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ASIA TELECOM 97 was the fourth regional Telecom event for the Asia-Pacific region. The event, held at the World Trade Centre, Singapore, attracted over 40,000 telecommunication professionals, who came to see the latest technology on display from 477 exhibitors from the telecommunications, information technology and audio-visual entertainment fields. The Opening Ceremony, held on Monday 9 June, was hosted by H.E. Mr Goh Chok Tong, Prime Minister, Singapore, Mr Teo Ming Kian, Chairman, Telecommunication Authority of Singapore, Dr Pekka Tarjanne, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Mr Christopher Galvin, CEO, Motorola. Both it and the Press Day, held on Sunday 8 June, received extensive press coverage around the world, and the Prime Minister of Singapore used the occasion to launch the pilot network for Singapore ONE – Singapore’s ambitious project to wire together businesses, schools, public areas and some 800,000 households on the intelligent island. Over a thousand people took part in the Forum programme, which opened with the Secretary-General of the ITU, the Chairman of TAS and Mr Frank Blount, the Chairman of Telstra. Mr Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft, spoke live from Seattle via videoconference. The Forum encompassed the Strategies and Technology Summits, which focused both on new technological developments, and on the greater challenges of communications in the developing world. A Telecom Development Symposium was also organized, in conjunction with the Forum, which brought 40 telecommunications specialists from 38 countries to ASIA TELECOM 97 on a fellowship to discuss the issues relating to interconnection, the rationalization of tariffs, and the need for balanced development programmes.
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