBOUTI487 |
CISCO SYSTEMS INTERESTED IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY [...] (U) Shehab Meshki, Cisco Systems Regional Sales Manager for East Africa, briefly visited Djibouti March 23-25, 2004. The main purpose of the visit was to make initial contact with key government and business persons to evaluate the possibilities for Cisco investment in Djibouti. Meshki also [...] |
2004-04-04 11:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EINV ECON ECPS EINT DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI488 |
RECENT TELECOM DEVELOPMENTS IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti has begun to market itself as a potential hub for trade activity. It is trying hard to bring the country up to speed for the 21st century with significant reform and development in the telecommunications sector. Already home to a hub for the SEA-ME-WE#3 (South East Asia [...] |
2004-04-04 11:59:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECPS EINT TINT ETRD ECON CH DJ |
| 04GUATEMALA251 |
ADDRESSING LABOR VIOLATIONS BY US FIRMS: THE [...] Subject: Since mid-December, a U.S.-owned maquila has been closed, throwing up to 800 workers, mainly single mothers, out of work after failing to meet a payroll. The GOG has requested USG assistance resolving the workers' claims against the U.S. owners, Robert and Steven Alexander of Medle [...] |
2004-02-03 15:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EINT GT |
| 04HANOI2758 |
MPT DISCUSSES WTO TELECOM OFFER WITH USTR TEL DIR [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 27 USTR Telecommunications Director Jonathan McHale consulted with the Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) on Vietnam's fourth WTO offer. They also reviewed the current situation of Vietnam's telecom market (see septel) and MPT's progress in meeting their BTA re [...] |
2004-10-07 07:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD EINT EINV VM WTO |
| 04HANOI886 |
ICT REFORM: WILL REALITY MATCH ENCOURAGING WORDS? [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador David Gross, Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy (CIP), came to Hanoi February 27 for discussions on Vietnam's telecom and ICT market. He met a Vice Minister of Posts and Telematics (MPT), a Vice President of Vietnam's state-owned telephone [...] |
2004-03-29 06:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EINV VM IPROP WTO |
| 04HANOI910 |
MPT Describes Vietnam's Telecom Situation [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and Introduction. On February 17, 2004, the Ministry of Post and Telematics (MPT) addressed a series of questions prepared and submitted in advance by Post on the following topics: services and licenses, interconnection, charges and dispute resolution, spectrum allocation, and [...] |
2004-03-31 10:12:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EINV VM SOE |
| 04MADRID2133 |
SPAIN: TELECOM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY [...] This cable summarizes selected developments in the Spain's telecommunications and information technology sectors. In this issue: -- New Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce responsible for telecom issues (para 2) -- Spain,s public television under review (para 3) -- New government [...] |
2004-06-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINV EINT ETRD SP |
| 04PRETORIA4028 |
MINISTER UNLEASHES MASSIVE TELECOMS LIBERALIZATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a surprise announcement, Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri announced sweeping policy decisions to liberalize South Africa's telecommunications sector by February 2005. Her announcement benefits Value-Added Network Service (VANS) providers who will be allowed to [...] |
2004-09-07 05:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT SF |
| 04PRETORIA4193 |
TELECOM LIBERALIZATION GOES RURAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. South Africa Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri has approved four under-serviced area licenses (USALs) three years after the government first announced its strategy to promote telecommunication services in rural areas and include black entrepreneurs in a traditio [...] |
2004-09-16 14:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD EINT ECON SF |
| 04PRETORIA5041 |
NEXUS TO WITHDRAW OBSTACLES TO SNO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A telecommunications consultant to Nexus Connexion, the empowerment shareholder in South Africa's second national/network operator (SNO), said that Nexus would remove its legal challenges to the SNO by the end of 2004 and have a license to operate by February 2005. Nexus is w [...] |
2004-11-19 05:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT SF |
| 04PRETORIA5555 |
REGULATOR PROPOSES TELECOM REGULATIONS FOR VANS [...] (U) SUMMARY. A series of Ministerial decisions to liberalize South Africa's telecommunications sector by February 2005 led to an industry-wide colloquium to discuss the intent behind the determinations. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) considered feedback from [...] |
2004-12-30 12:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT SF |
| 04ROME2050 |
IRAQ: SECURITY CONCERNS PUT E-GOV PROGRAM IN LIMBO [...] (C) Italy's Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MIT) is ready to send a team to Baghdad to start work on a Euro 11 million project to build an Intranet system for the Iraqi government. According to an aide to MIT Minister Lucio Stanca, however, the Italian Foreign Ministry will not approve [...] |
2004-05-26 05:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINT PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ABUDHABI2067 |
UAE OPENS TELECOM SECTOR FOR COMPETITION [...] (U) The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced this week it has approved the establishment of a new telecommunications company that will compete with Etisalat, which up until now was the sole telecommunications entity in the UAE. According to a May 7 Gulf News report, TRA [...] |
2005-05-09 13:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EINT ETRD EFIN PGOV KPRV TC |
| 05ANKARA1209 |
TURKEY: LOW INTERNET PENETRATION DUE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Internet penetration in Turkey remains low, due mainly to high cost of hardware and relatively high subscription fees. Although the state telecom firm, Turk Telekom (TT), has launched higher- speed and more affordable broad-band internet service, Internet Service Providers (ISP [...] |
2005-03-07 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECPS TU |
| 05ATHENS616 |
CODEL GOODLATTE'S FEBRUARY 24-27, 2005 VISIT TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: A congressional delegation led by Representative Bob Goodlatte visited Athens on February 24th to 27th, 2005 and held wide ranging meetings on agricultural, telecommunication, and other issues. CODEL Goodlatte discussed Internet opportunities in Greece with the Minister of Trans [...] |
2005-03-03 14:17:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP EAGR ECON EINT PREL GR VISIT |
| 05BRATISLAVA898 |
SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS CURRENT INTERNET GOVERNANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-08 13:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC LO |
| 05CAIRO2662 |
INTEL CEO MAKES A SPLASH IN CAIRO [...] In his first visit to Egypt, Intel Corporation CEO Craig Barrett last week delivered a slick, multimedia presentation resembling a primetime television show to assembled government and business leaders during an AmCham-sponsored luncheon on "Building the Digital Society in Egypt." The specta [...] |
2005-04-06 09:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO ECON ETRD EINT EINV PREL TINT KWWW EG |
| 05CAIRO2792 |
APRIL 3 VISIT TO ISMAILIA: "ACTIVATING" THE [...] (U) The Charge on April 3 visited Ismailia, the Egyptian governorate with which Embassy Cairo cooperates in running an experimental Virtual Presence Post (VPP), or "Virtual Consulate" (reftels). The Governorate's expanded engagement with the project, coupled with enhanced participation on th [...] |
2005-04-11 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ETRD KWWW PREL TINT EG |
| 05CAIRO4495 |
GOE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS DETAILS U.S. TRIP [...] (SBU) On June 13, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel met with the Charge for consulations prior to the Minister's June 18-28 visit to the U.S. Minister Kamel reviewed for the Charge the trip schedule, highlighting technology agreements to be discussed and/ [...] |
2005-06-14 12:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EINT EINV OVIP PREL KGIT EG |
| 05CAIRO6163 |
EGYPT'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR FACING MAJOR [...] (SBU) The Egyptian telecommunications sector is poised to undergo two major structural changes in the coming months: liberalization of the fixed-line market and the possible awarding of a third mobile phone operator license. Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tarek Kamel is [...] |
2005-08-10 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD PREL KGIT EG |
| 05CAIRO8402 |
GOE ON WSIS AND INTERNET FREEDOM [...] (SBU) During a meeting with GOE Minister of Communication and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel October 31, the Ambassador asked Kamel for the GOE's position on the recent European Commission proposal on Internet management (reftel) in the lead up to the Tunis World Summit on the Informati [...] |
2005-11-02 11:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EG |
| 05CAIRO9072 |
INVESTOR INEXPERIENCE FUELS TELECOMS IPO BOOM [...] (U) On November 29, the GOE began its long-awaited divestiture of 20% of Telecom Egypt (TE), with an initial public offering of 10%, or 170 million shares, on the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange (CASE) sold to individuals, and the additional 10% being sold to institutions. After several [...] |
2005-12-06 14:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD KGIT EG |
| 05CAIRO9379 |
TELECOM EGYPT: STABLE STOCK, GUARANTEED FUTURE? [...] (SBU) Following the privatization of 20% of Telecom Egypt (TE) (reftels), share prices have stabilized, diminishing fears of a quick sell-off. Sherif Karara, Managing Director of EFG Holdings, and TE Chairman Akil Beshir recently told Econoff that TE has taken measures to combat losses from t [...] |
2005-12-20 14:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD KGIT EG |
| 05COLOMBO2119 |
Sri Lanka requests assistance to enforce [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action request in para 7 below. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A Computer Crimes bill will soon become law in Sri Lanka, and submission of an electronic transactions bill is anticipated for early 2006. Sri Lanka would appreciate USG technical assistance in developing [...] |
2005-12-20 02:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN EINT ETRD PTER KCRM CE |
| 05DUBLIN1383 |
GOI EXPECTS NEW EU INTERNET GOVERNANCE PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EI |
| 05HARARE1362 |
ZIMBABWE NOT COMPLIANT WITH AGOA ELIGIBILITY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
| 05KUWAIT514 |
KUWAITI BLOGGERS: VOICES OF THE FUTURE [...] (U) Summary: Econ Officer attended 2 February a monthly meeting of Kuwaiti web-bloggers where the group discussed their various web-logs, technology, politics, religion, social life, and a variety of other issues. The group was made up of nine men and one woman, mostly in their early to mid [...] |
2005-02-07 05:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT SCUL SOCI ECON KU |
| 05MUSCAT1564 |
MAKING WAVES IN OMAN [...] (U) Summary: In a move that surprised many observers, the Ministry of Information has granted television and radio broadcasting licenses to two private Omani companies. While this will effectively end the government's broadcasting monopoly, the licensees anticipate having to work closely wit [...] |
2005-10-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT PHUM PGOV MU |
| 05NEWDELHI7436 |
RE-TOOLING THE HTCG: EMBASSY'S THOUGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As we plan for the December 1-2 meeting of the High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG) in New Delhi, the Embassy HTCG working group -- Econ, Pol, Sci, FAS, ODC, FCS - met on September 20. The consensus of our group is that the focus of the HTCG in the post-NSSP era should u [...] |
2005-09-23 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETTC EINT EINV ETRD PREL EAGR IN HTCG |
| 05PARIS7330 |
FRENCH VIEWS ON INTERNET GOVENANCE [...] (C) Summary and comment: The French coordinator for all WSIS issues told us he hopes the U.S. posture does not preclude a "dialogue" on internet governance. He expressed concern about the use and (mis)understanding of the words "oversight" and "regulation" pointing out that the latter has a [...] |
2005-10-26 15:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EINT ETRD ECON ETTC FR |
| 05PARIS7472 |
UNESCO and WSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the UNESCO General Conference from October 3 to 21, the majority of UNESCO Member States agreed in a resolution to stress UNESCO's and the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) "prominent roles" in coordinating the implementation of decisions taken at the World [...] |
2005-11-02 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7677 |
USUNESCO: UNESCO'S WSIS PREPARATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 7 presentation to member states on UNESCO preparations for WSIS, Assistant Director General Abdul Waheed Khan discussed Internet governance, the possibility of UNESCO and ITU leading roles in post-WSIS implementation, the UNESCO "brand" at WSIS, planned UNE [...] |
