Abbreviations

AOL - America Online
ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode or Automatic Teller Machine
BDT - Bureau for Telecommunications Development
CCET - Centre for Cooperation with Economies in Transition
E-Africa - Electronic Africa
E-Commerce -Electronic Commerce
E-Europe - Electronic Europe
E-Japan - Electronic or digital Japan
e-learning -electronic learning
e-mail - electronic mail
E-South Africa -Electronic South Africa
GATT - General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs
GATS - General Agreement on Tariffs and Services
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
HIV/Aids -Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
IBA - Independent Broadcasting Authority
IBRD - International Bank of Reconstruction and Development
ICASA - Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
ICSID - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
ICT - Information and Communication Technology
ICTs - Information and Communication Technologies
IDA - International Development Association
IDRC - Independent Development Research Centre
IFC - International Finance Corporation
IGOs - International Government Organizations
IMF - International Monetary Fund
InfoDev - Information for Development Programme
Intelsat - International Telecommunication Satellite Organization
IPR - International Public Relations
IT - Information Technology
ITU - International Telecommunications Union
JSE - Johannesburg Stock Exchange
LDCs - Less Developed Countries
MFN - Most Favoured Nation
MNCs - Multinational Corporations
MPCCs - Multipurpose Community Centres
MTN - Mobile Telephone Networks
NEPAD - New Economic Partnership for Africa's Development
NGBT - Negotiating Group on Basic Telecommunications
NGOs - Non-government Organizations
NYSE - New York Stock Exchange
OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OPEC - Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries
POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service
R&D - Research and Development
SA - South Africa
SATRA - South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
SNO - Second National Operator or Second Network Operator
TNCs - Transnational Corporations
TRIPS - Telecom Regulations on Intellectual Property Rights
TRN - Telecommunications Regulators Network
TV - Television
UK - United Kingdom
UN - United Nations
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO -United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
USA - Universal Service Agency
USF - Universal Service Fund
US - United States
WB - World Bank
WTO - World Trade Organization