Key Internet and telecom companies signed on as part of U.S. dele...

Key Internet and telecom companies signed on as part of U.S. delegation to next month’s China-U.S. Telecom Summit in Xiamen, China, Telecom Industry Assn. (TIA) said Tues. Delegates are from Agilent, Andrews, Cisco, Intel, Lucent, Motorola, Nortel Networks, Qualcomm, Verizon and others, TIA said. Meeting Feb. 20-22 brings govt. and industry officials together to discuss future of telecom and information technology in China, TIA said. U.S. govt. representatives include: NTIA Dir. Nancy Victory, FCC Comr. Copps, International Trade Administration representatives of Dept. of Commerce, foreign commercial service officers from U.S. Embassy and Consulate in China. China will be represented by, among others, its Minister of Information Industry; dir. gens. in that ministry; and key Chinese telecom operators and equipment manufacturers, TIA said. Topics include broadband and wireless development, information and network security and telecom reform. -- www.tiaonline.org/policy/regional/asia/chinasummit.