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It鈥檚 easy to forget just how much technology has changed our world and our lives. A little more than a decade ago, a small business owner relied on foot traffic from local customers rather than web visits from international shoppers to grow. Drivers mapped out unfamiliar routes and took wrong turns instead of using precise, voice-activated directions to travel. Cancer patients faced an uncertain diagnosis [...]
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Emerging from their first meeting in 20 years, G7 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Ministers agreed on a new global approach to ICT policy over the weekend in Takamatsu, Japan. They announced agreement on two documents: 1) a G7 鈥淐harter for the Digitally Connected World;鈥� and 2) a 鈥淛oint Declaration,鈥� which is a government-led action plan for implementing the Charter. Both of these documents [...]
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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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On February 2nd and 3rd, European privacy regulators will meet to decide how to move forward on one of the most important issues to face the transatlantic economic relationship in years: the terms for keeping citizens and businesses connected across the Atlantic. At stake is whether both European and American companies will be able to run their businesses, develop exciting new products and services, [...]
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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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At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in the Philippines, government officials, industry representatives (including 91pro视频), academics, and other stakeholders have been discussing how to advance regional economic cooperation and break down barriers to trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region. During the forum鈥檚 three weeks of meetings and sessions, these experts have been communicating [...]
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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 [...]