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Budapest, November 24, 2004 10:00

The First European Conference on Telecommunications and Sustainability organized by ETNO (Association of European Telecommunications Network Operators) will be held in the Matáv Headquarters in Budapest on November 25-26. This major event of telecommunications operators will be attended by delegates from some 20 countries, including the representatives of telecommunications companies, EU and Hungarian government agencies, consulting firms, universities, public organizations and UN's Global Compact organization. The participants will be welcomed by Matáv's chief technical officer, the director of ETNO and the representative of the Ministry of Environment and Water Management.

ETNO has 41 telecom operator members from 34 countries. It focuses on the promotion of dialogue among its members and the other players interested in building the European information society. It also provides a forum for the members to discuss common problems. Sustainability means the harmony of the social, business and environmental interests.

The aim of the conference is to establish links between the telecommunications services, the various operators and sustainability. Among other issues, the Budapest conference will
discuss the following: trends in the information society and in sustainable development; a European perspective, market opportunities for the infocommunications sector in sustainable development, resources and climate changes, the opportunities of telecommunications in the struggle against global warming, the helping role of infocommunications in economic growth.

At the Budapest conference ETNO will join the UN's Global Compact initiated by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and the ETNO Sustainability Charter, which Matáv has joined along with 15 other European telecommunications operators, will also be made public here.