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| 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 | PGOV EINT PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER |
| 08KATHMANDU1310 | NEPAL: IMF/WORLD BANK CONTEMPLATING BUDGET [...] (C) The new Maoist-led Government of Nepal (GON) made a formal request to both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank for budget support during the financial institutions' annual meetings in Washington in October. Neither organization will consider budget support until a new [...] |
2008-12-24 07:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN EINT EINV ELAB EIND NP |
| 08KHARTOUM1003 | U.S. HOST BLOCKS SUDATEL INTERNET DOMAIN NAME [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 4. 2. (SBU) In meetings with CDA Fernandez on July 6, Presidential Advisor Osman Ismail and the Sudanese Foreign Ministry raised U.S.-host company Network Solutions locking of Sudan Telecommunications Company's (SUDATEL) internet domain name (ref e [...] |
2008-07-07 13:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT EAID PREL PGOV SU |
| 08KINSHASA640 | Piracy in the Congolese Music Industry: it hurts [...] (U) Summary: The vibrant recording industry has long been an integral part of Congolese culture. Due to the rampant piracy of cassette tapes and CD's, however, that industry has ceased to exist. Congolese musicians and producers are generally apathetic to the problem, having found ways to o [...] |
2008-08-06 06:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BBSR EIND EINT EINV CG |
| 08KUWAIT769 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GENDER SEGREGATION WITH U/S [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 2 meeting with Undersecretary (U/S) for Higher Education Dr. Rasha Al Sabah, the Ambassador raised the issue of gender segregation and its potential impact on mixed-gender programs, such as the State Department-sponsored and AMIDEAST-administered ACCESS English La [...] |
2008-07-08 09:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT KPAO KU |
| 08KUWAIT804 | EDUCATION MINISTER: SLOW ROLLING GENDER [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 13 meeting with Minister of Education Nouriya Al-Sabeeh, the Ambassador raised the issue of gender segregation and its potential impact on mixed-gender programs in Kuwait, such as the State Department-sponsored and AMIDEAST-administered ACCESS English Language Mi [...] |
2008-07-16 13:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EINT KPAO KU PREL PGOV |
| 08LUANDA222 | EXPAT SECURITY THREATENED IN CABINDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GRA remains tight-lipped about recent attacks against expatriates in Cabinda province, and the lack of a transparent investigation into the attacks makes it difficult to know if separatist politics or simple banditry are motivating the criminals. The increased danger posed t [...] |
2008-03-14 15:07:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC EINT EPET AO |
| 08MEXICO1300 | MEXICAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES STRATEGY TO COMBAT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Felipe Calderon on April 28 announced a new strategy to tackle poverty and social inequalities in Mexico called "Vivir Mejor" ("To Live Better"). This strategy serves as an umbrella for coordinating and improving existing social programs. On the positive side, this st [...] |
2008-04-29 20:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN EINT ETRD MX |
| 08MEXICO1504 | ANALYSTS DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN MEXICO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Market analysts are relatively upbeat about prospects for the Mexican economy due in part to high oil prices and domestic demand. Consumer price inflation is expected to increase again in May and June, and then begin falling slowly. Several local observers believe a watered d [...] |
2008-05-19 12:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT MX |
| 08MEXICO749 | GROWTH IN REMITTANCES TO MEXICO STAGNATES [...] (SBU) Remittances from the U.S. to Mexico grew by only 1% last year to total USD 23.98 billion. The Bank of Mexico (Banxico) attributed the fall to a combination of factors, including a slowdown in the U.S. economy, particularly in the construction sector, stricter U.S. immigration controls, a [...] |
2008-03-13 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN EINT ETRD MX |
| 08MEXICO949 | PRESIDENT CALDERON'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY [...] (U) The pillar of President Calderon's economic development strategy for Mexico is to preserve macro-economic stability in order to prevent a return to economic crises that periodically devastated Mexico during the 1980's and 1990's. While the economic stability Mexico has enjoyed since 2001 h [...] |
2008-04-03 16:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EFIN EINT ETRD PINR MX |
| 08MONTERREY306 | NUEVO LEON DEVELOPS A HIGH TECHNOLOGY SERVICE INDUSTRY; [...] (SBU) Summary. The state of Nuevo Leon continues to pursue higher value added industries through a government led strategy, highlighted by the Research and Technological Innovation Park. The Research and Technological Innovation Park (PIIT for its initials in Spanish) has made substantial st [...] |
2008-07-02 20:01:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINT EINV PGOV MX |
| 08MOSCOW1443 | DESPITE STRONG TELECOM AND IT SECTORS, MINISTER REIMAN [...] (SBU) The May 12 GOR cabinet reshuffle replaced IT and Communications Minister Leonid Reiman with longtime Presidential Protocol Chief Igor Shchyogolev. The move surprised observers, who thought Reiman's long personal relationship with Putin and successful development of Russia's communication [...] |
2008-05-22 13:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL PGOV EINT TINT ECPS RS |
| 08MOSCOW3590 | RUSSIA DENIES CYBER-ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: The Russian MFA issued a strong denunciation on December 4 of press reports accusing Russia of attacks on the DoD's classified computer network and of denial of service attacks on Georgia and Estonia. The GoR has not yet responded to December 10 press accusations and statements [...] |
2008-12-12 10:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINT TINT MOPS PINR RS |
| 08MOSCOW893 | STRATEGIC SECTORS LAW: REIMAN DEFEATS ATTEMPT TO INCLUDE [...] (SBU) Communications Minister Reiman beat back an attempt to include all telecommunications, including the internet and mobile phones, as a "strategic sector" under the draft Strategic Sectors Law now making its way through the Duma. The FSB was apparently behind the broad definition. Reiman [...] |
2008-04-01 10:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECON TINT ECPS RS |
| 08MOSCOW970 | GOR PROMOTES "INNOVATION ECONOMY" [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia continues to promote innovation as a means to harness its scientific expertise and diversify its economy beyond oil and gas exports. The Federation Council and Duma recently held hearings on stimulating innovation. The GOR also promoted innovation through sponsorship of [...] |
2008-04-09 05:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL ECON EINT ETRD TNGD IR RS |
| 08MUSCAT263 | OMANI TELECOM AUTHORITY REQUESTS WRITTEN COMMENTS [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On March 31, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Engineer Naashiah al-Kharusi, Committee Member, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). In particular, Econoff emphasized that the telecommunications liberalization stu [...] |
2008-04-07 12:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT USTR MU |
| 08MUSCAT593 | TELECOM LICENSE ISSUE MAY FURTHER DELAY FTA [...] (C) Summary: Oman's Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) held a press conference August 11 inviting companies to bid for a new fixed telecommunications license package. The bidding process may further delay implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by deferring othe [...] |
2008-08-21 16:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINT ETRD ETTC MU ETRA |
| 08MUSCAT682 | OMAN TAKES HARD LINE STANCE ON TELECOM LICENSES; [...] (C) Summary: In a letter received by post on September 21, Oman's Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (TRA) defended its recent bid process to award a single, integrated telecommunications license package for multiple services (including fixed-line service) despite U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agree [...] |
2008-09-23 13:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EINT EINV ETRD MU |
| 08OTTAWA1070 | CANADA SUPPORTS CYBERCRIME CONVENTION, DESPITE [...] (C) Government of Canada counterparts told acting political counselor on August 13 that Canada strongly supports the Council of Europe Cybercrime convention. They described the GOC's position as almost identical to that of the U.S., especially with respect to Russian resistance and gamesmansh [...] |
2008-08-12 19:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | EINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL CA |
| 08PARIS889 | UNESCO - Internationalized Domain Names [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNESCO held a May 6, 2008 Information Meeting on Internationalized Domain Names (IDN), entitled "Using Your Script to Access the Internet." Assistant Director General (ADG) for Communication and Information (CI) Abdul Waheed Khan (India) hosted, with the Latvian Ambassador to U [...] |
2008-05-09 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO KPAO EAID EINT ETRD |
| 08PRETORIA1278 | SEACOM ONLY UNDERSEA FIBER-OPTIC CABLE PROJECT SLATED TO BE [...] (SBU) Summary. SEACOM representatives called on Ambassador Bost on June 4 to discuss SEACOM's undersea cable project. SEACOM (developed by U.S. group Herakles Telecom) is based in Mauritius with 75 percent African ownership and 25 percent U.S. ownership. The project will provide the first true [...] |
2008-06-12 05:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINV EINT ETRD EAID BEXP TINT SF |
| 08PRETORIA1976 | ICT FORUM DISCUSSES NEED TO IMPROVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ICT [...] (SBU) Summary. The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) sponsored a forum on ICT Developments and Regulations on September 4. The forum included members of South Africa's Presidential International Advisory Council on Information Society and Development, who promoted increasi [...] |
2008-09-08 08:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EIND EINV EINT ECIP SF |
| 08PRETORIA2665 | FIRMS INCH CLOSER TO ACQUIRING LICENSES TO DEVELOP NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S.-based DBI Broadband provided an update on positive developments in the drawn-out, South African value-added network services (VANS) license conversion process on November 28. Minister of Communications Dr. Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri finally conceded and announced that she would [...] |
2008-12-08 11:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EIND EINV EINT ECIP USTR SF |
| 08PRETORIA2666 | CISCO ADDRESSES ICT SKILLS SHORTAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA ONE [...] (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Commercial Counselor, Economic Counselor and ICT Officer attended the graduation of the inaugural class of Cisco Global Talent Acceleration Program on November 28. The DCM provided the key-note address at the graduation ceremony. Cisco executives outlined [...] |
2008-12-09 05:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EIND EINV EINT ETTC SOCI TINT USTR SF CH |
| 08QUITO346 | ECUADOR NEGOTIATING NEW MOBILE TELEPHONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Ecuador is seeking approximately $500 million from each of the two largest cellular companies in Ecuador, to renew the companies' concession contracts. On April 5, Telefonica announced that it agreed on an undisclosed price for a 15-year contract extension; [...] |
2008-04-16 17:02:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EINT EC |
| 08RIODEJANEIRO347 | Brazil Telecom Operators To Cooperate With Police On [...] Brazilian telecommunications companies TIM (Italian majority-owned), Oi, and Brasil Telecom signed a cooperation deal on December 17, 2008 with the country's police authorities for quick supply of data in the investigation of internet child pornography cases. Representatives of the federal go [...] |
2008-12-24 17:04:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT PGOV PHUM KCRM BR |
| 08SHENYANG138 | SUBJECT: CHINA,S SUCCOTASH SECURITY-PLENTY OF CORN [...] (C) Summary. Jilin Grain, a key enterprise in China,s drive for grain security, sees continued price pressure in soy beans and oil. Jilin and other corporate entities in China are taking major steps to increase the amount of China-controlled soy plantation both in China and around the world. [...] |
