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STATE AND INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

Pacific Telecommunications Council
25^th Annual Conference

19-23 January 2003
Hilton Hawaiian Village
Honolulu Hawaii

This conference reports growth of the Internet and broadband, both wireline and wireless. Nowhere is Internet growth more robust than in Asia. Asia-Pacific will be at the forefront of growth in telecommunications and information technology in this decade.

The annual conference of the Pacific Telecommunications Council provides a bridge between different regions of Asia-Pacific in the telecommunication sector, between traditional and convergent telecommunications industries, and between technologies and markets. You can only benefit it you take advantage of that bridge. Now is the time for you to participate actively to help assure that its foundations are made even stronger.

This world-renowned conference with unparalleled opportunities for human networking, updates on the latest business strategies and technologies and a broad overview of everything important to the convergent communications industry in Asia-Pacific. Join with thousands of industry leaders and experts at PTC2003 to.

·        Discover the critical issues facing the future of telecommunications

·        Learn the latest applications and services developments

·        Exchange ideas and information with colleagues

·        Network with industry leaders and experts

·        Maintain your competitive edge

Conference topics include:

·        The Development Imperative: Encouraging Investment and the Potential to Leapfrog – Is there a model that works? Can the success of some countries, such as China, be replicated elsewhere? Will large-scale public sector “digital divide” initiatives be necessary?

·        What is the potential for broadband growth in regions such as Latin America, the Pacific islands, China and India?

·        The Broadband Home and the End of the Office - Are we finally seeing the emergence of a single broadband pipe into the home with a residential “gateway?” What are the implications? Who will be the residential provider of the future?

·        Is global access to education on the horizon?

·        How Internet applications are likely to evolve across the spectrum of data, video and voice with the availability of broadband access?

·        The future of the undersea communications industry.

·        Next Generation Networks: Transcending the Layers of the Internet and Determining the Future of Broadband

·        Wireless Standards: 3G versus 4G or 802.11b?

·        What happens next for the satellite industry?

·        Is the “Digital Divide” debate premature, when true broadband remains relatively rare even amongst the affluent?

·        Is Internet governance an oxymoron?

·        Universal Services Confronts the Broadband Era

·        Is it possible for bandwidth capacity providers to return to profitability?

·        Will Asian broadband demand drive a global recovery?

·        Will broadband follow the automotive or consumer electronics business models and evolve into a handful of giants?

·        Mitigating Business Risk in Dangerous Times

For additional information, go to www.ptc.org/ptc2003

Five easy ways to register:

Phone: 1 808 941-3789  Fax: 1 909 944-4874

Email: ptc2003@ptc.org  Web: www.ptc.org/ptc2003

Mail:     Pacific Telecommunications Council
2454 S. Beretania Street
Honolulu, HI 96826-1596 USA