Yves Berthelot, Vice President for International Initiatives at Georgia Tech, and Pierre King, the Deputy Chair of the Liberian Telecommunication Corp (LibTelCo), joined Ms. Blandford in signing the Memorandum of Understanding.
The Memorandum states that the work of Dr. Michael Best in Liberia is to continue including training of government officials, advisory research and the establishment of a center of excellence on information and communication technologies and development. Georgia Tech will assist LibTelCo, the national communications operator in the development of the country’s broadband information technology network.