<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">This event launches a new <a href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Technology/Pages/LMC/LMC-Home.aspx">ITU Report</a> on Last Mile Connectivity aka LMC. ITU Regional Director Atsuko Oksuda was a participant in the recent <a href="https://isoc.live/13322/">CNXAPC Roundtable Summit</a>, where she expressed some fairly progressive views. ISOC's Naveed Haq is on the panel, <br><br>REAL TIME TEXT <a href="https://bit.ly/apaclastmile">https://bit.ly/apaclastmile</a></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><br><u></u>
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ISOC Live posted: "On Monday 22 February 2021 at 10:30-12:00 BKK/JKT Time (03:30-05:00 UTC) the ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific will host a webinar 'Last-Mile Connectivity in Asia-Pacific: planning tools to address the Gaps'. This webinar will feature the launc" </span>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a style="color:#2585b2" href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/apaclastmile" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/apaclastmile-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a>On <strong>Monday 22 February 2021</strong> at <strong>10:30-12:00 BKK/JKT Time</strong> (03:30-05:00 UTC) the <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/asiapacific/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific</a></strong> will host a webinar '<strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/AsiaPacific/Pages/Events/2021/Last%20Mile%20Connectivity%20in%20Asia-Pacific/LMCASP.aspx" target="_blank">Last-Mile Connectivity in Asia-Pacific: planning tools to address the Gaps</a></strong>'. This webinar will feature the launch of <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Technology/Pages/LMC/LMC-Home.aspx" target="_blank">ITU Last Mile Connectivity Solutions Guide</a></strong> which is designed to assist efforts to extend affordable and sustainable connectivity service to under-connected localities. Invited experts will discuss technical, business, and regulatory considerations for implementing last mile connectivity solutions to connect the unserved and underserved populations, especially in rural and remote areas.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>SPEAKERS</strong><br><strong>Atsuko Okuda</strong>, Regional Director (Asia and the Pacific), ITU<br><strong>Aamir Riaz</strong>, Programme Officer, ITU<br><strong>John Garrity</strong>, Independent Consultant<br><strong>Ihar Shchetko</strong>, GIGA Project Officer, ITU</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>PANEL</strong><br><strong>Bill Lan</strong>, Vice President, Wireless Network Development, Huawei Technologies<br><strong>Naveed Haq</strong>, Asia-Pacific Regional Director for Infrastructure and Connectivity, Internet <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">S</span>ociety (ISOC)<br><strong>Imran Malik</strong>, Vice President Global Sales, Fixed Data, SES networks<br><strong>Yasuhiko Kawasumi</strong>, Vice Chair, ITU-D Study Group 1</p>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>TWITTER <a style="color:#2585b2" href="http://bit.ly/lastmileapac" target="_blank">#lastmile #apac</a> @ITU @aokuda @ITUAsiaPacific Aamir Riaz @JohnDGarrity @NaveedHaq @ISOCapac Bill Lan @Huawei Yasuhiko Kawasumi @SES_Satellites @ADB_HQ</strong></p>
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