2008-09-29 06:44:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAGR ECON PREL EIND EINT ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV |
| 08SINGAPORE819 | FCC CHAIRMAN MARTIN RAISES INFOCOMM ISSUES WITH GOS [...] (C) Summary: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin sought details on Singapore's plans and bidding process for building its next generation fiber optic network, Singapore's free wireless broadband service, and its innovations in providing consumer choice, including a la [...] |
2008-07-29 06:15:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON EINT ETRD SN |
| 08SKOPJE486 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI REAFFIRMS STANCE ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Macedonia remains committed to its NATO and EU orientation, PM Gruevski told the Ambassador July 25. He rejected claims that the GOM is stepping away from its democratic obligations, citing opposition intransigence and unpopularity. The PM insisted the recent budget rebalancing [...] |
2008-07-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO PARM EINT MK KV |
| 08SKOPJE504 | MACEDONIA: MOJ MAY ATTEND UNCAC INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-05 11:44:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM EINT KJUS MK |
| 08SOFIA534 | BULGARIA'S EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT THE CYBERCRIME CONVENTION [...] (SBU) This cable provides post's input on Bulgaria's implementation of the Council of Europe's (CoE) Convention on Cybercrime as requested in reftel A, which Bulgaria signed in 2001 and ratified in 2005. Bulgaria's legal framework largely addresses the Convention's provisions. The scope and [...] |
2008-08-04 15:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL |
| 08STATE113842 | IRAQ TELECOM 2008: MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request ) see paragraph 12. 2. (C) Summary: The third annual Iraq Telecom conference illustrated the potential opportunities and risks that derive from recent policy initiatives by Iraq's new Minister of Communications, including his attempted establishment of state mo [...] |
2008-10-24 20:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON ECPS EINT IZ PGOV PREL |
| 08STATE26867 | RESULTS OF THE 54TH MEETING OF THE OECD COMMITTEE [...] (U) Summary: On March 5-7, Richard Beaird led a delegation consisting of EEB/CIP/MA, DOC, and FCC at the 54th meeting of the OECD Committee on Information, Computers, and Communications Policy (ICCP). The primary goal of the meeting was to prepare for the OECD Ministerial on the Future of the [...] |
2008-03-14 14:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT |
| 08STATE50265 | OECD: MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY ON INFORMATION [...] SUMMARY: The meeting of the WPISP centered on discussions to finalize the Working Party's contributions to the OECD Ministerial on the Future of the Internet Economy that will take place in Seoul, Korea in June. In addition, the Working Party considered its future work program for the next [...] |
2008-05-12 20:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT |
| 08STATE50680 | RESULTS OF THE APEC TELMIN 7, APRIL 20-25, IN [...] (U) Summary: The seventh Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Telecommunications Ministerial (TELMIN 7) took place April 20-25 in Bangkok, Thailand. The main output of the ministerial was the Bangkok Declaration, which included key USG concepts related to WTO Doha Round commitments, IPR [...] |
2008-05-13 18:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT APECO |
| 08STOCKHOLM510 | EUROPEAN COURT TO REVIEW SWEDEN'S SNOOP LAW; [...] (U) Summary: On July 14, Sweden-based Justice Center (CFR) announced it will refer Sweden's new surveillance law to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Liberal Party parliamentarians have heavily criticized the law's vagueness. Nordic telecommunications businesses are considering movin [...] |
2008-07-17 07:24:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT PTER PINR PGOV RU SW |
| 08TASHKENT1382 | Uzbekistan Supportive on Afghanistan Transit Concepts [...] (C) Summary: The Commander of U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) General Duncan McNabb visited Uzbekistan November 18-20 to discuss possible modalities of establishing commercial transit of non-lethal supplies for U.S. forces in Afghanistan (Northern Distribution Network -NDN). The Governme [...] |
2008-11-26 13:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EINT UZ |
| 08TASHKENT611 | UZBEKISTAN: NO RESPONSE YET TO FIBER-OPTIC QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (U) We delivered the reftel fiber-optic infrastructure questionnaire and cover letter to the MFAQs Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev on May 5. Fayzullaev promised to relay these to the Uzbek Communication and Information Agency. On May 28 one of Fayzullaev's assistants checked on the s [...] |
2008-06-01 10:54:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PGOV UZ |
| 08TOKYO1659 | JAPANESE DIET PASSES LEGISLATION ON HARMFUL [...] (U) Summary: The Japanese Diet on June 11 passed legislation intended to protect minors from harmful content on the Internet. The law promotes education on using the Internet safely/responsibly, but also calls on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to provide filtering for young users. Moving [...] |
2008-06-17 22:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT TINT JA |
| 08TOKYO270 | Japanese Police Arrest Inventor of Computer Virus [...] (U) Summary: Japanese police in Kyoto have arrested Masato Nakatsuji, alleged to have invented and distributed a computer virus. The search and subsequent arrest were based on suspected violations of Japan's copyright laws, as it is believed that the virus was delivered embedded in a video fi [...] |
2008-02-01 07:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINT ECPS TINT JA |
| 08TUNIS696 | FORMER TELECOM MINISTER TO HEAD TUNISIE TELECOM [...] (SBU) On June 24, the board of directors of majority state-owned Tunisie Telecom (TT) named former Minister of Communications Technologies Montasser Ouaili CEO. Ouaili leaves his current posting as Ambassador to Italy after only nine months. Ouaili will replace current CEO Ahmed Mahjoub, who [...] |
2008-06-26 15:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECPS EINT ECON TS |
| 08VIENNA1059 | AUSTRIA: CYBERCRIME CONVENTION RATIFICATION; [...] (U) Summary. Austrian plans to seek ratification of the Cybercrime Convention in the second half of 2008 have been delayed by the collapse of the government and call for early election. Ratification is now likely in the first half of 2009. Austria would welcome bilateral consultations on th [...] |
2008-07-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL AU |
| 08VILNIUS516 | UNKNOWN HACKERS POST SOVIET PROPAGANDA ON [...] (C) Ministry of National Defense Head of Cyber Defense Policy Karolis Aleksa confirmed to Post July 1 recent media reporting that over the weekend of June 28-30 unknown hackers broke into approximately 300 websites in Lithuania, including those of the ruling Social Democratic Party and the Chie [...] |
2008-07-02 05:59:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | EINT PROP XG LH |
| 08ZAGREB566 | CROATIAN POLICE FIGHTING IPR PIRACY BUT OUTMATCHED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Croatian police actively pursue intellectual property pirates and have achieved some successes at raids and seizures, especially of smaller operations. However, police officials cite technological challenges and the global nature of the problem as major obstacles to further [...] |
2008-07-30 14:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT KIPR HR |
| 09ADDISABABA2741 | ETHIOPIA: SEACOM DEAL STILL AWAITING GOE APPROVAL [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. company Seacom arrived in Ethiopia in early October in hopes of finalizing a contract with the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) and returned again in mid-November, but has yet to conclude a deal. The contract would allow for Ethiopia to connect to Seacom's e [...] |
2009-11-20 07:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EINT ECON ET |
| 09AMEMBASSYHANOI1234 | VIETNAM APPROVES SECOND STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnam has approved a second stimulus package that extends and modifies elements of the existing package into 2010. This decision was hotly debated, with some economists and National Assembly (NA) members arguing that the danger of resurgent inflation outweighed any need for [...] |
2009-11-19 09:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT ETRD KTDB VM |
| 09AMEMBASSYHANOI909 | Vietnam 'Unfriends' Facebook [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following weeks of speculation that the Government of Vietnam was considering blocking the popular social networking site Facebook, Internet users' worst fears began to materialize in mid November. The blockage began at first with only a few Internet service providers in certain re [...] |
2009-11-25 09:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | EINT ETTC PHUM KPAO VM CH |
| 09AMMAN2306 | JORDAN'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR HOPES TO BE [...] (C) Summary: Yahoo's recent acquisition of the Jordanian internet portal company Maktoob has focused media and government attention on the technology sector and generated considerable excitement about Jordan's future as a regional IT hub. Recent meetings with industry and government officials [...] |
2009-10-15 14:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT TINT PGOV JO |
| 09AMMAN2656 | CENTCOM GULF REGION COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE 2010: JORDAN [...] (U) Per reftel, Jordan's Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MOICT) and Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) are actively engaged in preparations for the February 21-23, 2010 Gulf Region Communications Conference (GRCC). MOICT Minister Bassem Rousan and TRC Chairm [...] |
2009-12-08 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECPS EINT MARR MCAP PREL JO XF |
| 09AMMAN2801 | Global Entrepreneurship Week Highlights Jordan's Emerging [...] (U) Summary: Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) in Jordan was marked by a series of events that raised excitement and awareness about the emerging entrepreneurial culture in Jordan. With support from USAID, the week featured a range of events from a gala opening ceremony to low-key networking [...] |
2009-12-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINT EINV TINT JO |
| 09AMMAN833 | GROWING INTERNET COMPETITION AND LAUNCH OF A 3G TENDER IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to ref A, this cable provides an update on Jordan's initiatives and strong government commitment to improve telecommunications and Internet connectivity. Such efforts led to an increase in Jordan's rank to 44 out of 134 countries in the World Economic Forum's (WEF) 2 [...] |
2009-04-07 12:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT EINV TINT JO |
| 09ASHGABAT1116 | UPDATE ON INTERNET ACCESS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the first half of 2009, Internet access in Turkmenistan increased significantly, along with the number of Internet subscribers. Government-owned Turkmen Telecom remains the main provider of Internet service t [...] |
2009-09-02 12:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT PGOV ECPS ECON SOCI TX |
| 09ASHGABAT1145 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT WANTS NATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov announced plans to launch the country's first national satellite. The satellite would support telephone and Internet communications, hydrocarbon industries, and Turkmen T [...] |
2009-09-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT EINV ECON PINR PGOV TX |
| 09ASHGABAT1158 | TURKMENISTAN ACQUIRES TWO NEW OIL TANKERS. [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkmenistan received its second Russian-made oil tanker on September 8; the "Hazar" (Turkmen for "Caspian") was built in Krasnoye Sormovo (Novgorod), Russia. In August, the first tanker, the "Sumbar", named after [...] |
2009-09-11 11:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EPET EINT EINV ECON PGOV TX |
| 09ASHGABAT1482 | TURKMENISTAN: COMMUNICATIONS OFFICIALS EMPHASIZE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Krol's November 16 meeting with Ministry of Communications officials, the Turkmen highlighted President Berdimuhamedov's initiative for a Turkmen-owned communications satellite as their first priority. Seven companies, including thr [...] |
