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Title: Bhutan to be testbed for ITU's E-Post venture with Universal Postal Union. (Bhutan).(International Telecommunication Union)(Brief Article)
Publication: Asia Pacific Telecom (Newsletter)
Date: April 1, 2002
Publisher: Information Gatekeepers, Inc.
Volume: 6 Issue: 4 Page: 1(3)Article Type: Brief ArticleDistributed by Thompson Gale
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A three-year joint project between International Telecommunication Union and Universal Postal Union was agreed upon during WTDC-02 that will bring e-mail and e-post through post offices in the developing world. The Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan will be the first country to benefit. "The need to harness the power of ICT for socio-economic development with the aim of making the benefits of ICT accessible to the widest number possible and particularly the world's most deprived, is clearly a clear message of the World Telecommunication Development Conference currently meeting in Istanbul," said Yoshio Utsumi, ITU Secretary-General. "The deployment of community telecenters in developing countries constitutes a promising way to narrow the Digital Divide and to improve the quality of life...
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