2005-11-09 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8123 |
USUNESCO: POST-WSIS READOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission met with Elizabeth Longworth, Head of the Information Society Division of the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector on 11/23/05 and discussed WSIS follow up at UNESCO, UNESCO views on how Internet Governance was handled at WSIS, and the U.S. Library of Congress [...] |
2005-11-30 13:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO |
| 05PRAGUE1568 |
CZECHS AND THE WSIS: WHY FIX IT IF IT AIN'T BROKE? [...] (U) SUMMARY: All of the Czech players involved on WSIS echo the refrain "why fix it if it ain't broke?" and seek to maintain the status quo on internet governance. The GOCR is preparing to argue this point at COREPER in Brussels on 4 November, but are resigned to follow the final decision of [...] |
2005-11-04 06:56:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EZ EUN |
| 05PRETORIA1441 |
INDUSTRY AND REGULATOR RESERVATIONS ON RESURRECTED [...] (U) SUMMARY. For the second time in thirteen months, South Africa's Convergence Bill has been released for public comment. The Bill, originally released in February 2004, repeals the Independent Broadcasting Authority Act of 1993 and the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and grants increased powe [...] |
2005-04-11 11:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT SF |
| 05PRETORIA3001 |
SOUTH AFRICA: HIGH TELECOM PRICES, LITTLE RELIEF [...] (U) Summary. President Mbeki condemned South Africa's high fixed telephone line prices in his February 2005 State of the Nation address by stating that they cost ten times more than in developed countries. Mbeki's assertion was mainly directed at Telkom, the de facto monopoly for fixed line [...] |
2005-07-28 14:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT ECPS EINV PREL XA SF |
| 05PRETORIA389 |
REGULATOR HOLDS HEARINGS FOR PROPOSED VANS [...] SUMMARY. Telecommunications industry stakeholders attended hearings at the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to comment on proposed VANS regulations. Industry remarks addressed recurring themes such as: what is a value-added network service (VANS); should the VANS [...] |
2005-01-28 12:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT SF |
| 05PRETORIA424 |
MINISTER ADDRESSES QUESTIONS SURROUNDING VANS [...] (U) Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri released a January 30 statement addressing concerns surrounding the interpretation of her Ministerial Determinations that she released September 3, 2004 regarding liberalization. 2. (U) Casaburri said, "The issue of self provisioning was [...] |
2005-01-31 15:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT SF |
| 05PRETORIA4621 |
SOUTH AFRICA; TELECOM PRICE RELIEF REMAINS OUT OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri opened the Department of Communication,s (DOC) Second Colloquium on Telecommunication Prices stating that the Colloquium was needed to lower the cost of doing business in South Africa, to make the country more competitive internat [...] |
2005-11-21 14:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT PREL SF XA |
| 05PRETORIA710 |
SOUTH AFRICA SELECTS FINAL SNO SHAREHOLDER [...] (U) SUMMARY. Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe- Casaburri announced that she has awarded the remaining 26 percent in South Africa's Second Network Operator (SNO) to VSNL (Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited), a telecommunications firm within India's Tata Group. The six SNO shareholders must [...] |
2005-02-16 15:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT SF |
| 05TBILISI3167 |
WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY: GEORGIA [...] Per reftel, Post delivered the message to the Chairman of the Georgian National Communication Commission, Dimitri Kitoshvili, on November 3. Post delivered the demarche including the talking points and background information on the U.S. position for the World Summit on the Information Society [...] |
2005-12-05 06:09:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC GG |
| 05VIENNA3594 |
WSIS - AUSTRIA BACKS EU POSITION, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoA backs the EU position on Internet governance, but stresses the private sector predominance. The GoA does not aim at a change of the existing Internet governance structure, but seeks a problem solving mechanism in form of a "public private partnership." END SUMMARY. 2. [...] |
2005-11-09 13:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC AU |
| 05YEREVAN1921 |
NO GOAM POSITION YET: WORLD SUMMIT ON THE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-31 09:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC AM |
| 05ZAGREB1819 |
WSIS: CROATIA OF ITS OWN MIND, BUT WILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the GOC supports evolutionary change in internet management and the use of existing institutions to continue the dialogue about internet governance, Croatia will most likely support the eventual EU position at the WSIS. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Deputy State Secreta [...] |
2005-11-14 11:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC |
| 06AITTAIPEI2962 |
TAIWAN TIFA FOLLOW-UP: PROGRESS AND HIGH LEVEL [...] Taiwan rolled out the red carpet for Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Eric Altbach and the U.S. trade delegation visit to Taipei August 17-21 to follow-up the May TIFA talks. Taiwan was eager to reaffirm its commitment to the TIFA process and report on actions taken since the May T [...] |
2006-08-25 09:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EIND EINT ETRD KTEX TW |
| 06ALMATY3242 |
KAZAKHSTAN: INFORMATION RESPONSE FOR INTIATIVE ON [...] The following information, provided by USAID Almaty in response to reftel request, represents existing programs that support Internet freedom. Total funding levels are listed. A. Project Name: Information and Communication Technology Statistics Improvement Recipient: Kazakhstan Agency o [...] |
2006-09-15 00:49:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM KZ |
| 06ANKARA1256 |
TURKEY: TELECOM/IT SECTOR CLAMORING FOR MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the privatization last July of Turkey's fixed line telecom company Turk Telekom, operators are urging the Telecommunications Regulatory Board to move more quickly in licensing cable and new technologies and to augment competition. Still dominant Turk Telekom's new man [...] |
2006-03-10 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT EINV TU |
| 06ANKARA6055 |
TURKEY TELECOM LIBERALIZATION IN PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's telecom sector has achieved a number of important milestones: including creation of a semi-independent regulatory authority and privatization of Turk Telekom (and earlier termination of its monopoly in fixed line infrastructure and voice services). However, liberaliza [...] |
2006-10-20 05:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT EINV TU |
| 06ASHGABAT985 |
GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM INFORMATION FROM TURKMENISTAN [...] Project Name: Central Asian Program on AIDS Control in Vulnerable Populations Recipient: Republican AIDS Center and the National Coordinating Committee. Project Description: To develop and test approaches and models for increasing coverage of vulnerable HIV/AIDS populations. IT Comp [...] |
2006-09-18 12:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EIAD PHUM TX |
| 06BANGKOK3435 |
THAI TELECOM ROUNDUP: MERGE OR DIE? [...] SUMMARY: The takeover of Thailand's two leading mobile phone providers by foreign companies and the political crisis unleashed by the prime minister's family's sale of its stake in Shin Corporation to Temasek of Singapore has fundamentally altered the context of both the telecom business and r [...] |
2006-06-07 08:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ECPS EINT TH |
| 06BISHKEK1307 |
INFORMATION RESPONSE FOR INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL [...] (U) The following information, provided by USAID Bishkek, represents existing programs that contribute to the goals of Internet freedom. Funding levels listed are for the Information Technology (IT) components only. ECONOMIC GROWTH --------------- A. Project Name: Commercial Law Proje [...] |
2006-09-12 10:31:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM KG |
| 06BRASILIA1080 |
PROFILE OF BRAZILIAN INTERNET MARKET 2006 - USAGE EXPANDS, [...] SUMMARY: While overall usage rates remain relatively low - only 14 percent of the population use the internet - Brazilians are increasingly active online, in terms of the total internet user base, and how much time each of these users spends online. Social networking has become the most popular [...] |
2006-06-02 15:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS PGOV ECON EINT XM BR |
| 06BRASILIA1922 |
BRAZIL: SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM [...] This cable responds to reftel request for information on USAID programs in Brazil that would be supportive of the Global Internet Freedom "GIFT" objectives. The three USAID programs described below have a significant internet access component: A. Project Name: Youth Employability Program R [...] |
2006-09-12 19:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM BR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1148 |
ARGENTINA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON IMSO, IN [...] Econoff presented reftel talking points to Maritime Affairs Counselor Ariel Gonzalez of the Foreign Ministry's Office of Legal Counsel on May 18. Gonzalez responded that the GOA agrees, in principle, with the positions the USG is supporting in the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) [...] |
2006-05-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD TSPL KCIP KSCA KSTC EINT ETTC IMO |
| 06CAIRO1288 |
GOE OFFERS TENDER DOCUMENT FOR THIRD MOBILE [...] (SBU) The GOE's National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) on February 19 made available instructions for bidders on the proposed third mobile telephone licence (reftel). According to press reports, as of February 27, 17 companies had purchased the tender document, or the "Networ [...] |
2006-03-01 10:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KGIT |
| 06CAIRO23 |
CONCLUDING THE ISMAILIA VIRTUAL CONSULATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-02 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT KWWW OPRC TINT EG KLIP |
| 06CAIRO3435 |
GOE RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON ICANN MANAGEMENT OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-05 12:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC EG |
| 06CAIRO4142 |
EGYPT: ETISALAT CONSORTIUM WINS THIRD MOBILE [...] (U) Emirati telecommunications corporation Etisalat, in partnership with the Egyptian Post Office, the Commercial International Bank of Egypt (CIB), and the National Bank of Egypt, on July 4 won the auction for Egypt's third mobile license, pledging to pay a whopping LE 16.7 billion (USD 2.91 [...] |
2006-07-05 11:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KCOR KGIT |
| 06CAIRO5287 |
EGYPT: THIRD MOBILE LICENSE AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) Summary: The National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) recently signed a licensing agreement with Egyptian-Emirati consortium Etisalat for operation of Egypt's third mobile phone system. Etisalat paid LE 16.7 billion ($2.9 billion) for the license, a sum that will have a sig [...] |
2006-08-23 13:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KCOR KGIT |
| 06CAIRO6035 |
GOOGLE'S VIEWS ON EGYPT'S ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 14, Google,s Regional Manager for the Middle East and North Africa Sherif Iskander gave econoff an overview of Google,s business in the region and opined optimistically about the improvement of Egypt,s business environment and economy, though with some reservations [...] |
2006-09-26 08:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD KCOR KGIT PHUM EG CH |
| 06CAIRO776 |
GOE ANNOUNCES ICT INITIATIVES, TIMELINE FOR MOBILE [...] (U) At the tenth annual Cairo Information and Communications Technology (ICT) trade fair on February 5, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel made several announcements of note: - The GOE would issue the long-awaited Request For Proposals (RFP) to license [...] |
2006-02-09 13:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KGIT |
| 06CHENNAI2571 |
IBM INVESTS BIG IN INDIA: HUMAN RESOURCES [...] (U) Summary: Riding the crest of a $6 billion investment, IBM India plans to expand its Bangalore research and development (R&D) operations and in doing so will unleash a new human capital thrust in already talent-hungry south India. The company anticipates its Indian workforce will triple i [...] |
2006-11-22 07:27:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EINT IN |
| 06COLOMBO1514 |
SRI LANKA: USAID INTERNET-RELATED INITIATIVES [...] Below is a brief summary of Internet-related USAID programs related to the Internet, as requested reftel: Project Name: Sri Lanka Peace Support Project Recipient: Info-Share Project Description: Using information and communication technology to increase information exchange and collabor [...] |
2006-09-14 09:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM CE |
| 06DARESSALAAM1504 |
KIKWETE'S CABINET APPROVES MCA COMPACT PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 28, President Kikwete and Cabinet officially approved the Government of Tanzania's (GOT's) Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact proposal for submission to Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Washington. The GOT's proposal focuses on strengthening Tanzania's [...] |