2009-11-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EINT ETRD PGOV TX |
| 09ASHGABAT16 | TURKMEN AUTHORITIES GRADUALLY EXPAND PUBLIC INTERNET ACCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: There have been signs over the past year that the Turkmen government intends to expand public access to the Internet for citizens. In December, Ashgabat residents began reporting success in getting connected. Howev [...] |
2009-01-07 04:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECPS ECON ETRD SOCI RU TX |
| 09ASHGABAT1615 | TURKMEN STATE-OWNED COMPANY ANNOUNCES 3G SERVICES, [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On December 12, TM Cell, the state-owned cell phone company run by the Ministry of Communications, began to offer 3rd Generation (3G) services to cell phone customers across the country. Tech-savvy customers, who were [...] |
2009-12-15 11:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINT ECPS BTIO TX |
| 09ASUNCION695 | PARAGUAY UNLIKELY TO APPROVE VENEZUELA'S MERCOSUR [...] (U) Despite President Fernando Lugo's strong political support in favor of Venezuela's entry into Mercosur (ref A), Paraguay's Congress, the population in general, and leading daily newspaper ABC Color remain opposed to the measure. While Lugo asked Congress to approve Venezuela's admission in Octo [...] |
2009-12-29 16:55:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINT ECIN ECON PGOV PA VE |
| 09BAGHDAD1467 | Iraqi Technology Task Force Launches, Ready to Produce [...] Summary: Thanks to the catalyst provided by the April visit to Iraq of U.S. high tech executives as part of a TechDel led by S/P's Jared Cohen, and at the behest of Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, the Iraqi Technology Task Force (ITTF) formed in early May to seek ways to empower Iraqis to u [...] |
2009-06-04 03:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OIIP SCUL TINT KPAO IZ ECPS EINT |
| 09BAGHDAD156 | GOI ANTIBODIES ATTACKING INDEPENDENT IRAQI TELECOM [...] (SBU) Five members of the Communications Media Commission (CMC) caretaker authority met with EMIN on January 13 to discuss the beleaguered commission's challenges and search for ways to help the CMC navigate Iraq's treacherous political waters. Provisionally established by CPA Law 65 to mana [...] |
2009-01-21 12:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT KGIT KWIR TINT TSPL |
| 09BAGHDAD2677 | IRAQI TELECOMMUNICATIONS: AT THE FRONTLINE OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent developments in the Iraqi Telecommunications sector reveal fault lines in Iraq's attitudes toward independent regulation. The Ministry of Communication (MOC) continues to actively oppose a private sector-led, competitive telecommunications market and an independent regul [...] |
2009-10-05 16:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV EINV ECPS EINT KGIT KWIR TINT TSPL |
| 09BAGHDAD2776 | IRAQ INVESTMENT CONFERENCE: DELIVERING A CLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The October 19 U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) and the October 20-21 Business and Investment Conference (BIC) will put the spotlight on Iraq's aspirations to participate more fully in the global economy. U.S. and Iraqi government officials can expect questions fro [...] |
2009-10-15 08:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON POL PGOV PREL EINV ETRD EINT IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD2827 | GOOGLE IMAGES THE IRAQ NATIONAL MUSEUM [...] (U) Summary: In support of Section IV of the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA), post supports programs to preserve Iraq's cultural heritage. To augment these efforts and harness the interest and expertise of the American private sector, we have partnered with several leaders from the IT ind [...] |
2009-10-21 14:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT KPAO SCUL TINT PGOV ECPS IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD2919 | SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FARAH PANDITH'S VISIT TO IRAQ, [...] Summary: On her first visit to Iraq, the Secretary's Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith reached out to a broad cross-section of Baghdad's civil society. She emphasized President Obama's promise (as enunciated in his June 2009 Cairo speech) of a renewed U.S. dialogue ba [...] |
2009-11-01 15:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO KISL PHUM EINT IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD3007 | IRAQ'S TELECOM REGULATOR: PUSHING FOR INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's recently reconstituted Communications and Media Commission (CMC) has been asserting its role as an independent regulator with increasing effectiveness. Noting he was working closely with Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to ensure "appropriate" media condu [...] |
2009-11-16 13:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EINT EINV IZ PGOV |
| 09BAGHDAD3201 | SECOND TECHDEL BOOTS UP BAGHDAD [...] Summary: S/P's Jared Cohen led a technology delegation to Baghdad from November 22-24 featuring Google CEO Eric Schmidt along with Silicon Valley venture capitalist Don Dixon, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace, and YouTube videographer Sophie Schmidt. The delegation came [...] |
2009-12-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT KPAO SCUL TINT PGOV ECPS IZ |
| 09BAKU408 | AZERBAIJAN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-19 11:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ AM ECON EFIN EINT GG PINR |
| 09BAKU810 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV, DOE DEPSEC PONEMAN [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev, meeting with Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman on October 5, expressed support for the Southern Corridor, but blamed Turkey for delays. Azerbaijan is exploring alternatives, but the President acknowledged the inadequacies of each. Azerbaijan has not mad [...] |
2009-10-09 09:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINT PREL AJ TX TU GG |
| 09BAMAKO104 | A SPOONFUL OF CHINESE SUGAR SOURS U.S. INVESTORS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-23 11:20:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO118 | A CHINESE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER NIGER [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-26 11:53:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID CH ECON EIND ETRD EINT ML |
| 09BAMAKO151 | MALI FORECASTS A CHANCE OF OIL FOR 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Five years into its renewed push for oil exploration (Ref. A), Mali has yet to strike black gold. During a January 4 speech to the nation, however, President Amadou Toumani Toure served up a rather optimistic New Year's resolution: Malian oil would flow by the end of June 2009. T [...] |
2009-03-13 09:33:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO195 | MORE CRITICS TAKE AIM AT MALI'S EMBATTLED AUDITOR [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-30 13:20:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR PINR ML |
| 09BAMAKO199 | PRIME MINISTER FACING POLITICAL FALLOUT FOLLOWING [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-31 09:52:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR PINR ML |
| 09BAMAKO203 | MALI BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] This cable is U.S. Embassy Bamako's response to the questions posed in reftel. 2. Mali is a recipient of U.S. foreign assistance and is expected to receive such funding in FY09. 3. Mali's National Assembly approves the budget each December. It is then published and distributed by the M [...] |
2009-04-01 13:21:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO225 | GOLD INDUSTRY LURES INVESTORS GOOD AND BAD [...] Summary: Comprising an estimated 70 percent of Mali's exports, gold is frequently cited as the country's most important financial resource and a key engine for its economic growth and development. In light of this, Mali held its third annual mining and petroleum conference in Bamako from Mar [...] |
2009-04-14 16:37:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO226 | SOME NEW MINISTERS AND MINISTRIES IN MALI, BUT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-14 16:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR EFIN PINR |
| 09BAMAKO251 | MALI'S ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS STYMIED BY ITS OWN [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 21, Malian authorities destroyed 20 tons of counterfeit goods - including fake toothpaste, soap, and other products valued at USD 40,000 to 60,000 - seized from local markets. The joint effort by the Regional Directorate of Trade and Competition (DRCC), law enforcement, [...] |
2009-04-21 16:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO349 | IMF FORESEES STABLE MACROECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR MALI [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-03 16:26:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO441 | THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF ARTISANAL GOLD MINING IN [...] (U) Summary: Artisanal gold mining accounts for four percent of Mali's total gold production. In contrast to industrial mining, artisanal mining is unregulated by the Malian government and plagued with problems such as the use of child labor as well as the use of mercury in the process of gol [...] |
2009-07-02 10:07:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO51 | DOW CHEMICALS V. CHINA: DOW WINS, FOR NOW [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-26 16:46:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO511 | MALI'S AUDITOR GENERAL RELEASES 2009 REPORT [...] (SBU) On July 13, Mali's Office of the Auditor General (BVG) released its fourth annual report. Notwithstanding a tumultuous year for the office and the Auditor General, the BVG was able to conduct 49 audits in 2008, up from 33 in 2007. Among the 25 entities audited, the BVG identifed 98 bi [...] |
2009-08-03 15:39:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO543 | MALI: A NEW TOURIST DESTINATION? [...] Summary: Tourism has become Mali's third largest export after gold and cotton, showing steady growth in 2008 in spite of the global economic downturn. Malian tourism officials are optimistic about continued growth in 2009, but private sector operators say the effects of the worldwide recessi [...] |
2009-08-13 13:33:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO771 | IMF REVIEW: CONTRASTING VIEWS ON MALI'S [...] Summary: On November 11, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the third review of Mali's performance under the poverty reduction and growth facility (PRGF) and gave Mali a generally clean bill of financial health. The IMF noted that the GOM was well positioned to reach its 2009 tar [...] |
2009-11-30 21:05:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINT EAGR EAID ML |
| 09BANGUI123 | EMBASSY BANGUI'S REACTION TO THE WORLD BANK'S POVERTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AmEmbassy Bangui has reviewed the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report (APR) of the Central African Republic and takes exception to much of the document. Post has seen little real progress or commitment on the part of Central African Republic's governmen [...] |
2009-06-26 12:20:00 | Embassy Bangui | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINT |
| 09BEIJING1206 | INCREASED GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Aggressive censorship is making it more difficult to hold political discussions online, according to multiple bloggers and online activists. While contacts differed on whether the ongoing "anti-vulgarity" campaign was being employed as cover for the political tightening, all agreed that c [...] |
2009-05-06 08:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PROP SCUL SOCI CH TW EINT |
| 09BEIJING1518 | DIRECTOR OF STATE COUNCIL INFORMATION OFFICE MEETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives Mark Kirk (D-IL) and Rick Larsen (R-IL) met on June 1 with Wang Chen, Director of the State Council Information Office(SCIO), to discuss issues related to open access to information in China. The Congressmen specifically raised censorship of Voice of America (VO [...] |
2009-06-05 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECON KIPR CH |
| 09BEIJING1649 | CHINESE INTERNET REACTION TO IRANIAN ELECTION [...] The recent Iranian presidential elections and their aftermath were hot topics on major Chinese news portals, Internet forums and microblog platforms in China over the past week. Netizen commentary on traditionally liberal sites expressed support for students with some even comparing the situat [...] |
2009-06-17 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EINT CH IR |
