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ITU TELECOM EUROPE 2007 heads to Bulgaria
Newest EU member state to host newest telecom event
The forthcoming ITU TELECOM EUROPE event, which promises to provide the leading showcase for the region's ICT industry, will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 3-6 December 2007. ITU's announcement of the event comes at a landmark moment for Bulgaria, which is set to become a member of the European Union (EU) in 2007.
"With its thriving ICT sector coupled with a key strategic location, Bulgaria provides an ideal vantage point from which to observe trends unfolding across the region," said Fernando Lagraña, Executive Manager, ITU TELECOM.
Following a competitive bidding process, Bulgaria was selected for a number of reasons including a very strong level of industry and government support at the national level.
The European region spans some of the world's most sophisticated ICT markets to newer, emerging markets, all of which offer great potential. According to ITU, in 2005 the European region had the world's highest degree of liberalization and competition in the telecommunication sector. Together with a changing political climate aided by market growth and liberalization as well as the eastward expansion of the EU, a raft of new opportunities for trade and investment has opened in the South Eastern European region.
"The favourable conditions that our fast-developing modern capital Sofia will offer to the participants in the Forum and the exhibition will contribute to the success of ITU TELECOM EUROPE 2007," said Plamen Vatchkov, Chairman, State Agency for Information Technology and Communications of the Republic of Bulgaria. "We believe that the active involvement of the leading local telecoms and ICT providers will be an additional asset to the success of the event along with full political support to this event of all Bulgarian government authorities, central as well as local."
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