2006-09-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ENRG EINT TZ |
| 06DARESSALAAM1526 |
TANZANIA: USAID PROGRAMS SUPPORTING GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-12 15:52:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM TZ |
| 06DARESSALAAM4 |
KIKWETE'S CABINET APPROVES MCA COMPACT PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 28, President Kikwete and Cabinet officially approved the Government of Tanzania's (GOT's) Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact proposal for submission to Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Washington. The GOT's proposal focuses on strengthening Tanzania's [...] |
2006-09-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ENRG EINT TZ |
| 06DUBLIN690 |
IRELAND TO PARTICIPATE IN NTIA PUBLIC MEETING [...] On June 15, emboff delivered reftel points to the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources Telecommunications Advisor Aidan Ryan. Ryan said that the GOI plans to send a representative to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) public meeting on [...] |
2006-06-16 11:03:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC EI |
| 06DUSHANBE1700 |
DUSHANBE RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM TASK FORCE [...] Embassy Dushanbe provides the following information in response to the request by the Secretary's Global Internet Freedom Task Force Request (REFTEL). Internet availability in Tajikistan remains extremely limited, particularly in remote areas. Programs that provide Tajik youth access to the [...] |
2006-09-12 11:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EINT |
| 06DUSHANBE673 |
TAJIKISTAN'S TELECOM SECTOR: PROMISING, BUT NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's mobile and Internet telecommunications market is one of the most dynamic and competitive sectors of the economy. The mobile sector could grow 10-20 percent monthly since only 5% of the market currently have cell phones. Internet growth also will increase with the [...] |
2006-04-12 10:15:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV EINT SOCI CH IR TI |
| 06GEORGETOWN174 |
JAGDEO ANNOUNCES WIRELESS LICENSE FOR DIGICEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Jagdeo announced February 20 that the GoG would grant a license to regional wireless telecommunications operator Digicel. Issuing this license would violate the terms of the MoU between the GoG and U.S.-owned incumbent operator CelStar. Jagdeo also repeated his call [...] |
2006-02-21 20:37:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT PGOV GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN219 |
TELECOM UPDATE--WAR OF WORDS ESCALATES BETWEEN GT&T [...] SUMMARY: In a rare move to take his case straight to the media, Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) CEO Major General (ret.) Joe Singh condemned the GOG's recent "propaganda blitz" as an effort to disparage the company and justify abrogating the firm's exclusive right agreement in landline t [...] |
2006-03-07 11:58:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ECPS EINT PGOV GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN292 |
GUYANA TO SEEK ADDITIONAL FIBER OPTIC [...] Pierre Strasser, the French-national Chief Operating Officer of American-owned wireless communications provider Cel*Star Guyana, informed Embassy on March 27 that the GOG will likely pursue inclusion in a second fiber optic communications cable, with construction to be completed by early 200 [...] |
2006-03-29 15:20:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT ECON GY |
| 06HARARE1421 |
ZIMBABWE: RESPONSE TO SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-30 11:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM |
| 06HELSINKI1025 |
FINLAND: I2010 INFORMATION SOCIETY CONFERENCE [...] European decision-makers and leading experts convened in Espoo, Finland on September 28th to discuss the challenges of the information society during the i2010 Conference, "Towards a Ubiquitous European Information Society." The Conference examined the opportunities and challenges that new in [...] |
2006-10-10 13:44:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT ELTN FI |
| 06HELSINKI612 |
FINLAND: ICANN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-03 11:54:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINT ETRD ETTC FI |
| 06HONGKONG1978 |
HKG WILL PARTICIPATE IN IPR WORKSHOP, ASKS FOR [...] (C) Summary: On Friday, May 12, Constitutional Affairs Bureau (CAB) Deputy Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Joseph Lai told E/P Chief that although the Hong Kong Government (HKG) would fully participate in Post's IPR Enforcement Workshop (scheduled for May 15 and 16), future "internation [...] |
2006-05-12 11:51:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIPR KJUS ECON PINR HK CH EINT |
| 06JAKARTA12498 |
SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM -- [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes the Secretary's Global Internet Freedom Task Force Initiative (GIFT) and looks forward to contributing to its success. As requested in reftel, a list of USAID projects related to the GIFT is described below. USAID in Indonesia continues to place high p [...] |
2006-10-13 06:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM |
| 06JAKARTA9692 |
NORTH SUMATRA AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION FINALLY BEGINS [...] With a June 29 groundbreaking ceremony, work began on the construction of a new airport for North Sumatra at t Kuala Namu, about 30 miles east of Medan. The new airport will become operational in 2009 with one runway 3750 meters long and will eventually expand to two runways of the same len [...] |
2006-08-02 02:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV EAIR EINT ID |
| 06KHARTOUM2159 |
SUDAN AND INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM [...] Because of U.S. sanctions, there are currently no USAID programs in Sudan specifically in support of the objectives of the Global Internet Task Force (GIFT). No funds have been allocated for programs to provide access to the Internet mentioned in para 6 of reftel for either 2005 or 2006. USA [...] |
2006-09-07 15:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM SU |
| 06KIGALI1192 |
Land of a thousand hills is not always a land of a thousand [...] SUMMARY. Moses Turyazooka is one of the approximately 500,000 Rwandan refugees who grew up in Uganda and returned to Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. He is a well-educated and driven entrepreneur who was raised on diaspora ideology - a deep love for the country of Rwanda and a strong desire to [...] |
2006-12-14 12:01:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID BTIO EINV EINT XA RW |
| 06KINGSTON1789 |
SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM: JAMAICA [...] This cable responds to reftel request. Responses are keyed to template provided. ------- Context ------- 2. USAID/Jamaica Economic Growth Strategic Objective Program for FY2005 through FY2009: Under USAID/Jamaica's FY2005 to FY2009 strategy of "Increased Trade Competitiveness in Targe [...] |
2006-09-11 19:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM JM |
| 06KUWAIT313 |
FIRE TAKES DOWN KUWAIT INTERNET AND MOBILE SERVICES [...] At approximately 2330 on the evening of January 28, a fire broke out on the sixth floor of the telecommunications complex next to Kuwait's Liberation Tower. The fire destroyed most of the equipment of one of Kuwait's three major ISPs. Engineers at the scene shut off power to the adjacent fl [...] |
2006-01-30 12:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT TINT KU |
| 06LISBON1379 |
ICANN: PORTUGAL AGAINST HEAVY OVERSIGHT, BUT WILL [...] SUMMARY: Portugal disagrees with transferring oversight of the Internet,s domain name and addressing system (DNS) to a newly created multinational organization or the United Nations. However, it will follow the consensus of the European Union. END SUMMARY. 2. POL/ECON Officer delivered reft [...] |
2006-07-10 14:31:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC PT |
| 06MANAGUA2186 |
NICARAGUA: GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM RESPONSE [...] (U) In fiscal years 2005 and 2006, USAID Nicaragua granted more than $800,000 to 14 programs that supported the objectives of the Secretary's Global Internet Freedom Task Force (GIFT). The following provides a brief description of the recipient, project, information technology (IT) component, [...] |
2006-10-03 23:36:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECPS EINT PHUM NU |
| 06MANILA3412 |
PHILIPPINE BROADBAND: NARROWING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE [...] Private companies are partnering with Philippine's network of 5,443 public secondary schools to install computer laboratories by 2010. Over 800 schools have been connected to date, and 200 more will enjoy the benefits of these labs by December, 2006. A USAID program has contributed hardware [...] |
2006-08-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID SOCI APEC RP |
| 06MAPUTO1160 |
MOZAMBIQUE: RESPONSE TO GIFT INFORMATION REQUEST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-12 15:10:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM MZ |
| 06MOSCOW12591 |
RUSSIA: BARRIERS TO BUSINESS: CREDIT, TAXES, AND [...] (SBU) Summary. A recently-released survey of 3,000 business shows a surprising convergence of opinion between small, medium, and large enterprises about what stands in the way of commercial success in Russia. Respondents uniformly identified the high cost of credit, high tax rates, and ineff [...] |
2006-11-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT RS |
| 06NAIROBI3952 |
Information Requested For Secretary's Initiative On Global [...] The GOK generally recognizes the role of information Communication and Technology (ICT) in national development and the need for a national policy that promotes and facilitates private sector investment for the benefit of all Kenyans. The Kenya Communications Act (KCA) 1998 and the GOK's subse [...] |
2006-09-12 14:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM KE |
| 06OSLO775 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED-ICANN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC NO |
| 06OSLO865 |
INTERNET GOVERNANCE-NORWEGIAN RESPONSE [...] (U) On July 10, we received the Norwegian government's response to reftel b points. The response points were presented by Peter Wille, Deputy Director General in the MFA's Section on the World Trade Organization. The text of the points are found at paragraph 2. 2. (U) Begin text. The [...] |
2006-07-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC NO |
| 06PANAMA1753 |
SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-11 15:51:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM PM |
| 06PARIS1007 |
FOLLOW-UP ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE TUNIS AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, 2006 the UNESCO Director General (DG), Koichiro Matsuura, and Assistant Director General (ADG) for Communication and Information, Khan, held an information session for UNESCO's permanent delegations to outline the implications for UNESCO of the World Information [...] |
2006-02-16 15:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO |
| 06PARIS1106 |
IPDC BUREAU UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Oliver spoke with the Ambassador of the Netherlands on February 17, 2006 and confirmed that the Dutch Ambassador still plans to run for the Group I seat on the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Bureau. In the meantime, the Greek Amb [...] |
2006-02-23 06:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO |
| 06PARIS1733 |
UNESCO AND THE WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services and Chair of the Memory of the World Programme International Advisory Committee met with the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector and the Director General (DG) on March 8, 2006 to discuss th [...] |
2006-03-17 17:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO |
| 06PARIS2007 |
UNESCO COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Communication and Information (C and I) Sector of UNESCO held two program council meetings last week - the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Council and the Information for All Programme (IFAP) Council. IPDC members elected a new chair [...] |
2006-03-29 06:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO |
| 06PARIS396 |
UNESCO: AMBASSADOR GROSS MEETS ADG KHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Ambassador David A. Gross met with the UNESCO Assistant Director General for Communication and Information, Abdul Waheed Khan and Director of the Informatio [...] |
2006-01-20 14:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO |
| 06PARIS404 |
USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: TRANSFORMATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: The UNESCO International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC), a UNESCO program established by the United States in the early 1980s to support the free flow of information in developing countries, will hold elections to its bureau in Ma [...] |
2006-01-20 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO |
| 06PARIS431 |
UNESCO AMBASSADORS ON POST WSIS SCENE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communication and Information Policy and U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO Louise V. Oliver met with a select group of UNESCO Ambassadors, including members of the Information for All Programme Council, to exchange view [...] |
2006-01-24 06:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO |
| 06PARIS5461 |