| 09BEIJING1663 | JUNE 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SUB COLLISION, GREEN DAM, [...] Key points at the June 18 MFA press briefing: -- MFA Spokesman Qin Gang stated that China "respected the choice of the Iranian people" in recent elections. -- Despite controversy over the "Green Dam" internet filtering software China had a responsibility to protect Chinese youth from "bad [...] |
2009-06-18 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EINT CH CN KN KS TX UZ IR IN |
| 09BEIJING1757 | JUNE 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GOOGLE, FISHERMEN IN INDONESIA, [...] Key points at the June 25 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that recently Google was spreading "lewd and vulgar content," and as an internet enterprise operating in China, Google should "earnestly" abide by Chinese law. All punitive measures take [...] |
2009-06-25 11:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PHUM PGOV PHSA PBTS EINT EPET ETRD BM CE |
| 09BEIJING1928 | CHINESE INTERNET REACTION TO XINJIANG UNREST [...] The recent riots and ethnic tensions in Xinjiang were hot topics on major Chinese news portals, Internet forums and microblogging platforms in China over the past few days. Widespread censorship was present on popular social discussion platforms. Many netizens expressed skepticism about avai [...] |
2009-07-09 10:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH |
| 09BEIJING2022 | ONE WEEK LATER: CHINESE NETIZENS INTEREST IN XINJIANG [...] The recent riots and ethnic tensions in Xinjiang remained widely discussed topics on major Chinese news portals, Internet forums and microblogging platforms in China in the week since July 8. Widespread censorship was evident through the continued blocking of many popular social discussion pla [...] |
2009-07-16 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH |
| 09BEIJING2064 | Secretary Locke Discusses Bilateral Trade [...] (SBU) Secretary Locke and delegation and D/USTR Demetrios Marantis met July 15 with Minister Chen Deming and senior MOFCOM officials for a 90 minute discussion of bilateral trade and commercial issues including clean energy coooperation, global warming, trade remedies, Buy America/Buy China po [...] |
2009-07-20 10:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR EIND EINT BEXP CH |
| 09BEIJING767 | MARCH 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, AMCITS IN DPRK, [...] Key points at the March 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is "very concerned about the situation on the Korean Peninsula," and "hopes that all parties will be restrained and calm so as not to complicate the situation." -- Regarding the U.S. citizens detained by North Korea, Qin said that "th [...] |
2009-03-24 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA PE RP RS AF |
| 09BEIJING807 | MARCH 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARY POWER REPORT, TIBET, [...] Key points at the March 26 MFA press briefing: -- The recently released China Military Power Report "contains gross distortions of fact" and China has expressed its "resolute opposition" and "made representations" to the United States. -- The "Dalai Clique premeditated and coordinated" the [...] |
2009-03-26 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA RS AF FR TW |
| 09BEIJING858 | MARCH 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HACKING, NORTH KOREAN ROCKET, [...] Key points at the March 31 MFA press briefing: -- China "resolutely opposes the damaging of computer networks including through hacking." -- "Relevant parties should stay calm, exercise restraint and do more to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia." -- Afg [...] |
2009-03-31 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA AF FR IN AS NZ VE |
| 09BEIRUT1006 | LEBANESE MADOFF LOSES $1.6 BILLION IN INVESTOR FUNDS [...] (U) Local and international media have reported extensively on the case of Salah Ezzedine, dubbed the Lebanese Bernard Madoff, after he declared bankruptcy and gave himself up to the authorities. Reports noted that Ezzedine may have lost as much as $1.6 billion in investor money, mainly due to [...] |
2009-09-11 06:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINT ETRD KFLU SENV LE |
| 09BEIRUT1042 | LEBANON RECEIVES $298 MILLION IN IMF SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Lebanon received the equivalent of $298 million in foreign currency reserves through the allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) as part of a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) program aimed at boosting country reserves to combat the world economic crisis. As a result, Lebanon's ne [...] |
2009-09-24 05:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO ECON EFIN EINT PGOV LE |
| 09BEIRUT1251 | PM HARIRI PLEDGES ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROSPERITY [...] (U) PM Saad Hariri, speaking at the 2009 Annual Arab Banking Conference November 19 in Beirut, noted that his recently formed cabinet was not only a national unity cabinet politically but also a "social and economic development unity cabinet" that reflected the ambitions of the Lebanese. He st [...] |
2009-11-25 16:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT SENV PGOV LE |
| 09BEIRUT1286 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: LEBANON NOTIFIED OF CENTCOM 2010 GULF [...] Post notified Minister of Telecommunications Charbel Nahas and Chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) Dr. Kamal Shehadi on December 3 that the 2010 Gulf Region Communications Conference (GRCC) will be held inAmman, Jordan, on February 21-23, 2010, and requsted that they s [...] |
2009-12-08 08:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECPS PGOV EINT PREL LE |
| 09BEIRUT1366 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE [...] (SBU) Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit to Lebanon, which will offer a unique opportunity to highlight the importance of scientific issues, from climate change to communications policy, at the highest levels of the GOL while raising general awareness among the public at large. Although Leban [...] |
2009-12-31 08:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ESTH EINT PGOV KGHG KIPR TSPL LE |
| 09BEIRUT957 | LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SAYS LEBANON STILL NEEDS [...] (SBU) The Lebanese economy is booming, with tourists pouring in, hotel occupancy rates high, bank deposits rising, and growth set to beat all forecasts. Nonetheless, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh told the Ambassador August 14 that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri need [...] |
2009-08-26 06:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT KFLU PGOV SOCI LE |
| 09BEIRUT986 | LEBANON: SWINE FLU WILL NOT DISRUPT THE BEGINNING OF THE [...] (U) Following a meeting with Minister of Education Bahia Hariri on August 26, Minister of Public Health Mohammad Khalifeh announced that the number of swine flu cases had reached approximately 600, up from 500 last week. Hariri and Khalifeh insisted the GOL would not delay the upcoming school [...] |
2009-09-03 05:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT ETRD KFLU PGOV SCUL LE |
| 09BELGRADE841 | SERBIA GRAPPLES WITH RUSSIA RELATIONS IN ADVANCE OF MEDVEDEV [...] (C) As Serbia seeks to overcome mounting economic difficulties and move forward toward its primary goal of European Union membership, the government is struggling to strike the right tone in the bilateral relationship with Russia: President Tadic and his close advisors appear intent on giving the R [...] |
2009-09-03 13:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET | PGOV PREL EINT MASS RS SR |
| 09BOGOTA1377 | COLOMBIA: FOREIGN BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT INITIATIVES [...] SUMMARY. Internet usage has grown to 40 percent of the Colombian population in the last ten years, with internet subscriptions rising at an annual rate of 75 percent. Over 73 percent of internet subscribers use broadband. Despite the growth, Colombia's subscription penetration average rema [...] |
2009-04-28 22:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON CO EINT EINV ETTC |
| 09BOGOTA2127 | COLOMBIA: HAS RECESSION ARRIVED? [...] SUMMARY. The GOC recently released its first quarter growth figure, negative 0.06 percent, sparking a debate among economic cognizanti over whether or not Colombia was in recession. Regardless, the relatively modest downturn was viewed as a positive sign, given that most forecasts predicted [...] |
2009-07-06 12:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EFIN EIND EINT EINV EMIN CO |
| 09BOGOTA3188 | COLOMBIA: REPONSE TO OPIC ON MICROFINANCE GROWTH FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts at Colombia's National Association of Financial Institutions (ANIF) described the Women's World Banking (WWB) microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Bucaramanga, Cali, and Popayan as outstanding lending institutions with a solid reputation in Colombia. Forbes Mag [...] |
2009-10-08 13:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT EFIN OPIC CO EINV |
| 09BOGOTA3415 | COLOMBIA: ENERGY SECTOR TO EXPAND WITH EXIM FINANCING [...] (C) The energy sector in Colombia has big plans to expand and the Export-Import Bank (ExIm) and the U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA) want to be part of this expansion by providing financial backing and trade capacity building assistance. ExIm plans to be the lead export credit agency for t [...] |
2009-11-18 18:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG ECON EINT ETRD CO |
| 09BOGOTA3574 | COLOMBIA: FINANCIAL CREDIT IS AVAILABLE, BUT AT A COST [...] (SBU) Summary. Obtaining credit in Colombia is a challenge for small and medium size enterprises (SME). Many SMEs do not request credit because of the high interest rates (30 percent), the formality of the loan process, and the length of time it takes to receive loans. The GOC, however, has [...] |
2009-11-09 15:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT EFIN OPIC CO |
| 09BOGOTA3878 | MASS OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION OFFERS IN COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Colombia opened its ninth petroleum show on December 2 with offers to explore and produce oil and gas in 168 blocks throughout Colombia and offshore. Close to 1,000 businessmen and women were in attendance representing firms from North America, Europe, China, and Latin America [...] |
2009-12-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL EINT SENV CO |
| 09BOGOTA4048 | COLOMBIA'S POWERFUL TRAVEL AGENCIES SEEK STATE INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Colombia's powerful travel agency association has consistently lobbied for protectionist regulations to stave off the airlines' competitive advantage in online ticket sales. Two regulations are pending GOC approval that airlines oppose: one would require airlines to charge an [...] |
2009-12-18 21:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD EINV ECON EINT PGOV CO |
| 09BOGOTA4088 | FOUR CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS OF NEGATIVE GROWTH; WILL THERE BE [...] Summary. Colombia's economic growth for the third quarter remained negative, at -0.2 percent. This is the fourth straight quarter of negative growth, but it reveals a northward trend that is expected to yield positive growth for the fourth quarter as well as for 2010. The GOC admits that th [...] |
2009-12-23 17:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINT PREL PGOV CO |
| 09BRASILIA131 | TELECOMMUNICATION TRADE AGREEMENTS 2009: BRAZIL'S 3.4-3.6 [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's telecommunications regulatory agency, ANATEL, will be auctioning spectrum in the 3.5 GHz frequency band once a determination is made whether to allow for full mobility within the designated spectrum and whether to place additional obligations on 3.5 GHz licensees. Jefe [...] |
2009-02-03 14:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON EINT ETRD ETTC TINT BR |
| 09BRASILIA1400 | Brazil's National Broadband Plan [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's Minister of Communications (MOC), Helio Costa, unveiled Brazil's national broadband plan (NBP) aimed at addressing Brazil's soaring broadband usage demand (reftel) on November 24. The proposal, entitled "A national plan for broadband - Brazil at high speed," lays out MO [...] |
2009-12-03 19:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT BR |
| 09BRASILIA1476 | Brazil approves Venezuela's entry into Mercosul [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 15, the Brazilian Senate approved the Protocol to admit Venezuela as a member to the Southern Cone trade bloc Mercosul (Mercosur). The issue now moves to Paraguay for ratification by its Congress. In Brazil, there was some debate and political maneuvering to delay [...] |
