Larry Irving, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information

U.S. Department of Commerce

The recent trend toward liberalized global telecommunications markets has opened up a $675 billion international market in telecom equipment and services. Given the opportunities this expansion offers for U.S. businesses, the U.S. Department of Commerce is hosting a roundtable of industry representatives and Washington policymakers to discuss:

• •What are successful strategies for penetration into newly liberalized markets?
• •What are current or potential barriers to global market entry and expansion in newly liberalized markets due to policy, regulation or other hurdles?
• •How has/should U.S. policy influenced changes in the telecommunications market?

Participants will have the opportunity to bring their issues to the attention of the U.S. Government policy making community in Washington, D.C.