UNESCO STAFF SEE WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY AS EXPANSION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: John Van Oudenaren, Senior Advisor for the Library of Congress (LOC) World Digital Library Initiative (WDL), held an informational meeting with working level UNESCO staff and two separate meetings on June 20 and 21 with staff from the UNESCO Director-General's (DG) office. Eliz [...] |
2006-08-11 15:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO AINF APER BBSR SCUL AINT EINT TINT KPAO |
| 06PARIS5563 |
UNESCO: ADG KHAN ON WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. John Van Oudenaren of the Library of Congress (LOC) met with UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information Abdul Waheed Khan and staffer for Digital Libraries, Abdelaziz Abid to discuss UNESCO's cooperation on the World Digital Library (WDL). Khan, like o [...] |
2006-08-18 08:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO AINF APER BBSR SCUL AINT EINT TINT KPAO |
| 06PARIS574 |
USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: NEW INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission has obtained new information on possible Dutch and Greek candidacies for the International Program for the Development of Communication Bureau (IPDC). Mission has learned that although the Dutch have given 2 million USD to the program over the pa [...] |
2006-01-30 12:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO |
| 06PARIS5764 |
UNESCO: DISCUSSION OF WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY WITH UNESCO [...] (U) SUMMARY. On Wednesday June 21, Ambassador Oliver hosted a luncheon with selected UNESCO Ambassadors for John Van Oudenaren of the Library of Congress (LOC) to introduce the concept of the World Digital Library (WDL). With Van Oudenaren, the Ambassadors discussed the possibilities of the [...] |
2006-08-29 05:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO AINF APER BBSR SCUL AINT EINT TINT KPAO |
| 06PARIS655 |
USUNESCO: AMBASSADOR GROSS MEETS DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO, Louise V. Oliver met with UNESCO's Director General Koichiro Matsuura and Assistant Director Gener [...] |
2006-02-01 12:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KPAO ECPS ETRD EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO |
| 06PORTLOUIS722 |
MAURITIUS - NOVEMBER ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] Mauritius joined the East Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy), the fiber-optic undersea cable which will connect more than 20 African nations from South Africa to Sudan, as part of a wider plan to turn the country into a key Indian Ocean IT hub. The GOM Minister of Information Technology and [...] |
2006-11-29 13:09:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV PINR MP |
| 06QUITO2305 |
USAID GIFT PROJECTS IN ECUADOR [...] (U) In response to reftel, Post submits the following program information, supplied by USAID Ecuador: A. Project name: Rural Telecenters Recipient: World Council of Credit Unions and Credit Unions in Ecuador Project description: Through providing technical assistance and financial sup [...] |
2006-09-15 19:03:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EINT ECPS EC |
| 06RABAT1801 |
MOROCCO MACROECONOMIC UPDATE AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) This message provides an update on Morocco's macroeconomic situation, together with other highlights of recent economic developments, including: A. Altadis's purchase of the remaining 20 percent of the National Tobacco Monopoly. B. The creation of a new fund (Oleo Capital) to support t [...] |
2006-09-27 15:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB EAIR EINT ECPS KTEX TS |
| 06STOCKHOLM192 |
SWEDISH GOV'T PRESSURES COMPANY TO SHUT DOWN [...] (U) Summary. On February 9 a Swedish internet company shut down a small, right-wing political party website that featured the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons and planned to publish additional ones. The Swedish government, which beforehand had cautioned the company on the danger the image [...] |
2006-02-13 10:02:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER SCUL ECPS EINT PINS PROP KPAO KMDR |
| 06STOCKHOLM196 |
SWEDISH GOV'T PRESSURES COMPANY TO SHUT DOWN [...] (U) Summary. On February 9 a Swedish internet company shut down a small, right-wing political party website that featured the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons and planned to publish additional ones. The Swedish government, which beforehand had cautioned the company on the danger the images [...] |
2006-02-13 13:33:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER SCUL ECPS EINT PINS PROP KPAO KMDR |
| 06STOCKHOLM198 |
SWEDISH GOV'T PRESSURES COMPANY TO SHUT DOWN [...] (U) Summary. On February 9 a Swedish internet company shut down a small, right-wing political party website that featured the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons and planned to publish additional ones. The Swedish government, which beforehand had cautioned the company on the danger the images [...] |
2006-02-13 13:34:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER SCUL ECPS EINT PINS PROP KPAO KMDR |
| 06THEHAGUE1532 |
ICANN: DUTCH DESIRE GREATER INTERNATIONAL CONTROL [...] Econoff delivered ref A and B points July 3 to Wim Rullens, Director for International Affairs, Directorate-General for Energy and Telecom, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Rullens said that the Dutch Embassy in Washington would send a representative to the July 26 public meeting but that the Dut [...] |
2006-07-11 16:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC |
| 06TRIPOLI361 |
LIBYAN ECONOMY AND TRADE OFFICIALS REVIEW BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 11, 2006, Deputy Secretary of Commerce David Sampson, accompanied by DCM met with Taher Sarkez, the Under Secretary of the General People's Committee for Economy and Trade (Economics Ministry). Looking forward, Sarkez hoped that more U.S. companies would register in Li [...] |
2006-07-25 12:23:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC EINT LY |
| 06TRIPOLI563 |
LIBYA: COMMERCIAL ROUND UP, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2006 [...] Sources indicate that the National Oil Corporation (NOC) plans to introduce measures to require foreign companies operating in Libya to offer Libyans salaries equal to those paid to non-Libyans. (Source: NOC, 8/21) 2. Libya and Japan signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation bet [...] |
2006-10-03 12:46:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EIND EINT EINV ENRG EPET |
| 06TRIPOLI569 |
SOUTH KOREAN PM VISITS TRIPOLI TO PROMOTE BILATERAL TRADE [...] (U) South Korean Prime Minister Her Excellency Han Myeong-sook visited Tripoli the week of September 17-21 in association with the "Korean Libyan Business Partnership Conference 2006." The conference was organized by the Korean International Trade Union and the Libyan General Union of Cham [...] |
2006-10-03 15:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP BTIO EINT ETRD TINT TRSY OVIP XI XE KS LY |
| 06TUNIS12 |
TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Following criticism of Tunisia's freedom of information and internet access during its November 2005 hosting of the World Summit on the Information Society, the Chamber of Deputies is debating plans to privatize Tunisia's master internet service provider (ISP) and sole international inte [...] |
2006-01-03 15:50:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EPET EINT ELAB TS |
| 06TUNIS2418 |
TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1 - 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Unemployment Holds Steady at 14.2 Percent B. Tunisia and Morocco Continue Dialogue on Cooperation C. Emirates Lands in Tunisia D. Italy's Benetton Invests in Tunisian Textiles E. T [...] |
2006-09-21 12:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB EAIR EINT ECPS KTEX TS |
| 06VIENNA1685 |
Inviting Input Concerning ICANN's Management [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-10 20:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ETRD EINT ETTC AU |
| 06VIENNA2054 |
Inviting Input Concerning the ICANN's [...] Per ref A instructions, Post followed up with the responsible government authorities and the private sector "Internet Service Providers Austria" (ISPA) about their preparedness to participate in the NTIA's public consultation process. 2. Dr. Christian Singer, head of legal services in the [...] |
2006-07-10 12:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ETRD EINT ETTC AU |
| 06VILNIUS555 |
LITHUANIA CONSIDERING COMMENTS ON ICANN [...] We delivered reftel points June 6 encouraging interested parties to submit comments as part of the National Telecommunications and Information Center's (NTIA) public consultation process on the role of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to the GOL's Communications R [...] |
2006-06-15 13:03:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC LH |
| 06WARSAW363 |
POLAND: Netia (Now P4) Chooses Chinese Firm for 3G [...] (U) According to a recent Netia/P4 press release, Chinese telecoms equipment vendor Huawei won a contract to build third-generation (3G) infrastructure. P4, formerly known as Netia, won a license last year for a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) license. UMTS services are des [...] |
2006-03-03 09:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EINV PL |
| 06YAOUNDE1566 |
CAMEROON: EXXON FEARS EMPLOYEE UNREST IN SALE TO [...] (U) Summary. ExxonMobil representatives told Charge October 11 that they feared their 85 employees in Cameroon might take "illegal action," possibly to include violence, to pressure Exxon to make cash concessions to its employees as part of the pending share sale of Exxon's Africa operations [...] |
2006-10-12 15:10:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT ENRG ELAB ETRD EPET LY CM |
| 06YEREVAN1300 |
USG INTERNET FREEDOM INITIATIVES IN ARMENIA [...] Per reftel request, Embassy Yerevan presents its comprehensive review of usaid internet freedom programs in Armenia: ------------------------ Economic Growth Programs ------------------------ A. Project Name: Competitive Armenia Private Sector (CAPS) Program Recipient: IT companies, I [...] |
2006-09-18 12:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECPS EINT PHUM AM |
| 06ZAGREB1065 |
USAID GIFT PROJECTS IN CROATIA [...] USAID in Croatia has two existing and one planned program, which contribute to the goals of Internet freedom in promoting access to and use of the Internet. 2. Project Name: Local Government Reform Program Recipient: Local and regional governments throughout Croatia Project Description: Us [...] |
2006-09-07 11:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM HR |
| 06ZAGREB1101 |
CORRECTED COPY: USAID GIFT PROJECTS IN CROATIA [...] This message updates and replaces Zagreb 01065. USAID in Croatia has three existing and one planned program, which contribute to the goals of Internet freedom in promoting access to and use of the Internet. 2. Project Name: Local Government Reform Program Recipient: Local and regional gover [...] |
2006-09-13 10:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM HR |
| 07ACCRA2604 |
RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN GHANA [...] (SBU) Summary: Resource nationalism in Ghana has not been a major concern for the extractive industries since the nationalization of mining interests in the 1970s. The policy was reversed in the l980s under the Rawlings administration. Per the 1992 Constitution, mineral resources are the [...] |
2007-12-29 13:26:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT EINV EMIN ENRG GH |
| 07ADDISABABA1348 |
ETHIOPIA: LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 27, Minister of Transportation and Communication Juneidi Sado and State Minister Getachew Mengiste met with Ambassador and poloff to discuss the state of Ethiopia's information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and capacity building. Minister Juneidi sa [...] |
2007-05-03 08:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECPS EINT ET DJ CH SU XW |
| 07ADDISABABA2379 |
ETHIOPIA: GOE INVITATION TO AUGUST 22-24 WORLD [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has invited the USG to attend the 3rd World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR) to be hosted by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in Addis Ababa August 22-24. The conference's theme is "ICT for Development and Prosperity" and will [...] |
2007-07-30 07:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT ET OPDC TINT |
| 07AMMAN3654 |
E-GOVERNMENT: LOTS OF POTENTIAL BUT LITTLE ACTUAL [...] (U) Summary: After years of effort with few results, Jordan launched several e-government projects this summer, including those that will allow businesses to check their tax records online and citizens to review draft legislation. Among the projects in development are an online business tradem [...] |
2007-08-30 10:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT PGOV TINT KMPI JO |
| 07AMMAN4717 |
WIMAX ROLLS OUT IN JORDAN WITH GOAL OF HIGHER BROADBAND [...] (U) Summary: Telecommunications companies Umniah and Batelco Jordan jointly launched Jordan's first WiMAX Internet service (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) on November 12. Service is now available in Amman and Aqaba, with plans to expand to two other cities. A second WiMAX eff [...] |
2007-11-28 09:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECPS EINV TINT JO |
| 07ANKARA49 |
TURKEY'S TELECOM SECTOR - VOIP AND OTHER REGULATION: SLOW [...] SUMMARY: While Turkey's Telecom sector achieved a critical milestone with privatization of Turk Telekom (TT) in early 2006, the six-year old regulatory body Telecom Authority (TK) is still struggling to gain competence and maintain its independence vis a vis still dominant TT and the Ministry [...] |
