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Preamble
The Blue Book is a reference tool to provide the countries of the Americas Region with factual
descriptions and information on telecommunication polic y and regulatory issues, including the
challenges and opportunities presented by the development of new telecommunication technologies.
The descriptions of the policy and regulatory environments prevailing in certain countries of the
Region, as outlined in this version of the Blue Book, do not reflect the situation prevailing in all the
countries of the Americas.
The texts appearing in Chapters 4-11 represent the consensus view of the Member States of the
Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL). However, some of the descriptions and
views set out in Chapters 1 to 3, do not reflect policy and regulatory practices or the environment of
telecommunications in each country in the region, and therefore are not consensus-based texts.

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