2009-12-16 21:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EINT BR PA VE PREL |
| 09BRASILIA615 | Brazil's Broad Band Initiatives [...] (SBU) Summary: Internet broadband use in Brazil has soared dramatically over the past year, reflecting an increased interest in navigating sites that require greater connectivity speed such as socialization sites (facebook, myspace etc.), entertainment sites for streaming videos and music, bus [...] |
2009-05-15 17:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT TINT BR |
| 09BRIDGETOWN773 | St. Lucia Minister of Commerce Laments Government [...] (SBU) St. Lucia Commerce Minister Tessa Mangal outlined challenges facing the government in St. Lucia from poor training and lack of professional standards among civil servants in a December 4 meeting with the ChargC). Mangal expressed frustration over the lack of a customer service mentality [...] |
2009-12-24 15:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT ECON PGOV KWMN XL |
| 09BRUSSELS1105 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: INTRODUCING THE NEW CIVIL LIBERTIES, [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the past, the European Parliament's (EP) Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) served as the EP's platform for debate on often controversial issues regarding U.S. policy, including Guantanamo detainees and data transfer. If the Lisbon Treaty is ratified, t [...] |
2009-08-10 15:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINT ECPS PTER EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1140 | THE MANY SIDES OF DATA PRIVACY: MANAGING RISING TENSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European privacy and data protection concerns continue to jeopardize our commercial, law enforcement, intelligence and foreign policy objectives. Data privacy is an area of growing complexity and touches ever more U.S. interests, from the visa waiver program to e-commerce. We [...] |
2009-08-17 12:06:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT BEXP KJUS KTFN TINT PREL ETTC EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1168 | KEY EU STATES SEEK GRADUAL INTERNET GOVERNANCE EVOLUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Officials from the Swedish EU Presidency, Germany and France told USEU in July they favor gradual, modest evolution in Internet governance, and said a June European Commission call for major changes in and internationalization of Internet governance was "extreme" and "goes too f [...] |
2009-08-21 12:53:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECPS ETRD ECON EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1266 | EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET (GAERC) TO DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EU Foreign Ministers (FMs) met in Brussels on September 14-15 as the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) to review EU foreign policy priority areas. Discussions in the External Affairs Council centered on Iran, Afghanistan, and the Southern Caucasus, with the [...] |
2009-09-21 09:04:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINT ECPS PTER EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1310 | MICROSOFT: CLOSE TO FINAL DEAL WITH EU TO END COMPETITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. John Vassallo, Microsoft (MS) VP for EU Affairs, told Charge Sept. 24 that the company "is very close" to concluding an overarching deal with the European Commission on three antitrust issues: 1) the Commission's case against Microsoft's tying of Internet Explorer to Windows; 2) [...] |
2009-09-29 13:46:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EINT ECPS ETRD EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1455 | ORACLE CONCERNED OVER EU INVESTIGATION OF SUN MERGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Oracle visited USEU October 21 over concerns that its $7.4 billion plan to acquire Sun Microsystems is at risk of being blocked by the European Commission. The merger, approved by USDOJ in August, is under review by the Commission. USDOJ is coordinating closely with the Commis [...] |
2009-10-27 15:41:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EINT ECPS ETRD EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1591 | KROES CABINET CHEF ON ORACLE-SUN, BANKING [...] (SBU) Anthony Whelan, chef du cabinet to Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes, told USEU November 20 that Kroes and DG COMP are carefully reviewing the complex arguments involved in the Oracle-Sun merger, and the potential concerns over Oracle's acquisition of Sun's MySQL open source databas [...] |
2009-11-25 13:53:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EINT ECPS EFIN ETRD EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS399 | EU SEEKS TO DOUBLE ICT RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FUNDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The European Commission released a March 13 Communication calling for doubling funding for information and communication technology (ICT) research and innovation and other steps to boost ICT in Europe. "A Strategy for ICT R&D and Innovation in Europe: Raising the Game" emphasiz [...] |
2009-03-20 07:18:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECIN EINV EINT ETRD ECON EUN |
| 09BUCHAREST453 | ROMANIA: CYBERSECURITY POLICIES UNDER DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) EconOff met with Andrei Savulescu, Director General of the Department for Information Society in the Ministry of Communications and Information Society (MCSI) and Toma Cimpeanu, Vice President of the Agency for Information Society Services (ASSI) in response to reftel demarche. The Gove [...] |
2009-06-30 13:47:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT TINT PREL RO |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1101 | ARGENTINA: A PRIMER ON ARGENTINA'S MEDIA BILL [...] (C) Summary: For decades, there has been consensus within Argentine political circles of the need to reform the 1980 media law, which dates to the military dictatorship (1976-1983). A year after President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) first announced an effort at reform, the Chamber of [...] |
2009-10-02 22:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ETRD EINT EINV WTRO AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES1279 | Argentina: Deutsche Bank Country Chief Pessimistic About [...] (C) Marcelo Blanco, Argentina Country Director for Deutsche Bank, gave the Ambassador, DCM, and EconCouns on December 7 a very pessimistic assessment regarding the chances for a holdout deal in the immediate future. Blanco is the point-man for one of the three banks working with the GOA to co [...] |
2009-12-09 21:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EINT AR PGOV |
| 09CARACAS1447 | VENEZUELA'S STANDARDS REGIME IN DISARRAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The status of Venezuela's standards regime is uncertain after a June 2009 resolution abolished the relationship between the principal, non-profit industry standards setting entity, the Fund for Standardization and Quality (FONDONORMA), and the Government of the Bolivarian Republ [...] |
2009-11-12 10:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN EIND EINT EINV ETRD VE |
| 09CARACAS1461 | VENEZUELAN AIRLINE NO LONGER AUTHORIZED TO MAKE UNSCHEDULED [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior executive of Venezuelan cargo carrier Vensecar, the Government of Colombia (GOC) has retaliated against a September 10 decision by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) that it would no longer authorize unscheduled flights by Colombia [...] |
2009-11-17 14:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL SNAR VE CO BEXP EINT ETTC |
| 09CARACAS1561 | VENEZUELA: NEW PORT AUTHORITIES CHARACTERIZED BY DECLINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shipping company representatives report that port conditions improved immediately after the nationalization of Venezuelan port operations in June 2009 when the government retrieved thousands of containers that had been left in the ports. This improvement, though, was short-lived as [...] |
2009-12-16 13:13:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT EWWT VE MARR PGOV PREL ETRD |
| 09CARACAS1599 | CHAVEZ PROMOTES TRANSITION TO SOCIALIST ECONOMY, THREATENS [...] (SBU) On December 22, President Chavez inaugurated a chain of government-run retail stores called the Corporation of Socialist Markets (COMERSO). "We're going to defeat speculation. Private individuals can still sell, but they'll have to compete with us and with a people that is now fully awa [...] |
2009-12-29 22:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KIPR EINV ETRD EIND EINT ECIN CH VE |
| 09CASABLANCA94 | A NEW START FOR THE CASABLANCA STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consul General in Casablanca met with the newly appointed U.S. trained managing director of the Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE), Karim Hajii, on May 13th to discuss the loss of consumer confidence at CSE in the midst of widespread speculation of insider trading and mark [...] |
2009-05-15 14:49:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT PGOV MO |
| 09CHENGDU87 | TIBETAN LANGUAGE INTERNET IN THE PRC [...] (SBU) Summary: The nascent growth of Tibetan language internet in China slowed with the closure of several websites and detention of Tibetan e-activists over the past year. Tibetan language email and websites are nevertheless becoming increasingly popular among students and intellectuals, low [...] |
2009-05-22 04:49:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI EINT CH |
| 09CHIANGMAI103 | HMONG IN NORTHERN THAILAND ARE ASSIMILATING AND NETWORKING [...] (U) Over the past twenty years, the Hmong in northern Thailand have accepted a sedentary lifestyle and continue to assimilate into Thai society. Today, there are many agricultural Hmong communities in northern Thailand where trade in handicrafts and other products is growing. These Thai-Hm [...] |
2009-07-17 01:56:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECIN ECPS EINT EIND ELAB ETRD EINV PHUM |
| 09CHIANGMAI39 | HOLLYWOOD, BOLLYWOOD...CNX-WOOD? U.S. FIRM LAYS PLANS FOR [...] U.S.-based Creative Kingdom International (CKI) has announced unofficial plans to establish a "movie city" near Chiang Mai, with the aim of developing the area as a filmmaking and entertainment production center in Asia. After five years of slowly and quietly expanding its investment in Chiang [...] |
2009-03-19 02:08:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EINT BTIO SCUL TH |
| 09CONAKRY388 | GUINEA'S BANDWIDTH WOES [...] (U) Summary. Guinea,s telecom infrastructure is one of the least developed in the world. With no fiber optic bandwidth capabilities, there are only two satellites that provide bandwidth capabilities for the country. A symbol of the GOG,s highly centralized nature, bandwidth is only broadcast [...] |
2009-07-02 11:11:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PGOV ECON PREL EINT ECPS GV |
| 09DAMASCUS727 | WHAT CARROT, WHAT STICK? PUSHING THE SARG ON TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Dr. Issa Maldoon met the Charge and U.S. Speaker Program participant Dr. Lourdes Green on October 12 to discuss Syria's ongoing efforts at combating trafficking in persons (TIP), expand services for victims of domestic violence, and ex [...] |
2009-10-13 10:51:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF EINT KPAO KTIP KWMN OIIP |
| 09DARESSALAAM585 | STIFLED POTENTIAL: FIBER-OPTIC CABLE LANDS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The landing of the Seacom undersea fiber-optic cable presents Tanzania with significant opportunities for making voice traffic and data connections less expensive and more reliable. With proper management, this cable could be transformative for Tanzania across the d [...] |
2009-09-04 04:48:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT ETTC PGOV TZ |
| 09GENEVA366 | ITU GOING FOR BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] SUMMARY: The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) convened an informal meeting to review plans and parameters for the 2010-2011 biennial budget that will be on the agenda for the October ITU Council meeting. ITU plans to 'balance' the budget by drawing no more from reserves than the p [...] |
2009-05-12 11:32:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT ITU |
| 09GENEVA595 | AZERBAIJAN PROMOTES UN RESOLUTION ON INFO SUPERHIGHWAY [...] SUMMARY: Azerbaijani Minister of Communications Ali Abbasov and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmud Mammadguliyev visited Geneva to solicit support for the "Transnational Eurasian Information Superhighway" (described reftel). Azerbaijan has not yet drafted a resolution, and Charge urge [...] |
