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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Carlos,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><BR><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT color=#000000>In
the first regional LA&C preparatory meeting for the IGF, in 2008, a
representative of a major telco said we should not worry about bringing the
next billion to the Internet -- they have cell phones, so they are connected
already, problem solved. I wonder if this executive would take the place of a
carpenter looking for a job, who has to compose and send by email his CV
together with images of letters of recommendation to his would-be employer,
and had nothing but a cell phone (smart or not) to do it. Not to speak of
comparing the executive's thin-fingered hands of a pianist with the big
callous hands of the
carpenter.</FONT><BR> <BR></FONT><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">That's because traditional Telcos only
believe in the traditional supply-purchase scenario, that is, server ->
client.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">They don't believe in user generated content
because that's not lucrative enough.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Warm regards,</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Olivier</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">-- <BR>Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD<BR><A
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