Senator George Re-Elected as ECTEL Chairman

Contact: Rose Marie Harris

Tuesday, October 16, 2001 – Saint Lucia’s Minister of Communications, Works and Public Utilities, Senator Calixte George, has been re-elected chairman of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL).

ECTEL was formed by Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Dominica and St. Kitts and Nevis to serve as an independent regulatory body for the telecommunications industry in participating states.

The chairmanship of ECTEL is normally for one year but Senator George , a tireless fighter for the liberalization of telecommunications in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), was unanimously invited to serve a second consecutive term by the Ministers responsible for Telecommunications in the OECS states.

The OECS Ministers took the view that having Senator George as chairman was absolutely essential at this stage of ECTEL because of his intimate knowledge of the technical, economic and international dimensions of the telecommunications industry, in addition to his negotiating and leadership skills.

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and World Bank have lauded the efforts of OECS states in liberalizing the telecommunications industry. The sub-region’s experience is being studied as a guide for telecommunications liberalization in other parts of the world.

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