2009-07-17 16:07:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT UN ITU |
| 09GUANGZHOU410 | Huawei - Chinese Telecom Firm Plans for Growth in U.S. Market [...] (U) Classified by Economic/Political Section Chief Stephan Lang for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: Huawei will nearly double its U.S. workforce this year, according to executives who briefed visiting students from the U.S. National Defense University's Industrial College of the Arm [...] |
2009-07-07 08:53:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ECPS ETTC ETRD EINT ECON PGOV PINR CH |
| 09GUANGZHOU644 | CHINESE BLOGGERS FEEL INCREASING GOVERNMENT PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese government has been tightening its grip on the Internet, and the trend won't be reversed any time soon, according to prominent bloggers attending the 5th Annual Blogger Conference (Septel). Bloggers viewed the role of the Internet in Chinese society alternatively as a [...] |
2009-11-20 09:15:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SCUL KWWW SOCI EINT KEMS CH |
| 09GUANGZHOU645 | CHINESE BLOGGERS CONFERENCE MORE DIFFICULT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: It can be tough being a blogger in China. But try gathering dozens of bloggers from all around the country for a conference and then you'll face some challenges. The 5th Annual China Blogger Conference faced numerous obstacles from the initial planning stages right up to the last [...] |
2009-11-20 09:15:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SCUL KWWW SOCI EINT KEMS CH |
| 09GUANGZHOU653 | Supporting the POTUS Visit: ConGen Guangzhou Swarmed to [...] (SBU) Summary: Guangzhou programmed significant outreach to amplify the POTUS November 15-18 trip to China, hosted bloggers for the All-China Bloggers DVC prior to the visit, and used Twitter to deliver live content of the POTUS Shanghai speech to thousands of Chinese netizens. Although Foreign [...] |
2009-12-01 09:26:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KMDR PREL EINT SOCI CH |
| 09GUANGZHOU654 | Anatomy of a Media Murder: How Beijing Killed [...] (C) Summary: President Obama gave only one interview during his visit to China, and he chose Guangzhou's Southern Weekend (Nanfang Zhoumo), a paper the New York Times called "China's most influential liberal newspaper." Reporters in Guangzhou, working for the Southern Daily Group or closely as [...] |
2009-12-02 07:25:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KMDR PREL EINT SOCI CH |
| 09GUATEMALA1352 | ALGAE IN LAKE ATITL??N THREATENS TOURISM, POSES CHALLENGE TO [...] (U) Summary: The appearance of an unsightly and potentially toxic algae in Lake Atitl????n poses a significant threat to one of Guatemala's most well-known tourist attractions, and has created a high-profile environmental challenge for the Colom Administration. Scientists identified the bacteri [...] |
2009-11-30 15:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PGOV EINT GT |
| 09GUATEMALA1454 | Algae Bloom Shrinks But Problems Remain for Lake Atitlan [...] (U) Summary: Recent satellite photos from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) show that the algae bloom has shrunk since mid-November and water experts expect the bloom to disappear by the end of the year, the underlying problems will still remain and require remediation by [...] |
2009-12-17 17:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV EAID EINT GT |
| 09GUATEMALA1464 | Mining Presents Opportunities and Challenges for Guatemala [...] (U) Summary: Experts from the Colorado School of Mines, participating in a roundtable discussion, December 15, said mining ventures in Guatemala could only be successful if they engage local communities and other stakeholders in a meaningful way, are transparent in their corporate and operatio [...] |
2009-12-18 14:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINT EMIN GT |
| 09GUAYAQUIL243 | CORREA'S STATE RUN BANANA COMPANY - A GOOD IDEA OR JUST [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-27 14:36:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT AGR EC CH IR LY |
| 09HANOI1392 | VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION SHOWS INCREASING BUT [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. The 12th National Assembly's (NA) 6th month-long legislative session, closing at the end of November, set Vietnam's key social and economic targets, including for the 2010 State Budget. The legislature passed seven laws, including the Law on Royalty Tax and the Law [...] |
2009-12-18 09:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT KTDB VM |
| 09HANOI1418 | Vietnam Considers Price and Import Controls to Manage [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) is considering new measures to address increasing inflation and the worsening trade deficit. The Ministry of Industry and Trade will try to control imports of non-essential items such as cars and cell phones by retracting incentives o [...] |
2009-01-02 02:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EINT VM |
| 09HANOI227 | AMBASSADOR URGES VIETNAM TO PASS NGO LAW, CARRY OUT LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Home Affairs (MOHA) Tran Van Tuan on March 6, 2009. MOHA oversees all Government of Vietnam (GVN) personnel appointments, public administration reform (PAR), government records and archives, and Vietnam's 2 million civil servants and public s [...] |
2009-03-12 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECON EFIN PGOV PREL VM |
| 09HANOI536 | VIETNAM'S DEPUTY PM EMBRACES U.S.-VN ECONOMIC AGENDA; [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Hoang Trung Hai encouraged movement on the U.S.-Vietnam economic agenda, particularly on GSP, TPP, and catfish. Hai was optimistic about completing pricing agreements for large AES and Chevron projects in Viet [...] |
2009-06-11 03:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EINT ECON EFIN PGOV PREL VM |
| 09HANOI968 | BUILDING FOUNDATION FOR A NEW BEGINNING IN DEFENSE TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's visit to the U.S. in June 2008, which included an unprecedented meeting at the Pentagon, both the Vietnamese Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) have demonstrated previously unseen interest in buying non-lethal [...] |
2009-09-17 04:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EINT ETRD MARR PARM |
| 09HARARE321 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ZIM ICT MINISTER NELSON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador McGee met with Zimbabwean Minister for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Nelson Chamisa on April 8 as part of a series of calls on ministers in the new government. They discussed the US$100,000 recently paid by the USG to ZimPost for past delivery of person [...] |
2009-04-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EINT PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
| 09HARARE361 | ZIMBABWE'S ELECTRICAL WOES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Due to a lack of coal, aging equipment, vandalism, and general neglect, Zimbabwe's electrical power grid currently supplies only half of the country's demand. The result is frequent load-shedding (blackouts) with many rural regions without power at all. Although the Zimbabwe Ele [...] |
2009-05-04 14:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINT CASC PGOV ZI |
| 09HARARE967 | ZIMBABWE, LITERALLY IN THE DARK [...] (U) SUMMARY: Zimbabwe produces about half the electricity it needs, resulting in persistent blackouts that constrain industrial output and economic recovery. Zimbabwe's Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) struggles to operate and maintain a decrepit national grid, which due to a chronic lack [...] |
2009-12-14 15:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINT CASC PGOV ZI |
| 09HAVANA361 | CUBANS DISAPPOINTED BY MICROSOFT; INSPIRED BY IRAN [...] (C) The decision by Microsoft and others to block certain internet communication services in Cuba works directly against U.S. goals to advance people-to-people interaction. The growing Cuban virtual community has privately and publicly expressed its disappointment. Bloggers remain undeterred [...] |
2009-06-19 18:58:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | EINT PREL ECON CU IR |
| 09HAVANA473 | REVERSING THE CUT-OFF OF U.S. INTERNET MESSAGING [...] (C) Reftel requested Washington action to reverse the moves by Microsoft, Google, and others to block their Internet messaging services in Cuba. The actions by these U.S. companies to stop such services only help the efforts of GOC censors to control the information available to the Cuban pe [...] |
2009-08-05 11:31:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | EINT PREL ECON PHUM CU |
| 09HAVANA566 | DIRECT MAIL WITHIN CUBA - YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: A regular postage stamp to mail a letter within Cuba costs less than one penny. As you would expect, however, you get what you pay for. Domestic service is inconsistent, unreliable, much delayed, and, therefore, hardly used by most Cubans. Sending packages and international s [...] |
2009-09-15 19:49:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT ECON CU |
| 09ISLAMABAD2767 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES,04 NOVEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD353 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM 13 FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-19 09:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD443 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM 25 FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-02 02:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 09ISTANBUL316 | TUSIAD CHIEF QUESTIONS GOT ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (Summary) (C) Arzuhan Yalcindag, President of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD), on August 12 told the Consul General that recent developments and a round of ministerial-level meetings in Ankara left her pessimistic about the GOT's commitment to economic ref [...] |
2009-08-14 11:01:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU |
| 09ISTANBUL365 | PRIVATE SECTOR QUESTIONS AKP WILL TO LEAD ON [...] (C) Summary. Leading Turkish businessmen and economists gave the Justice and Development Party (AKP) mixed reviews at a luncheon hosted by the Consul General on September 23, 2009. The group acknowledged that the government of Prime Minister Erdogan has done a better job of handling the ec [...] |
2009-09-28 14:17:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU |
| 09ISTANBUL468 | LEADING ENTREPRENEURS PARTICIPATE IN ISTANBUL [...] (U) Summary. A Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit Roundtable was hosted in Istanbul by Consul General Wiener on December 21, bringing together a group of successful Turkish entrepreneurs to discuss shared experiences and lessons learned, and to discuss the potential for new partnerships a [...] |
2009-12-29 05:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU |
| 09JEDDAH119 | SAUDI BLOGGER CURBS HIS ACTIVISM BUT NOT HIS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Fouad Al-Farhan, previously jailed activist and blogger, claims a travel ban that prevented his attending a December bloggers' conference in Beirut continues in effect. Al-Farhan says that continued harassment and threats by the SAG since his release nearly a year ago have d [...] |
2009-03-29 16:18:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | EINT PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER SA |
| 09JEDDAH349 | SAUDI BLOGGER SCARED INTO CURBING HIS ACTIVISM [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-21 07:56:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | EINT KJUS KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER |
| 09KINGSTON782 | JAMAICA: SEPTEMBER 2009 ECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (U) David Smith, the head of failed foreign-exchange trading club Olint TCI, has found himself on the wrong side of the law in the Turks and Caicos Islands for the second time this year. The Olint boss and his wife have been slapped with several additional charges including money laundering and [...] |
2009-10-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT EAIR EAGR ECIN EFIN EIND ELAB EMIN ENRG |
| 09KINGSTON800 | JAMAICA: JAMAICA'S FISCAL MALAISE [...] (SBU) Only five months after outlining its spending plans, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has announced a USD 67 million increase in expenditures for the current fiscal year. The hike comes after repeated pronouncements from Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding about deep cuts in the expenditure [...] |
