The Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organizations met at Casa de Campo, La Romana last week for the 14th Annual Telecommunication Conference and Trade Exhibition. Some 420 Caribbean government ministers and product and service suppliers participated in the meetings held 31 May to 4 June. Ministers of Cuba, Antigua, Jamaica, Turks & Caicos, Trinidad & Tobago, and Montserrat were present. In an interview for the Listín Diario, the director for the Caribbean and Latin America of Intersat/Teleglobe, one of the companies participating in the event, said that the DR telecommunications technology is the most advanced in the Caribbean. He said that the DR is the seventh most important market for telephone calls in the United States. This is the second time the DR is host to the event.