2007-01-10 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EINV TU |
| 07ANKARA501 |
EXCITEMENT AND FRUSTRATION IN TURKEY'S TELECOM SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh from participation at the annual 3GSM World Conference in Barcelona, participants at a recent telecom sector conference in Istanbul were agog with new visions, technology, and opportunities. Coming back to earth, there was widespread frustration with recently privatized an [...] |
2007-03-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT EINV TU |
| 07ANKARA659 |
TURKEY TELECOM BOARD - VISIT TO FCC MAY 11 [...] Turkish Telecom Board President Tayfun Acarer has informed the Embassy that he would like to visit the FCC on May 11 to have a meeting with the FCC Chairman to build a strong institutional relationship and learn from U.S. experience. Embassy has long supported high-level interaction between t [...] |
2007-03-22 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EINV TU |
| 07ATHENS1385 |
GREECE: RESPONSE TO CUBA AND INTERNET FREEDOM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT PREL ECON TINT CU GR |
| 07BAGHDAD2976 |
INAUGURAL IRAQ ECONOMIC CONTACT GROUP MEETING IN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINT EINV ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 07BAGHDAD3006 |
CORRECTED COPY: INAUGURAL IRAQ ECONOMIC CONTACT [...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Baghdad 02976. Previous transmission sent in error. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On August 21 Economic Minister Charles Ries convened a meeting of senior diplomatic, military, and international institution officials in Baghdad interested in economic issues. EMIN told th [...] |
2007-09-08 11:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINT EINV ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 07BAGHDAD3176 |
UPDATE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] (C) The Iraqis have made additional progress in implementing the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) since post's in-depth reftel. ICI Secretariat head Ahmed Salman (Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih's Chief of Staff (COS)) will be moving to the United States within the month, and the curr [...] |
2007-09-21 13:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINT EINV ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 07BAMAKO1205 |
A HERBICIDE BY ANY OTHER NAME KILLS JUST AS SWEET: [...] SUMMARY: An ongoing legal case brought by U.S. based Dow Chemical Company against a Chinese competitor demonstrates the difficulties posed by trademark infringement and corrupt judicial practices to Western importers in Mali. Dow's product, a herbicide labeled Gallant Super, found itself up [...] |
2007-10-22 15:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 07BANGKOK5325 |
Media Reform in Thailand: The Good, the Not-so-Bad, and the [...] (SBU) Over the last few months, Thailand's interim government has introduced three pieces of important legislation governing media in the country. In August, a new printing bill, nullifying the antiquated 1941 Printing Act, was passed by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) and now awaits e [...] |
2007-10-10 05:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPAO ECPS EINT TH |
| 07BRUSSELS1233 |
BELGIAN STEWPOT: April 11, 2007 [...] (U) American package delivery firm Federal Express was named ?Best Employer? in Belgium for 2007 in March. FedEx's over 800 employees in Belgium lauded the company?s attention to developing the talent of its workers. Employees also expressed appreciation for the company?s ethnic diversity ? [...] |
2007-04-12 13:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT EINV SENV BE |
| 07BRUSSELS1843 |
BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 5, 2007 [...] (U) On May 22, Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt detailed his strategy to improve Belgium's investment climate over the past eight years, and his plans for the coming years in a talk to AmCham members. In addition to prudent macroeconomic fiscal management (balanced budgets, paying down the fed [...] |
2007-06-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT EINV SENV BE |
| 07BRUSSELS2164 |
BELGIAN ECONOMIC STEWPOT: June 25, 2007 [...] (U) Belgium's macro-economic outlook is quite favorable, according to projections released by the Belgian National Bank (central bank). The BNB revised the 2007 GDP growth estimate upward from 2.1 to 2.5 percent, compared with 3.0 percent growth reached in 2006. BNB forecasts 2008 GDP growth [...] |
2007-07-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT EINV SENV BE |
| 07BRUSSELS3241 |
FTC CHAIRMAN MAJORAS REVIEWS MICROSOFT CASE IMPACTS WITH [...] SUMMARY. FTC Chairman Majoras and Ambassador Gray reviewed U.S. and EU competition developments with nine prominent Brussels attorneys on Oct. 19. The group focused on the EU victory in its antitrust case against Microsoft, but also covered pending EU cases against other tech firms. Majoras [...] |
2007-10-26 09:52:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN KIPR ECPS EINT ETRD EINV ECON EUN |
| 07BRUSSELS3391 |
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSES SWEEPING TELECOM REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. The European Commission adopted proposals on November 13, 2007 for a major reform, the so-called E-Communications Framework Review, of the EU's telecommunications regulatory framework. The Commission's goals with the package include promoting competition within [...] |
2007-11-27 09:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECIN EINV EINT ETRD ECON EUN |
| 07BRUSSELS3487 |
BRUSSELS BILAT BREW: December 12, 2007 [...] (U) A study published in October by the Vienna University of Technology ranked Ghent (16) and Brugge (20) as two among the top 20 of European 'Smart Cities'. The survey ranked medium-sized (100,000-500,000 inhabitants) cities in Europe, using a system that evaluated the economy, people, govern [...] |
2007-12-12 07:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT EINV SENV BE CH |
| 07BRUSSELS3509 |
U.S.-EU INFORMATION SOCIETY DIALOGUE REINFORCES ICT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. and EU public and private officials held warm talks December 3-4 on information and communication technology developments and policy cooperation. At this year's Information Society Dialogue on December 4, the U.S. and EU discussed broadband growth, political debates over t [...] |
2007-12-14 14:07:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECIN EINV EINT ETRD ECON EUN |
| 07BRUSSELS790 |
BELGIAN NEWSPAPER GROUP SUES GOOGLE OVER COPYRIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. On February 13, a Belgian court upheld an earlier ruling against Google in a copyright dispute over news article headlines, excerpts, and links on its Google Belgium and Google News Belgium websites. The suit was brought by Copiepresse, a newspaper group representing 17 Belgian [...] |
2007-03-09 12:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT KIPR BE |
| 07BRUSSELS848 |
BELGIUM WILL NOT LEGALIZE INTERNET GAMBLING, FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOB will not legalize internet gambling, at least under the current government. In November 2006 the Belgian Federal Council of Ministers considered draft legislation that would have legalized internet gambling in Belgium (reftel). Current Belgian press reports cite "lega [...] |
2007-03-14 10:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINT PGOV KCRM BE |
| 07CARACAS574 |
CHAVEZ SHADOWS POTUS TOUR, PROMISING AID AND LATIN [...] (SBU) Summary: During Chavez' March 9-13 "shadow tour" of President Bush's Latin American trip, he continued to aggressively push forward his own brand of dollar diplomacy and the "Bolivarian alternative" of regional financing and integration to counter USG initiatives in the region. Chavez [...] |
2007-03-16 12:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EINT VE |
| 07CHENNAI398 |
ANDHRA PRADESH SOFTWARE EXPORTS SOAR; NAIDU FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andhra Pradesh's information technology sector continues to boom, with software exports from the state increasing by almost 50% last year. Despite the growth in IT, politicians of all stripes, including the state's influential former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, are worri [...] |
2007-06-07 11:42:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT EINV PGOV IN |
| 07CHENNAI411 |
HYDERABAD, LIKE BANGALORE, EXPANDS JURISDICTION TO MANAGE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Andhra Pradesh recently announced a plan to expand the limits of the state's capital Hyderabad with eye towards improving management of the city's rapid development. The primary purpose of the project, known as Greater Hyderabad, is to mitigate uneven infrastructure development by [...] |
2007-06-18 10:54:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT EINV PGOV IN |
| 07CHENNAI640 |
CORRUPTION PLAGUES ANDHRA PRADESH'S BIG TICKET SPENDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andhra Pradesh's ruling Congress party has been spending billions of dollars on social programs targeted at the "common man." The spending programs, though politically popular, have led to much talk that Chief Minister YSR Reddy's government is engaged in corruption beyond the [...] |
2007-10-22 11:02:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT EINV PGOV IN |
| 07GUANGZHOU562 |
Guangzhou's Software Industry: Perspectives from a [...] (U) Summary: The development of Guangdong Province's software industry has been a key priority in recent years for China's Ministries of Commerce, Information Industry, and Education, among others. Guangzhou has emerged as a focal point for the establishment of the province's leading software [...] |
2007-05-15 08:59:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINT TSPL CH |
| 07HELSINKI182 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FINNISH COMPUTER SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ware recently received a briefing on computer and Internet security from senior officials at F-Secure, known internationally as a reliable antivirus provider and Finland,s foremost computer security company. A protector of critical infrastructure worldwide, F-Secure [...] |
2007-03-14 10:53:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT PINR BEXP FI |
| 07ISLAMABAD4302 |
TERADATA: AMERICAN COMPANY WITH PAKISTANI TIES GOES [...] (SBU) A/DCM and Economic Officers watched (via satellite feed) American company NCR spin off its new subsidiary Teradata into a stand-alone company by ringing the New York Stock Exchange opening bell on October 1. The new Managing Director of Teradata, Khuram Rahat (also the former Managing Di [...] |
2007-10-04 11:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL EINV EIND EINT PK |
| 07KINGSTON640 |
JAMAICA: REQUEST TO RECONSIDER COMMERCIAL SERVICE [...] Summary: (SBU) Post would like to add its voice to the chorus from the English-speaking Caribbean (refs. A,B) respectfully requesting that the Commercial Service reconsider its proposal to close its office in Kingston, Jamaica. Our concerns mirror those from our regional counterparts: -- T [...] |
2007-05-02 20:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL |
| 07KUWAIT1036 |
KUWAITI BLOGS AND OTHER INTERNET TRENDS [...] (U) Summary and comment: Like young people elsewhere around the world, the daily lives of Kuwait's youth often center around friends, music, and movies. Internet trends in Kuwait reflect these priorities as social networking, instant messaging, and music and video websites are often the most [...] |
2007-07-02 08:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT KPAO ENRG ECON PGOV ETRD KIPR KU |
| 07KUWAIT449 |
KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Amb. David A. Gross. U.S. Coordinator for International Communications & Information Policy and Alan Gibbs, State/EEB/CIP, to travel to Kuwait City. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for I [...] |
2007-03-28 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETTC AMGT APER OTRA |
| 07KYIV1205 |
UKRAINE: MICROSOFT AND GOU GO AFTER SOFTWARE PIRATES [...] Summary: A local Kyiv court sentenced a convicted distributor of pirated software on May 7 to one year and one month imprisonment. Although the judge then suspended the prison term, the severity of the sentence attracted significant media attention. The case is part of an invigorated campaign [...] |
2007-05-22 06:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EINT UP |
| 07KYIV1595 |
UKRAINE'S UKRTELECOM: NOT THE DINOSAUR IT APPEARS TO BE? [...] (SBU) Summary. Georgiy Dzekon, Chairman of the Board of Ukraine's state-owned telecommunications provider, Ukrtelecom, charged that the State Property Fund's (SPF) attempt to sell 1% of Ukrtelecom stock in a trial run was counterproductive, noting that any money raised would not go back to bo [...] |
2007-07-03 09:47:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON BEXP EINT UP |
| 07KYIV2889 |
UKRAINE: UKRTELECOM LAUNCHES 3G MOBILE PHONE SERVICE [...] (SBU) On November 14 EconOffs met with representatives of state fixed-line monopoly Ukrtelecom to discuss the November 1 roll out of its 3G (third generation) communication services in six major cities under the U'tel trademark. Igor Syrotenko, Ukrtelecom's Deputy Chairman for Marketing and S [...] |
2007-11-26 12:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS BEXP EINT UP |
| 07LIBREVILLE81 |
MAROC TELECOM TAKES GABON TELECOM [...] Summary: On February 9, 2007, the Government of Gabon awarded Maroc Telecom a 51 stake in Gabon Telecom for approximately USD 78 million. (The French company Vivendi owns 51 of Maroc Telecom.) This concludes the privatization process of Gabon Telecom, which originally began in 2003 and which [...] |