2009-10-08 20:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI IMF IBRD |
| 09KUWAIT1011 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Econoff visited Gulf Technology Electronic & Systems Co. October 1 and met with its director, Nallepilly K. Balasubramanian, to substantiate the company's bona fides as a broker of USML items. Econoff confirmed that the company is in business at the listed location. [...] |
2009-10-22 12:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC EIND EINT KOMC KU |
| 09KUWAIT1059 | RESPONSE, BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY CASE NO. [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Econoff visited Trade Vision International Trading Company on October 25 and met with its general director, Abdullah Khoursheed, to substantiate the company's bona fides as a broker of USML items. Econoff confirmed that the company is in business at the listed locati [...] |
2009-11-09 12:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC EIND EINT KU |
| 09KUWAIT1060 | GOK AND CORPORATIONS HOST FIRST-EVER TRAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 26 and 27, Kuwait's General Administration for Customs held its first-ever training sessions for customs inspectors designed to combat trade in counterfeit goods in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce, the Brand Owners Protection Group, and American-based comp [...] |
2009-11-09 12:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EIND EINT ETRD KU |
| 09KUWAIT1066 | RESPONSE, BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY CASE NO. [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Econoff visited Al-Emdad General Trade & Contracting Establishment on October 28 and met with its general manager, Tariq Jassim Al-Sane to substantiate the company's bona fides as a broker of USML items. Econoff confirmed that the company had been in business at the l [...] |
2009-11-10 12:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC EIND EINT KU |
| 09KUWAIT1069 | RESPONSE, BLUE LANTERN BONA FIDES CASE NO. K-2682 [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Econoff visited Al-Qatami Global General Trading & Contracting Company on November 8 and met with its director and partner, Ali Abdul-Aziz Al-Qatami, to substantiate the company's bona fides as a broker of USML items. Econoff confirmed that the company is in business [...] |
2009-11-10 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC EIND EINT KU |
| 09KUWAIT1156 | RESPONSE TO ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT REPORTING [...] (U) Kuwait still applies a primary boycott of goods and services produced in Israel and there is no direct trade between Kuwait and Israel, but Kuwait does not require U.S. firms to participate in or cooperate with either the secondary or tertiary Arab League boycott. In September 1994, Kuwai [...] |
2009-12-10 13:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT ECON KIPR EIND EINT ETRD XF KU |
| 09KUWAIT1171 | RESPONSE, BLUE LANTERN BONA FIDES CASE NO. K-0721 [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Econoff visited the Fouad M.T. Al-Ghanim Establishment on December 10 and met with its operations manager, Steven Mathews, to substantiate the company's bona fides as a broker of USML items. Mathews is doing business out of Continental Hotel, one of Fouad Al-Ghanim's [...] |
2009-12-15 11:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC EIND EINT KU |
| 09KUWAIT1175 | RESPONSE, BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY CASE NO. [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Econoff visited the Gulf Group Holding Company on December 14 and met with its CEO Mahmoud Al-Haj to substantiate the company's bona fides as a broker of USML items. Econoff confirmed that the company was in business at the listed location. Al-Haj stated that his co [...] |
2009-12-16 10:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC EIND EINT KU |
| 09KUWAIT897 | DRAFT COPYRIGHT LAW IN REVIEW, MAY CLEAR BY [...] (SBU) On Sept. 7, Econcouns met with Shaker al Saleh, Assistant Undersecretary, Commercial Registration and Trademarks and Sheikha Rasha al Sabah, Director for IPR, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, to discuss the status of the revised copyright law. Econcouns pressed both for a timeline on [...] |
2009-09-09 11:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINT ETRD KU |
| 09KUWAIT905 | RESPONSE, BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) This is an initial response to reftel action request. Jasem Y. al Zayed, Project Development Manager, Al Sada General Trading & Contracting (SGTC) told Econoff on Sept. 9 that the serial number of the Smith & Wesson firearm mentioned in reftel is not on the manifest provided to SGTC by [...] |
2009-09-13 07:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINT ETRD ETTC KU |
| 09KYIV244 | FAINA: LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER OHRYZKO [...] (SBU) Embassy was called in to the MFA Consular Department February 4 to receive a letter to the Secretary from Foreign Minister Ohryzko concerning the negotiations regarding the ship, Faina, held for ransom by Somali pirates. Embassy has emailed a scanned copy of the original to EUR/UMB. [...] |
2009-02-05 04:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EINT PREL SO UP |
| 09KYIV247 | FAINA: LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER OHRYZKO [...] (SBU) EMBASSY WAS CALLED IN TO THE MFA CONSULAR DEPARTMENT FEBRUARY 4 TO RECEIVE A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM FOREIGN MINISTER OHRYZKO CONCERNING THE NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING THE SHIP, FAINA, HELD FOR RANSOM BY SOMALI PIRATES. EMBASSY HAS EMAILED A SCANNED COPY OF THE ORIGINAL TO EUR/UMB. [...] |
2009-02-05 11:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EINT PREL SO UP |
| 09KYIV785 | UKRAINE: PRIVATIZATION UNLIKELY TO HELP CLOSE BUDGET GAP [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's 2009 budget foresees $1.1 billion of budget revenues this year, but the GOU is unlikely to earn anything near that amount from privatization of state-owned enterprises. The IMF, in its most recent review of its Stand-By Agreement, now estimates that Ukraine will gene [...] |
2009-05-08 17:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECPS BEXP EINT UP |
| 09KYIV940 | EURO 2012: SOCCER ORGANIZER SHOWS UKRAINE THE YELLOW CARD [...] (SBU) Ukraine is in danger of losing the prestigious 2012 European soccer championships, which it is to co-host with Poland. Games were to be played in four Ukrainian cities, but the UEFA, Europe's ruling soccer body, has announced that only Kyiv is on track to be a host, and that its role coul [...] |
2009-06-02 12:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECPS BEXP EINT UP |
| 09LIBREVILLE364 | GABON: TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRIKE SHUTS DOWN [...] (C) In the critical lead time prior to Gabon,s presidential election August 30th, much of the country is without internet and telephone capability. A strike by Gabon Telecommunication workers has resulted in internet, land, and cellular lines being disabled, and is affecting all subsidiaries [...] |
2009-08-04 14:12:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ELAB ETTC |
| 09LIBREVILLE367 | GABON: TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRIKE "SUSPENDED, NOT [...] (C) The strike by Gabon Telecom workers that has crippled Gabon's telecommunications since July has been temporarily halted through accession to Gabonese government requests by parent company, Maroc Telecom. Union leaders informed us that a final decision regarding workers' demands should be [...] |
2009-08-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ELAB ETTC GB |
| 09LIMA1675 | Peru's Financial Intelligence Unit- Reinvigorated [...] (C) Summary: The Peruvian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), under new management since February 2009, has shown renewed vigor as demonstrated by the exponential increase in the number of intelligence reports entering the judicial system compared to 2008. Based on these cases, the FIU estimate [...] |
2009-12-01 19:27:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN EINT PTER SNAR PE KTFN DEA TRSY |
| 09LJUBLJANA116 | QUESTIONABLE BANK LOANS EXPOSE SLOVENIAN [...] (C) Dr. Drasko Veselinovic, president of mostly state-owned Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB), offered his resignation on April 20, only two months after he took the position. The offer of resignation reflects rising tensions within the governing coalition over NLB's decision to extend the payment [...] |
2009-04-22 16:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINT PGOV SI |
| 09LJUBLJANA88 | EU STIMULUS: 11M EUROS FOR SLOVENIAN BROADBAND [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-30 16:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ETRD EINT SI |
| 09MAPUTO896 | ONE-STOP BORDER: PROJECT BETWEEN MOZAMBIQUE AND S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff met with officials at the Government of Mozambique (GRM) on May 28 and the South African Revenue Service on July 2 to discuss the status of a joint one-stop border project between Mozambique and South Africa. Plans to create a 24-hour, one-stop border were signed in 20 [...] |
2009-08-11 10:32:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV EINT PGOV ETRD MZ SF |
| 09MAPUTO980 | BUSINESS COMMUNTITY PROTESTS PORT CARGO SCANNING [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2005, the Government of Mozambique (GRM) awarded a 20-year concession to Kudumba Investments to provide an integrated border and cargo security solution. The concession is based on the principle of "build, operate, and transfer" that requires no capital outlay from the GRM. [...] |
2009-09-02 13:47:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV EINT PGOV EWWT PREL ETRD MZ SF |
| 09MEXICO2483 | CALDERON PLAYS TO DOMESTIC AUDIENCES IN SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: President Calderon visited Colombia, Uruguay, and Brazil August 12-August 17 to advance economic and political interests. The Mexican press published flashy headlines from Calderon's stops in Colombia and Brazil -- one speaking to an ongoing bilateral program on security and an [...] |
2009-08-21 18:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | BR CO ECIN ECON EINT EPET MX PGOV PINR PREL |
| 09MEXICO2680 | TELECOM COOPERATION AND TELMEX [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hector Osuna, President of Mexico's Federal Telecommunications Commission (COFETEL), emphasized U.S.-Mexico telecom cooperation in an 8 September meeting with Econoff. He judged that initiatives on borderless calling, mutual recognition of telecom equipment (CITEL MRA), and spe [...] |
2009-09-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT ETRD MX |
| 09MEXICO2701 | MEXICO: CALDERON MEETS PRI RESISTANCE ON [...] (c) Summary: Following up his bold state of the Union message ref A), President Calderon announced several expected Cabinet changes, eliminated a number of government secretariats, and recommended a series of economic measures that presaged an imminent tough battle on the budget (septel). Whi [...] |
2009-09-15 13:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EINT EPET MX PGOV PINR PREL |
| 09MONTERREY456 | NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH TAKING ROOT IN NUEVO LEON [...] (SBU) Summary. Nuevo Leon's Nanotechnology Incubator, the state's newest addition to its nanotechnology infrastructure, is nearing completion and promises to provide pilot scale production facilities to multiple institutes working together to further nanotechnology initiatives in northeastern [...] |
2009-12-14 20:24:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINT EINV PGOV TSPL MX |
| 09MUSCAT1039 | SKYPE CRACKDOWN IN OMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Oman prohibits the use of Voice Over Internet Protocol services and access to leading VOIP providers is blocked by the Sultanate's Internet filters. The government has cracked down on VOIP service providers throughout the year, arresting approximately 212 individuals so far this ye [...] |
2009-11-23 13:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC PHUM MU |
| 09MUSCAT1086 | OMAN: RISING WAGES DEVASTATE EMBASSY LES RECRUITMENT [...] (SBU) On November 2, private English-daily "Times of Oman" reported that private-sector wages are predicted to increase by six percent in 2010. This increase mirrors a six percent increase over the last twelve months of 2009. Oman witnessed significantly higher salary growth, ten percent, in 2 [...] |
2009-11-03 10:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ECON EINT MU |
