China.
While the PTC has had significant ties
with Taiwan in the past, this is the
first year that the People's Republic
of China will be participating--and,
significantly, on a ministerial level
as well.
Distance
learning. As the world grows smaller and small, due
in no small part to telecommunications, this year's
meeting is placing greater emphasis on development,
particularly on ways that the developed world can help "virtually" educate
anyone in the developing world with computer access.
Hawaii as a technological center. Tours showing
off the islands' technological facilities will
be available to conference participants, to encourage
them to think of Hawaii as a possible site for
their companies' operations.
3G.
Pros and cons of the "third generation" of
cell phone technology and its potential in Europe,
North America and beyond.
Spectrum. Only a limited portion of the radio
wave spectrum is available to mobile phone service
providers, and many mobile companies are saying
that more is needed if they are to serve the
growing demand.
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