2007-02-14 10:46:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EINT ECPS ECON EFIN GB |
| 07LUANDA104 |
DAS CAROL THOMPSON MEETING ANGOLAN VICE FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 29, 2007, visiting AF DAS Carol Thompson received GRA thanks for the disaster relief assistance provided to Angola by the United States following the recent flooding and noted the positive contribution of the 2005 MEDFLAG Exercise. Thompson reiterated USG interest in [...] |
2007-02-02 11:04:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD EINT EAID TBIO AO |
| 07LUANDA615 |
SPECIAL AGENT STEEN MEETS WITH ANGOLAN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Secret Service Special Agent William Steen conducted training in recognizing counterfeit currency at Embassy Luanda and met with representatives of the Angolan Central Bank Exchange Reserves Department to discuss training in currency recognition. While recent changes in th [...] |
2007-06-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINT ECON AO |
| 07MADRID2250 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER [...] (SBU) The Ambassador spoke on December 10 to the Circulo de Confianza, a blue-chip collection of important businessmen that also includes a few politicians and government officials. The Circulo meets periodically for off-the-record conversations with prominent individuals. Spaniards have a t [...] |
2007-12-14 17:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EAGR ECON EIND EINT EINV ENRG KIPR KNNP |
| 07MANILA3153 |
USTR Focuses on Broadcasting and Medicines [...] (SBU) Summary. Director for Southeast Asia and Pacific Affairs David Katz and Director of the Office of Innovation Rachel Bae, both from the office of the U.S. Trade Representative, discussed bilateral trade issues in Manila on September 3-4. The two major issues discussed were cable televisi [...] |
2007-09-18 05:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EINT RP |
| 07MINSK831 |
IPR PROTECTION FOR SOFTWARE: AROUND THE BEND? [...] (C) A Minsk conference highlighted the need for improved IPR protection for software in Belarus. Despite reasonable legislation, piracy rates for software remain above 80 percent. Previously the small size of the Belarusian market meant little pressure to improve enforcement, but the industr [...] |
2007-10-01 13:54:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR EINT PGOV SCUL BO |
| 07MONTERREY122 |
COMMERCIALIZING MONTERREY'S PRIVATE AIRPORT: A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With an influx of new airlines, Monterrey's International Airport has built new passenger and cargo terminals in a bid to become a regional and international aviation hub. However, this expansion may be limited by Monterrey's high aviation fees and limited number of runways. [...] |
2007-02-16 00:21:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINT BTIO MX |
| 07MOSCOW1148 |
DUBNA: HIGH HOPES FOR SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EST and ECON officers March 1 visited the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Dubna, home of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR). According to SEZ and JINR representatives, government sources will spend $300 million over five years creating the infrastructure for the SEZ, [...] |
2007-03-16 15:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL ECON EINT ETRD TNGD RS |
| 07MOSCOW1904 |
RUSSIA: INVITATION TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXPO [...] On April 24 Yekaterina Slizkova, Deputy Chief of the Section for International Cooperation of the Ministry for Information Technologies and Communications (MinInformSvyazi), extended an invitation from Minister Leonid Reyman to Commerce Secretary Gutierrez to attend the October 25-27 InfoCom t [...] |
2007-04-25 10:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINT ETRD RS |
| 07MOSCOW2206 |
RUSSIA: COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The information and communications technology sector is the most vibrant in the Russian economy, demonstrating double digit growth year to year since 2000 and contributing more than five percent to total GDP in 2006. Despite the prospect of surging expansion of the IT sector base [...] |
2007-05-14 03:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON EFIN EINT ETTC PGOV PINR PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW3339 |
Moscow Wi-Fi: Hotspots Amid an Internet Trend [...] SUMMARY: Internet in Russia is slowly gaining ground across the country, albeit impeded by limited provision of broadband service and lack of personal computers. Wireless and high-speed Internet is taking hold in larger cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg. Wi-Fi hotspots are increasingly [...] |
2007-07-09 11:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT ECPS ECON TINT RS |
| 07MOSCOW3530 |
RUSSIA: KAZAN FAIR VENTURES INTO INVESTMENT ARENA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tatarstan recently hosted a Regional Venture Fair in the historic city of Kazan to showcase the development of local innovative enterprises. The impressive array of high technology companies at the fair and at the regional technopark contrasted with the decaying condition of th [...] |
2007-07-19 08:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT RS TNGD |
| 07MOSCOW645 |
MOSCOW FORUM OFFERS INNOVATION CORNUCOPIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Moscow's Seventh International Salon of Innovations and Investments, February 5-8, offered a cornucopia of products, services and financial programs for the developing innovation economy. In contrast to last year's Salon (REFTEL), there were significantly more exhibitors, and the [...] |
2007-02-14 12:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINT ETRD TNGD TSPL IR RS |
| 07MUSCAT357 |
INTERNET TRIAL REINFORCES ONLINE CHILL [...] (C) Online discussion in Oman remains muted in the wake of the November 2006 closure of the Sultanate's most popular online forum, "Al-Sablah." In early 2007, the site's founder and nine colleagues were tried on charges including violations of Oman's press and communications laws. Although a [...] |
2007-04-11 11:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | OIIP KPAO KMDR EINT PHUM MU |
| 07MUSCAT443 |
NOT-SO-FREE EXPRESSION IN OMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of March's mixed verdict in the trial of leaders of Oman's popular Al-Sablah discussion forum (Ref A), post has been gathering impressions on the state of free expression in the Sultanate. Two recent meetings, the first with Al-Sablah's founder and the second with th [...] |
2007-05-07 05:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | OIIP KPAO KMDR EINT PHUM MU |
| 07NICOSIA551 |
CYPRUS ALSO CONCERNED WITH INTERNET FREEDOM IN CUBA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-02 05:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT PREL ECON TINT CU XL XG CY |
| 07OTTAWA1359 |
CANADA'S RESPONSE TO INTERNET FREEDOM RESTRICTIONS IN CUBA [...] Summary: Embassy Ottawa delivered information regarding the lack of internet freedom in Cuba to Foreign Affairs Canada's Cuba desk on July 6. Canadian officials expressed concern for Cubans' lack of internet access and reassured us that they place no credibility in Cuban claims that this is d [...] |
2007-07-13 16:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT PREL ECON TINT CU CA XL XG |
| 07PRAGUE789 |
CUBANS WILL SOON HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AT [...] (C) Poloff met with Czech MFA Director of the Transformation Cooperation Unit Gabriela Dlouha to discuss Internet access in Cuba and deliver reftel. Dlouha said that after a year and a half of trying to get the necessary hardware onto the island, the Czech mission in Havana has finally succeed [...] |
2007-06-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINT ECON TINT CU XL XG EZ |
| 07RABAT423 |
MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS; FEBRUARY 2007 [...] (U) The following is a round-up of recent economic developments of note in Morocco: 2. (U) Money Laundering Law Advances: Morocco's long-delayed anti-money laundering/counter terrorism finance statute was unanimously approved by members of the Justice, Legislation and Human Rights Committee [...] |
2007-03-05 16:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ECPS EINT ELAB ETRD KTEX MO |
| 07ROME1493 |
CUBA AND INTERNET FREEDOM [...] (C) Poloff raised reftel points with MFA Caribbean and Central America Office Director Michele Pala on July 9. He also provided detailed background information and urged that the GOI look for opportunities to help expand internet access for Cuban civil society. 2. (C) Pala said that Ital [...] |
2007-07-09 11:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ECON EINT PREL TINT XG XL IT |
| 07SANTODOMINGO1049 |
JAMAICA: REQUEST TO RECONSIDER COMMERCIAL SERVICE [...] //// PLEASE CANCEL THIS TELEGRAM. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY SANTO DOMINGO 1050 REPEAT 1050 - That, for population size, the region represents a significant and growing market for U.S. exports. - The vagaries of inter-island travel will make regional coverage less than optimal. - Without [...] |
2007-05-03 19:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL DR |
| 07SANTODOMINGO1050 |
CORRECTED COPY - SANTO DOMINGO: REQUEST TO [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Santo Domingo concurs fully with issues raised in Refs A, B, C, and we urge Commerce's reconsideration of its proposal to close its offices in the listed countries. - That, for population size, the region represents a significant and growing market for U.S. exports. - Th [...] |
2007-05-03 20:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL DR |
| 07SHENYANG251 |
EXCESS DOMESTIC DEMAND DRIVES CHINA'S GRAIN MARKET [...] (C) Summary. China will not allow any exports of corn or soybeans during 2008 and will radically curtail wheat exports, according to Wang Haisheng, Director of state-owned Jilin Grain Group and General Manager of Jilin Grain Group Export and Import Company. Wang,s company, which accounts for [...] |
2007-12-26 07:37:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAGR ECON EIND EINT ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV |
| 07SINGAPORE1407 |
MEDIA EXCLUSIVITY AGREEMENTS: MINISTER SAYS NO TO [...] (U) In a move applauded by U.S. industry, Singapore's Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) announced on July 27 that he had rejected SingTel's appeal to further regulate exclusive carriage agreements between media content/channel providers and Singapore's Pay-TV operato [...] |
2007-07-30 08:44:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT ECON ETRD EINV SN |
| 07SINGAPORE1736 |
LEGAL THREATS AGAINST DOWNLOADERS PROVOKE ANIMATED [...] (U) Summary: Recent events involving local anime (Japanese animation) distributor Odex highlight that Singapore is still struggling with certain facets of promoting and protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). Following a difficult enforcement campaign, Odex announced September 5 it wo [...] |
2007-09-19 08:32:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECPS EINT ECON ETRD EINV SN |
| 07SINGAPORE654 |
SINGAPORE UPDATING MEDIA MARKET CONDUCT CODE [...] Singapore's Media Development Authority (MDA) plans to extend its regulatory reach beyond traditional broadcasting and print media to encompass new and emerging technologies that are redefining the wider info-communications sector. The proposed changes are part of MDA's first triennial review [...] |
2007-04-02 09:09:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT ECON ETRD EINV SN |
| 07TAIPEI1812 |
WILL LABOR SHORTAGES HURT TAIWAN'S TECH SECTOR? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the latest attempt to forestall a predicted shortage of skilled labor that could disproportionately affect Taiwan's high technology industries, the Executive Yuan recently approved measures to attract more foreign professionals to Taiwan. The measures provide tax and non-tax [...] |
2007-08-10 06:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT ELAB ETRD TW CH |
| 07THEHAGUE1372 |
CUBA AND INTERNET FREEDOM: DUTCH CONCUR WITH USG [...] Econoff delivered on July 10 reftel points regarding the Cuban government's role in the poor state of Cuban internet access to Wim Rullens of the Coordination, Strategy, and International Affairs Directorate, Directorate General for Energy and Telecom, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. 2 [...] |
2007-07-19 14:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT PREL ECON TINT CU NL |
| 07TUNIS119 |
TELECOM MINISTER SINGS PRAISES OF PRIVATIZATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador's January 23 courtesy call, Minister for Communications Technology Montasser Ouaili expressed enthusiasm for increasing US investment in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, allowing more competition, and for the full privatization of par [...] |
2007-01-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EINT EINV BEXP OEXC TS |
| 07TUNIS120 |
US COMPANIES BEMOAN COMPLEX REGULATIONS, BUT ARE [...] (U) During a January roundtable hosted by Ambassador, representatives of US companies in Tunisia highlighted a wide range of issues related to doing business in Tunisia. Common complaints included Tunisia's complex regulatory environment, excessive restrictions on importation, and poor telecom [...] |
2007-01-26 14:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD EINV ECPS EINT KIPR TS |
| 07WARSAW1117 |
Polish On-line Consumers: Promising Growing Market [...] With high speed internet access becoming ever more common in Poland, the proportion of those with access making purchases increasing, and buyers overwhelmingly reporting positive online experiences, it comes as no surprise that the Polish consumer online market is doing well. U.S. companies s [...] |