| 09MUSCAT533 | FIGHTER AIRCRAFT SALE NOT FINAL [...] (C) Oman apparently continues to assess whether to buy 18 Lockheed Martin F-16s or Eurofighter Typhoons made by BAE, but in this case being marketed by the UK. Press reports suggest that Oman has been offered 18 Eurofighters for 1.6 billion pounds sterling (about $2.4 billion). Separately, [...] |
2009-06-01 12:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EINT ECIN PREL MASS MU |
| 09MUSCAT941 | RECALL 09 MUSCAT 941 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT ETRD MU |
| 09MUSCAT951 | Oman's Slow Progress in Privatization [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Privatization in Oman has been a methodical process and most likely will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. The recent economic downturn may have caused the government to rethink plans to privatize key sectors of the economy. The government continues to publicly expres [...] |
2009-10-11 03:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT ETRD MU |
| 09NAIROBI992 | KENYA'S NEW BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE PROMISES GROWTH [...] Summary: Kenya will revolutionize its telecom industry when it initiates its first fiber optic internet connection on June 27. This broadband connection will vastly improve the quality of internet access to Kenya and contiguous landlocked countries. With increased internet capacity, the fibe [...] |
2009-05-15 09:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD ETTC ECON EINT PGOV EFIN EINV KE |
| 09NASSAU723 | Mega-Resort Plans Include 4,000 Chinese Workers; GCOB "Wary" [...] (S) SUMMARY: Baha Mar Corporation executives described plans to begin construction on a USD 2.7 billion mega-resort and casino in Nassau starting January 2010. The resort would add three additional hotels to the Cable Beach area, as well as several other high-end amenities to rival another [...] |
2009-11-20 20:52:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET | ECON EINT EINV EAID ELAB ETRD BF |
| 09NASSAU751 | PM Removes Major Port Manager for Deal with U.S. Company, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an unusual move, PM Ingraham effectively removed the foreign manager of one of the world's largest and busiest ports after learning of his role in the partial sale of the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) in Freeport to a U.S.-Singapore Firm. Confidential sources speculate [...] |
2009-12-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON EINT EINV EPET BF |
| 09NEWDELHI1464 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary: Mission India warmly welcomes you to India. This is an opportune moment in the relationship between the world's largest democracies. The Congress Party's strong showing in the April elections allowed formation of a new and strong Indian government--freed from the constrain [...] |
2009-07-15 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | EAGR EAID ECIN EFIN EINT EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC |
| 09NEWDELHI1766 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 17-21, 2009, including the following: -- Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Reconstituted -- Dr. Subir Gokran Likely to be Next RBI Deputy Governor -- Ministry of Finance Releases Direct T [...] |
2009-08-21 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ECIN ECPS EINT EAGR EFIN EINV ENRG EPET |
| 09NEWDELHI2177 | U/S BURNS DISCUSSES EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns met Indian Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal in New Delhi on October 15 to discuss educational cooperation and Prime Minister Singh's November visit to Washington. Sibal previewed his late October travel to the United States and pushed [...] |
2009-10-27 08:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINT EINV IN PHUM SCUL SOCI TBIO TSPL |
| 09PANAMA90 | PANAMA: 2009 CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] Panama continued its efforts to combat child labor in 2008. The GOP trained labor inspectors, prosecutors and judges, engaged in activities to increase public awareness and moved forward on its National Plan for the Eradication of Child Labor that is being implemented by an active, inter-ag [...] |
2009-01-29 21:50:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT ELAB ETRD PHUM SOC PM |
| 09PARISFR318 | MULTILINGUAL INTERNET - PROPOSAL TO DRAW UNESCO AND ICANN [...] Summary: On February 2, Latvian Ambassador to UNESCO and France Janis Karklins met with CDA and PAO to seek U.S. support for a proposal that would bring UNESCO's Communications and Information (CI) sector and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in closer partnership [...] |
2009-03-04 16:26:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT UNESCO KPAO ETRD |
| 09PORTOFSPAIN460 | CLIMATE CHANGE TO HEADLINE COMMONWEALTH MEETING [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago hosts the 21st biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) November 27-29 in Port of Spain, with several related forums beginning as early as November 20. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip are to pay a state visit just before the event, and the Qu [...] |
2009-11-19 20:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGHG KSUM EINT TD |
| 09PRETORIA1033 | VODACOM COURT DECISION PROVIDES TEMPORARY REASSURANCE TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Vodacom listed its shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on May 18 after legal actions by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and ICT regulator the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) failed to stop the unbundling of state-contr [...] |
2009-05-21 07:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ELAB EIND EINV EINT PGOV PREL USTR SF |
| 09PRETORIA1148 | SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES SIGN ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, and Swaziland signed the interim EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in Brussels on June 4. South Africa did not sign the EPA, nor did Angola or Namibia. The signing of the EPA has raised questions about the future of the Southern Afr [...] |
2009-06-08 14:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINT SF |
| 09PRETORIA1745 | TRADE MINISTER ON THE FUTURE OF TIDCA AND AGOA [...] (U) Summary. The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) will "engage energetically" on the U.S./SACU Trade, Investment, and Development Cooperative Agreement (TIDCA), said South African Minister of Trade and Industry Dr. Rob Davies at a breakfast briefing for the American Chamber of Commerce [...] |
2009-08-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINT ETRD SF |
| 09PRETORIA177 | MOTOROLA CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF DUE PROCESS IN [...] (C) Summary. Motorola is concerned that a South African Police Service (SAPS) tender for the acquisition of a provincial radio network system did not follow due process. The company has solicited USG support to seek clarification of the process to ensure transparency in future tenders. End S [...] |
2009-01-30 07:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EIND EINT SF |
| 09PRETORIA2164 | ICT COMPANIES HIGHLIGHT BROADBAND AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Ambassador Gips hosted a luncheon discussion with leading executives of U.S. ICT companies in South Africa on September 25. The executives called for improvements in South African Government (SAG) decision-making processes and for increased public-private collaboration. Leadership shortf [...] |
2009-10-23 14:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EIND EINV EINT ETTC SOCI SF |
| 09PRETORIA2280 | FOREIGN OPERATORS AND PRIVATIZATION INCREASE COMPETITION IN [...] (SBU) Neotel executives briefed Ambassador Gips on the creation of the second fixed-line operator on October 27. Neotel began operations in 2005 and is working with new undersea fiber-optic cable companies to boost broadband capacity in the region. Neotel executives outlined impending changes [...] |
2009-11-09 07:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EIND EINV EINT ETTC EAID SOCI SF |
| 09PRETORIA249 | SOUTH AFRICA RESPONSE TO TELECOM TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Information Communications and Technology (ICT) Officer met with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), industry analysts, and ICT firms to discuss the ICT regulatory environment in South Africa. Officials noted that ICASA faced major challenges in i [...] |
2009-02-10 12:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT SF |
| 09PRETORIA475 | STATE MEDIA GIANT SINKS INTO FINANCIAL QUAGMIRE [...] (U) SUMMARY: South Africa's state broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation, recently admitted serious financial difficulties and is applying to the Treasury for immediate help. This follows on a year of political infighting between the Thabo Mbeki-appointed Board and the Jacob Zu [...] |
2009-03-12 07:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PGOV ECPS EINT SF |
| 09PRETORIA981 | AT&T PURSUES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH TELKOM SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary. AT&T officials met with post to discuss a new strategic partnership with Telkom South Africa on April 16. The officials noted that increasing numbers of international corporations were finding opportunities for investment in Africa and agreed that improvements in bandwidth capa [...] |
2009-05-14 05:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EIND EINV EINT ECIP PGOV USTR SF |
| 09QUITO455 | ECUADORIAN PRESIDENT MAKES ACCUSATIONS ABOUT U.S. TELECOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the May 30 presentation of his weekly radio address, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa sharply criticized U.S. telecommunications companies ATT, MCI, and Sprint, accusing them of "swindling" Ecuador out of millions of dollars of long-distance fees. ATT maintains that the ac [...] |
2009-06-15 18:56:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EINT ETRD EC |
| 09QUITO485 | EMBASSY-SPONSORED CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SPEAKER [...] Summary: With the goal of highlighting the positive impact of the U.S. business community in Ecuador, Embassy Quito used its 2009 I-bucks funding to bring to Ecuador Celina Pagani-Tousignant, an expert on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the week of May 18-22. Pagani-Tousignant gave pol [...] |
2009-06-19 13:38:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EINT ETRD EC |
| 09ROME1047 | ITALY MAY BE READY FOR GREATER IPR COOPERATION WITH USG [...] (U) Italy's new Intellectual Property Director has begun coordinating Italy's domestic approach to IPR protection, and a new Italian law increases penalties for IPR crimes. This recent action on IPR presents an opportunity for engagement, and Italian contacts have signaled their interest in de [...] |
2009-09-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IT KIPR ETRD ECON EINT |
| 09ROME1395 | IPR IN ITALY - USG COOPERATION WITH ITALIAN IP DIRECTORATE [...] (U) Italian officials have expressed interest in closer collaboration with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on intellectual property (IP) issues. They also seem eager to take steps that could lead to Italy being taken off the USG's 301 Watch List, but it is not clear that they will succeed [...] |
2009-12-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IT KIPR ETRD ECON EINT |
| 09ROME1396 | IPR IN ITALY - AMERICAN VOICES AMONG ITALIAN ELITE [...] (U) Three American speakers, recruited by Embassy Rome, recently spoke at an intellectual property rights (IPR) conference held in Rome. The two USG speakers and one private sector speaker spoke on issues of IPRs and competition law, emerging areas of patent law, and U.S. approaches to copyrig [...] |
2009-12-21 15:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | IT KIPR ETRD ECON EINT |
| 09ROME227 | IPR SPECIAL 301 REVIEW -- MISSION ITALY INPUT [...] (U) Summary: The fall of the Prodi government in 2008 understandably interrupted what had been strong momentum on IPR issues in Italy. Post has recently seen a renewed executive branch determination to tackle IPR issues, in particular, on-line piracy. Problems still exist, especially the cur [...] |
2009-02-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | IT KIPR ETRD ECON EINT |
| 09ROME535 | NEW ITALIAN DIRECTORATE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] (U) Summary: The Italian government has reorganized its patent and trademark offices, creating a General Directorate for Intellectual Property. The new Directorate will be responsible for all domestic anti-counterfeiting action and will, in addition, coordinate the action of all agencies with [...] |
2009-05-12 13:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | IT KIPR ETRD |