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The tech industry is the most dynamic sector in history: it is highly competitive, profitable, and creates jobs around the world. Its products and services have lowered barriers to empower people in ways proven to accelerate poverty reduction, raise standards of living, and help connect people in rural areas to financial and welfare systems that had previously been in distant population centers. Technology [...]
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Last week, the process to transfer stewardship of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) from the U.S. government to the wider Internet community reached an important milestone: transmittal of the community-developed transition proposal to the Department of Commerce鈥檚 National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). This helps keep the process on track for the planned handover [...]
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Last week I had the privilege of attending various side meetings held in conjunction with the United Nations High Level Meeting on WSIS+10 (World Summit on the Information Society), a ten-year review of progress in advancing digital access in the developing world. At the conclusion of the session, the General Assembly took a bold stand in reaffirming multistakeholder governance of the Internet as an [...]
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On November 19, the U.S. Department of Commerce and Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry, and Foreign Trade convened in Brasilia for the 13th plenary meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Commercial Dialogue. 91pro视频 traveled to Brazil to join this bilateral trade discussion where trade leaders and industry representatives met to discuss topics ranging from trade and investment to standards. Despite the sometimes [...]
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As the ICANN54 conference in Dublin draws to an end, there is a palpable sense of progress toward consensus on an accountability proposal for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the non-profit organization which oversees many of the Internet鈥檚 critical technical functions. Adding a robust element of accountability to the global Internet community is a key condition for [...]
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The U.S. House of Representatives has approved H.R. 805, the DOTCOM Act. The bipartisan compromise provides clear congressional direction to the considerable efforts being undertaken by the Department of Commerce鈥檚 National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to ensure a responsible, principled transfer of the stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions [...]
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I saw an article recently that declared that the 鈥淚ANA transition鈥� has 鈥渞eached the halfway point.鈥� By now, of course, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has become comfortably ensconced within the global Internet lexicon, whether pronounced on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, in the hallways of Istanbul, or the airport hangar-sized convention halls of Busan, Korea.聽 If this [...]
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With the 19th International Telecommunication Union鈥檚 (ITU) Plenipotentiary conference in Busan squarely in the rearview mirror, it is worthwhile to reflect on what I believe was an unqualified success at the ITU meeting -- the product of dynamic leadership, great preparation, and a highly motivated U.S. delegation.聽 Much was at stake going into 鈥淧P-14,鈥� as the ITU called the conference.聽 As you may [...]
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The 19th Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is half over, so I thought this might be a good time to offer a few observations from Busan. The ITU is not going away: Next year, the ITU marks 150 years in existence. In spite of all its myriad financial, institutional, and administration challenges 鈥� and there are many 鈥� this institution is going to be [...]
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The annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) taking place in Istanbul, Turkey, this week reminds us how important the future of the Internet is.聽 The once routine meeting of experts and regulators has grown in profile to take center stage in the debate over governance of the online world. 聽 聽 The Internet is a thriving and vibrant engine for cultural and economic growth of unprecedented potential in [...]