2007-05-15 08:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINT EINV PL |
| 07WARSAW1493 |
Polish consumer e-commerce: Considerations for new [...] Leading Polish internet players have a recipe for success in the Polish and other central European internet markets. New entrants following the lead of these players should consider online infrastructure, logistics, consumer market characteristics and online consumer behavior when making the [...] |
2007-06-28 14:40:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINT EINV PL |
| 07WARSAW688 |
POLAND: COMPETITION INCREASING IN TELCOM SECTOR [...] Competition in Poland's telecommunications sector is increasing rapidly due to the strong new policies of the telcom regulator. By forcing the monopoly telcom company, TPSA, to lease its lines to other telcom providers, consumers finally can choose which voice and internet services they use. [...] |
2007-03-20 15:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT PL |
| 07WARSAW735 |
Polish e-commerce: Challenges, but Solid Fundamentals. [...] Poland's e-commerce sector appears to be doing well although some challenges remain in the level of internet access, business IT investment, and government e-commerce initiatives. The business-to-consumer segment of the market has already reached 4 billion zloty ($1.4 billion) annually, while [...] |
2007-03-26 08:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINT EINV PL |
| 08ACCRA1611 |
GHANA'S NUCLEAR ENERGY AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable reports on Ghana,s current civilian uses of atomic technology and their plans to become a nuclear power producer (response to REF A). Ghanaian atomic science research is established institutionally, but at a low level of technical sophistication. Ghana,s atomic scien [...] |
2008-12-24 07:57:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINT TRGY TBIO EINV BEXP BTIO GH |
| 08ACCRA1612 |
GHANA'S NUCLEAR ENERGY AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable reports on Ghana,s current civilian uses of atomic technology and their plans to become a nuclear power producer (response to REF A). Ghanaian atomic science research is established institutionally, but at a low level of technical sophistication. Ghana,s atomic scien [...] |
2008-12-24 07:58:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINT TRGY TBIO EINV BEXP BTIO GH |
| 08AMMAN2782 |
BROADBAND COMPETITION STILL SLUGGISH BUT FUTURE CAPACITY [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 21% of Jordanians use the internet but only 3% of the population subscribes to an internet service. Jordan is currently served by 20 internet service providers (ISPs) which resell service from Jordan Telecom Group/Orange (JTG). Jordan's broadband service remains expe [...] |
2008-10-05 05:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT EINV TINT JO |
| 08AMMAN3368 |
IPR PIRACY AND ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN THREATEN GROWTH AND [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's Information Technology (IT) sector grew 15% in 2007, but 2008 statistics, when released, are expected to reflect a decline because of the worldwide economic slowdown. Nevertheless, for a country which lacks natural resources, but has an abundance of educated human capital [...] |
2008-12-23 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT ETRD KIPR JO |
| 08AMMAN655 |
DOMESTIC IT SECTOR GROWS DESPITE LURE OF DUBAI [...] (U) Summary: The Jordanian information technology (IT) sector grew an estimated 25 percent in 2007, and is exploiting strong technical, entrepreneurial and Arabic cultural awareness skills. A growing mobile and broadband internet telecommunications sector is a strong complement, and the govern [...] |
2008-03-02 06:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT EINV TINT JO |
| 08ANKARA1687 |
TURKEY: EMBASSY SUPPORT OF GE REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary. General Electric (GE) Turkey Managing Director Kursat Ozkan informed us September 4 that GE sent a formal request to GOT to postpone the deadline for bids for Turkey's first civilian nuclear power plant from September 24, 2008 to March 1, 2009 due to lack of project risk infor [...] |
2008-09-22 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ENIV ENRG TU |
| 08ANKARA984 |
CUBA: REVIEW OF TURKEY FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's relations with Cuba are limited, and its investment on the island is nonexistent. The two countries conduct a yearly Joint Economic Commission (JEC) meeting, chaired in March in Ankara by Cuba's Minister for Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Investment and Turkey's [...] |
2008-05-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC EINT PREL TU CU |
| 08ASHGABAT692 |
FOLLOW-UP TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] Per reftel request, the Embassy on April 30, 2008 conveyed to Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs a diplomatic note regarding USTDA's plan to organize a follow-up conference in September 2008 in Baku, Azerbaijan to the April 2007 Central and South Asia Regional Telecommunications Policy [...] |
2008-05-30 10:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EINT ETRD TX |
| 08BAGHDAD1023 |
IRAQ'S PRIVATE-SECTOR TELECOMS FIRMS FORGE AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's private-sector led mobile and wireless telecommunications markets are developing apace. The Kurdistan-based, Barzani family-affiliated Korek Telecom recently concluded an interconnection agreement with Zain, the Kuwaiti-backed leading nationwide operator. The agreement ma [...] |
2008-04-03 09:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT ECPS |
| 08BAGHDAD1291 |
ACTING COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER SHOWS LITTLE [...] SUMMARY: (C) Acting Minister of Communications (and fulltime Minister of Youth and Sport) Jasim Mohammed Jafar (UIA/Iraqi Turkomen Front) told Econoffs April 21 that he planned to continue in his current roles at least until August 2008. Jafar said he did not think Prime Minister Nuri al-Mali [...] |
2008-04-25 18:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EINT |
| 08BAGHDAD1366 |
REPORTS OF ZAIN'S IMMINENT DEMISE ARE GREATLY [...] (C//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Several former USG officials and some non-mainstream media reports have claimed that Zain, Iraq's leading mobile telecommunications operator, risks the collapse of its network infrastructure on May 14, 2008, if it fails to conclude negotiations with its private security [...] |
2008-05-02 19:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EINT |
| 08BAGHDAD2399 |
NEW COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER SOUNDS BOTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In our first meeting with him July 30, the GOI's new Minister of Communications, Farouk Abdel Qadir Abdel Rahman (Tawafuq/IIP), told EMIN of his vision for the Ministry. Abdel Rahman, who was confirmed last week with the other Tawafuq additions to the GOI (reftel A), told EMIN he [...] |
2008-07-31 15:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON EINT |
| 08BAGHDAD2452 |
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS SEEKS GREATER CONTROL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraq Ministry of Communications (MoC) awarded contracts to several little known telecommunications firms to build and operate MoC-owned international gateways and provide international carrier services to Iraq's licensed Global System Mobile (GSM) and Wireless Local Loop (WLL) [...] |
2008-08-05 12:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECPS ECON EINT |
| 08BAGHDAD2889 |
IRAQ MINISTRY CIO PHASE ONE TRAINING A SUCCESS [...] A two-week intensive Chief Information Officer training workshop held in Erbil, Iraq, 18 - 28 August has been completed successfully. Twenty-eight CIOs and information technology (IT) managers from across the Government of Iraq (GOI) attended the Iraq Transition Assistance Office (ITAO)-funded [...] |
2008-09-07 15:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT KGIT KWIR PGOV TINT TSPL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3330 |
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS ON MOSUL RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Communications Farouk Abdul-Rahman claims to have spent all of the USD 100 million provided by the Central Government for reconstruction in Mosul. He said that Provincial Government budget-execution lags behind, and he has asked Prime Minister Maliki to reassign some [...] |
2008-10-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID ECPS EINT EINV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3331 |
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS ON MOSUL RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Communications Farouk Abdul-Rahman claims to have spent all of the USD 100 million provided by the Central Government for reconstruction in Mosul. He said that Provincial Government budget-execution lags behind, and he has asked Prime Minister Maliki to reassign some [...] |
2008-10-16 10:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID ECPS EINT EINV IZ |
| 08BAKU352 |
AZERBAIJAN'S COORDINATION COUNCIL CREATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies (MCIT) Coordination Council has sparked allegations of censoring information on the internet. The MCIT's Head of Internet, Services and Development Department Gulmammadov clarified that the Council serves as MCIT Ministe [...] |
2008-04-10 13:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM EINT KPAO AJ |
| 08BAKU729 |
BOEING TO SELL ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 4, Boeing Regional Sales Director Serdar Gurz, visiting from London, reported a successful upgrade of Azerbaijan Airlines's (AZAL's) aircraft order from a total of five aircraft (three 787s and two 737-900s) to a total of eight aircraft: two 787s, two 767-300ERs, and fou [...] |
2008-08-05 04:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT EAIR AZ TX |
| 08BAKU741 |
SOCAR EXPLAINS AZERBAIJAN-TURKMENISTAN OIL AND GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: SOCAR's Vice President told Embassy officers that the September 9-10 Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan joint oil and gas conference will be light on debate and heavy on official presentations, much like former Soviet exhibitions. This format, Azerbaijan believes, will ensure Turkmenista [...] |
2008-08-07 04:28:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EINT PREL AZ TX TU |
| 08BAKU765 |
AZERBAIJAN OIL & GAS EXPORT WOES: BAKU-SUPSA, SCP [...] (C) BP External Affairs and Policy Forum Manager Seymour Khalilov briefed Embassy officers August 12 on developments in oil and gas production and transport in light of fire damage to the BTC pipeline and the Russia-Georgia conflict over South Ossetia. Khalilov confirmed that the BTC fire was [...] |
2008-08-13 04:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINT PREL AZ TU |
| 08BAKU787 |
AZERBAIJAN'S SOCAR: OIL & GAS TRANSIT THROUGH [...] (C) Embassy officers met August 20 with State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) Deputy Vice President Vitaliy Baylarbayov to discuss oil and gas production and transport in light of the ongoing security crisis in Georgia. Baylarbayov offered the following observations on specific export routes [...] |
2008-08-21 04:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINT PREL AZ TX TU |
| 08BAKU815 |
BP BRIEFS SENATOR LUGAR ON CASPIAN ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: The Russia-Georgia conflict, according to BP, may be forcing Azerbaijan to re-examine needs for regional stability and security, perhaps with leaders concluding that a large foreign presence in Azerbaijan and the region is necessary to create an environment of greater security, predict [...] |
2008-08-28 08:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINT PREL AJ TX TU GG |
| 08BAMAKO243 |
DOW CHEMICALS V. CHINA: A WEST AFRICAN IPR CASE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-07 08:18:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 08BEIJING608 |
BLOGPOWER: CHINA'S GOVERNMENT FEELS PRESSURE FROM [...] (C) In 2007 Chinese bloggers grew increasingly bold in questioning government authority, according to several Post sources in media and academia. Censors, our contacts tell us, simply cannot keep up with China's rapidly growing blogger community, which now numbers 17 million. For example, wh [...] |
2008-02-20 10:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCUL PROP SOCI EINT CH |
| 08BEIJING648 |
BAIDU CEO DENIES HIJACKING OF RIVAL SEARCH ENGINE [...] (C) Contrary to popular Chinese perception, China's top search engine, Baidu.com does not enjoy a special relationship with the PRC Government, company founder Li Yanhong told Poloff in a recent meeting. However, Li said, Baidu does engage in extensive self censorship of Internet searches but [...] |
2008-02-22 10:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PROP SOCI EINT CH |
| 08BEIRUT1476 |
LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTER ENTHUSIASTIC ON [...] (SBU) In an October 9 meeting with Commerce A/S Israel Hernandez and the Ambassador, Minister of Telecommunications Gebran Bassil inquired about the status of the two missing American journalists and talked about the significance of the case for Lebanon. He was enthusiastic about the Embassy [...] |
2008-10-14 16:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ECPS EINT EAID BEXP LE |
| 08BELGRADE952 |
SERBIA: RESPONSE ON ENHANCING LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION [...] Per reftel instructions, we spoke with Kristina Milosavljevic, OSCE and COE Department Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention, which Serbia has signed but not ratified. Milosavljevic noted that the new Serbian government had a long list o [...] |
