She said the review pointed up a "very, very serious picture of an organisation that has no proper management responsibilities allocated for things like its communications, its fleet and doesn't have any proper plans for its strategy, its human resources or its basic information technology".

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According to Fuller, the Connected Urban Development pilots helped to show how cities can accelerate their transition to sustainability, reduce CO2 emissions, increase energy efficiency, and decrease waste, all by harnessing the basic information and communications technology available in wireless networks.

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"The basic mission is to improve the lot of underprivileged people through information and education using satellite technology, " D.

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