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The third World Telecommunication Policy Forum (Geneva, 2001),
considering
recognizing (broader economic implications for a country)
noting (implications for operators)
conscious (implications for government policies and regulation)
- attract capital investment so as to fund infrastructure that serves users and society as a whole;
- stimulate innovation in order that applications and products that meet the needs of people can be offered in the marketplace;
- exploit the synergies between capital investment and innovation so as to promote sustainable economic development that can attract further investment and create the environment necessary to promote more innovation;
is of the view
invites
- encouraging investment, spurring innovation and advancing development;
- achieving public policy goals in the context of a converged communication services environment;
- considering the possibility of opening their communication services market with respect to IP Telephony by adopting a competition-oriented approach in order to achieve clearly defined public policy goals, taking into account, among other things, the concept of technology neutrality for fully-substitutable services.
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