IP: ITU wants to be involved in Net-governance, standards-setting

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 12:48:44 -0400
> From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
>
>
> [The ITU is a bureaucratic nightmare nonpareil. Having it get involved in
> Net-governance is perhaps the worst thing that could happen to anyone who
> works online, except maybe having Dianne Feinstein get her way in Congress.
> Wait, scratch that. It's even worse. --DBM]
>
> **********
>
> GENEVA - The International Telecommunications Union
> (ITU) has pledged to involve itself in the governance
> of the Internet.
> .....
> "The role of the ITU will become
> much more important." Itsumi declined to say how the
> ITU should be involved in the Internet, but said it
> was the subject of a report being prepared within the
> ITU.
>
> "The council [of the ITU] is very proactive in
> getting ITU involved in all aspects of the Internet,
> including domain naming. I have instructed staff to
> prepare for greater involvement," he said.
>
> http://www.eet.com/story/OEG19991011S0024
>
> See also:
> http://www.edtn.com/story/biz/OEG19991011S0095-R
>
>
>
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