2008-09-12 06:52:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SR |
| 08BELGRADE955 |
SERBIA: RESPONSE ON ENHANCING LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION [...] Per reftel instructions, we spoke with Kristina Milosavljevic, OSCE and COE Department Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention, which Serbia has signed but not ratified. Milosavljevic noted that the new Serbian government had a long list o [...] |
2008-09-12 08:43:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SR |
| 08BRASILIA1332 |
Growth Trends in Brazilian Telecommunications [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian Ministry of Communications (MOC) staff noted in a recent meeting that information technology use has increased by 40% over 2006 in the mobile service sector, by 35% in the internet service sector and by 30% in the pay TV service sector. The MOC also confirmed the rumo [...] |
2008-10-08 14:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT MARR PINR TINT TSPA BR |
| 08BRASILIA760 |
BRAZIL: MEETING WITH SENATE PEDOPHILIA [...] Summary. Ambassador, Resident Legal Adviser, DHS/ICE Attache, and Poloff met on May 13 with the Chairman of the Brazilian Senate's Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry (CPI) into Pedophilia and two law enforcement officials to discuss U.S. laws to protect children, prosecute sex offenders, and [...] |
2008-06-05 14:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT SOCI TINT KCRM KJUS PHUM BR |
| 08BRUSSELS1449 |
SCENESETTER FR 2008 U.S.-EU INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This yearQs annual U.S.-EU Information Society Dialogue (ISD) talks, on September 26, come after a busy period in Europe, with the European Parliament voting on a final scaled-back telecom reform package, the EU calling for negotiations to update the WTO Information Technol [...] |
2008-09-18 15:18:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECIN EINV EINT ETRD ECON EUN |
| 08BUCHAREST560 |
ROMANIA: U.S. COMPANIES ENGAGE ON CYBER CRIME [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of an initiative spearheaded by eBay, representatives of several American financial services, software, and e-business companies visited Bucharest on June 10th and 11th, 2008 to discuss ways to enhance existing cooperation with the Romanian authorities in combating finan [...] |
2008-07-11 14:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KCRM KIPR RO |
| 08BUENOSAIRES1362 |
(C) ARGENTINE MEDIA MAGNATE ON MEDIA LAW, AND THE [...] (C) Summary. Jose Aranda, Vice Chairman of the media conglomerate Clarin Group, told Charge that the GOA's attempt to promote a new Media Law (ref B) was likely on hold for several months, given GOA's more pressing priorities and a weakened position in the GOA Congress. He cited Clarin's "sol [...] |
2008-10-02 21:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ECPS PREL KPAO KMDR EINT AR |
| 08BUENOSAIRES82 |
Telecom and ATSC in Argentina: The Visit of Ambassador [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, and Jamie Estrada, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Manufacturing and Services for the Department of Commerce, visited Argentina on January 17. The visitors were unable to meet with Go [...] |
2008-01-24 17:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EINT ECPS OVIP TSPL AR |
| 08CASABLANCA224 |
SCANDAL AT THE CASABLANCA STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Morocco Council for the Code of Ethics in Securities Markets, (CDVM) moved decisively the week of 17 November to address a simmering scandal at the Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE), recommending to the Minister of Finance that the Exchange,s entire leadership be dismissed for [...] |
2008-11-26 17:06:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT MO PGOV |
| 08CASABLANCA235 |
DIFFICULTIES IN MOROCCO'S MICROCREDIT SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Bank of Morocco and the National Federation of Microcredit Associations (FNAM) moved decisively the week of 8 December to address difficulties in Morocco's microcredit industry, recommending that a national credit bureau be established. The Central Bank reported tha [...] |
2008-12-15 17:13:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT MO PGOV |
| 08CHENNAI133 |
RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA: FROM CATTLE HERDING TO DATA [...] SUMMARY: Local government and non-governmental organizations have established innovative rural development initiatives in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. An entrepreneurial district administrator has used pre-existing development funds to establish India's first-ever rural business pro [...] |
2008-04-11 07:37:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINT EIND PGOV PHUM PTER IN |
| 08COTONOU111 |
TELECOMS: LACK OF ELECTRICITY AND BANDWIDTH [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-19 06:14:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT BN |
| 08FREETOWN71 |
TELECOMMUNICATION IN SIERRA LEONE: MYOPIC POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-25 15:20:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECPS EINT SL |
| 08GUANGZHOU173 |
GUANGZHOU GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION - HARD TO SEE, EVEN HARDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of China researchers estimates that corruption has cost the Chinese economy about RMB 3 billion (USD 420 million) each year between 1980 to 2002, and private sector contacts say the problem is "absolutely endemic" in Guangzhou. There have been some high-profile convictions [...] |
2008-03-26 07:45:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI ECON EFIN EIND EINT CH |
| 08GUANGZHOU285 |
GUANGDONG COURTS ALIBABA TO BE THE CANTON TRADE FAIR THAT [...] (SBU) Summary: After heavy lobbying from Guangdong's Party Secretary, E-commerce giant Alibaba, the largest B2B portal in China, recently announced it would set up its South China regional headquarters in Guangzhou, an investment that could bolster the province's efforts to upgrade local indust [...] |
2008-05-16 08:44:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECON PGOV CH |
| 08GUANGZHOU292 |
"NETIZENS" HAVE THE GUANGDONG GOVERNMENT'S EAR [...] (SBU) Summary: If the Party Secretary can take the time to surf the web for ideas and useful policy proposals, so can you. That's the message from Guangdong Party Secretary Wang Yang to his subordinates, following a recent highly publicized meeting with 26 prominent south China "netizens" (act [...] |
2008-05-23 08:54:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECON PGOV CH |
| 08HANOI1264 |
AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT VIETNAM'S DRAFT PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Information & Communications (MIC) Le Duan Hop on November 6, 2008. The Ambassador expressed concern about the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) draft press law, urged that private sector companies in Vietnam participate in the upcoming 2008 ICT [...] |
2008-11-14 05:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECON TSPL KCOR KPAO SOCI PGOV PHUM PREL TBIO |
| 08HANOI1265 |
VIETNAM'S DISTRIBUTION SECTOR READIES FOR FOREIGNERS [...] (U) Summary. In less than two months, Vietnam will open its distribution and retail sectors to fully foreign-owned firms. Preparations for these important changes have not been problem-free, and both the GVN and the private sector have at times seemed to talk past each other. There is also a v [...] |
2008-11-14 07:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINT KTDB VM |
| 08HANOI1382 |
AUSTR ASSESSMENT: VIETNAM GSP AND LABOR REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: AUSTR Lewis Karesh's December 3-7 visit to Vietnam focused on labor reform, especially freedom of association and collective bargaining, the statutory requirements for GVN to receive GSP status. After a series of frank discussions regarding labor issues, the GVN indicated that [...] |
2008-12-18 10:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ECIN EINT ELAB VM |
| 08HANOI288 |
VIETNAM'S RAPID INTERNET AND IT GROWTH (C-AL8-00160) [...] (SBU) Summary: The Internet is a growing source of news, entertainment, communication and political expression in Vietnam. Internet usage has grown at a rate of 36 percent per year over the past ten years, resulting in nearly 19 million Internet users in Vietnam today - roughly 22 percent of Vi [...] |
2008-03-12 10:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS PINR EINT TINT ECON TSPL PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI |
| 08HAVANA660 |
SURFING THE NET IN HAVANA [...] (SBU) Chief of Mission and spouse (providing technical support) set forth Tuesday afternoon to cruise the internet, Havana-style. Armed with a list of internet centers supplied by the PD section's local staff, COM wanted to check what he had heard from Cuban users of USINT's internet faciliti [...] |
2008-08-14 18:09:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT TINT KDEM KPAO CU |
| 08HELSINKI266 |
FINLAND: HIGH TECH VISIT BY AMBASSADOR GROSS [...] (U) Summary: On a May 22-25 visit to Helsinki, Ambassador David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy met with key government leaders including Finnish Minister of Communications Suvi Linden, and Ambassador Lanispuro, ICT and Information Society Policy [...] |
2008-06-18 08:02:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EIND EINT ETRD BEXP FI |
| 08HOCHIMINHCITY696 |
TURNING HCMC'S HIGH TECH DREAMS INTO REALITY [...] (U) Summary: Despite ongoing concerns about human resources, Vietnam's ICT market, which is now among the fastest growing in the world, is beginning to create opportunities for businesses and investors alike. President Nguyen Minh Triet recently presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for wh [...] |
2008-07-30 10:26:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EIND EINV EINT ETRD KIPR SOCI VM |
| 08ISLAMABAD1101 |
PTA ON THE YOUTUBE BLOCKING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to an informal request from the Department, EconCouns and Econoff met with Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) Chairman Shahzad Alam Malik March 5 to discuss the February 22 blockage of YouTube. Malik explained that the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority ( [...] |
2008-03-12 12:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ECPS EINT KPAO PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD2589 |
TELECOM WORKERS END STRIKE THAT TIED UP LINES AND [...] (U) Communications giant Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (PTCL) has been beset by labor-relations controversies since its privatization in 2005. In the latest chapter, PTCL employees went on a two-week strike, which ended July 30, over the introduction of the Unified Pay Scale (UPS). The [...] |
2008-07-31 13:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ECPS EINT PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD2606 |
TELECOM WORKERS END STRIKE THAT TIED UP LINES AND [...] (U) Communications giant Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (PTCL) has been beset by labor-relations controversies since its privatization in 2005. In the latest chapter, PTCL employees went on a two-week strike, which ended July 30, over the introduction of the Unified Pay Scale (UPS). The [...] |
2008-08-04 10:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ECPS EINT PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD690 |
PAKISTAN TO BEGIN 3G LICENSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has announced that it will begin third-generation (3G) mobile phone licensing this year. Three licenses will be auctioned off, but only the five current mobile phone operators in Pakistan will be permitted to bid. By offering 3G licenses, [...] |
2008-02-16 04:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EIND EINT PREL PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD806 |
PAKISTAN AUTHORITIES BLOCK ACCESS TO "YOUTUBE" [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-25 13:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINT KPAO PK |
| 08ISLAMABAD856 |
PAKISTAN BACKS DOWN FROM "YOUTUBE" BLOCKAGE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-27 14:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECPS ECON EINT KPAO PK |
| 08JAKARTA719 |
C-D18-00223: INDONESIA BLOCKS YOUTUBE, MYSPACE, [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect the business sensitive information in paras 4-5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI beginning April 8 ordered internet service providers in Indonesia to block YouTube, MySpace, and a handful of other websites containing the anti-Is [...] |
2008-04-09 10:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO ECPS EINT ID |
| 08JAKARTA772 |
C-D18-00223: AFTER SHARP OUTCRY, GOI RESTORES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has issued an abject public apology in lifting its order requiring that Internet service providers prevent access to YouTube and a handful of other websites. In taking the action, the GOI was responding to angry complaints from civil society advocates, business leaders [...] |
2008-04-17 09:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO ECPS EINT ID |
| 08JEDDAH521 |
SAUDI BLOGGER/ACTIVIST PREVENTED FROM TRAVEL TO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 10, 2008, Saudi authorities prevented blogger and activist Fouad Al-Farhan from boarding a plane to Beirut where he was scheduled to address an annual (December 10-14) conference on freedom of the press. At a meeting with Consulate Jeddah officers in November, Al- [...] |
2008-12-17 13:01:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET//NOFORN | |