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	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 17, 1999 News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0500
	FCC CHAIRMAN KENNARD SIGNS WORK PROGRAMME WITH SOUTH AFRICA
	Today William E. Kennard, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), began implementation of his International Development Initiative by signing a work programme with his counterpart at the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (SATRA).  The Chairman’s Development Initiative is a commitment to work with developing nations to achieve universal communications services through implementation of the goals of the World Telecommunications Organization’s Basic Telecom Services Agreement: promoting competition, liberalizing markets and adopting transparent, pro-competitive regulatory policies.  Attached are Chairman Kennard’s remarks (as prepared for delivery) and the work programme.