Jordan Times
Monday, September 27, 2004
FCC chairman visits Jordan
AMMAN (JT) — Chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Michael
Powell arrived yesterday on a working visit to the Kingdom. Powell met with
senior officials, at the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission and the
Ministry of Information and Communications Technology. He delivered remarks
before IT leaders at a luncheon hosted by int@j, in which he discussed areas of
cooperation between the US and Jordanian governments and private sectors in the
communications sector. Powell also visited a school recently connected by
broadband to the world wide web as part of the Jordan education initiative.