[kictanet] Who Controls the Internet?

[Ali Hussein]

Waudo 

Thanks for the article. And keeping the discussion alive.

Dr. Ndemo, IGF Kenya and CCK, I'm beginning to sound like a bull-dog with a bone in its jaw refusing to let go...but it's critical that the country knows our country position on the ITRs. December isn't very far.

Thanks 

Ali Hussein
CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd

+254 773/713 601113

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On Oct 17, 2012, at 10:16 PM, waudo siganga <emailsignet at mailcan.com> wrote:

> Interesting article in Today's UK Guardian Newspaper.
>  
> Ahead of a Google+ Hangout on the battle for the internet, Jemima Kiss looks at how tech giants are fighting for supremacy
>  
> Have you ever noticed that wherever you are in the world, every telephone keypad looks the same? Or wondered why satellites don't crash into each other? Or why you dial 64 to reach New Zealand, but 65 for Singapore? These are some of the mundane but essential logistical achievements of the International Telecommunication Union, a specialist UN agency that dates back to 1865.
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> Yet as it gears up for its first global conference in 14 years, the ITU has found itself under unprecedented attack. The first assailant is the powerful US technology lobby. Companies, including Google, are claiming that new ITU proposals would mean internet companies paying hefty fees to local telecoms companies, reigniting historic tensions between US internet giants and incumbent telecoms firms across the world.
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> But that's not the only battle that will be played out this December when the ITU's 193 member states gather in Dubai. Russia and China have been explicit in their goal of taking control of the internet away from the US, while developing countries feel the western technology hegemony is limiting their economic opportunities. With the world's internet population predicted to reach 3.4 billion by 2016, there is everything to play for.
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/17/who-rules-internet
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