Later this week, Google is expected to unveil a bevy of new products: phones, a smart home hub, a Wi-Fi router and possibly more. It’s all stuff you can touch and pick up — objects made of atoms. But don’t let the hype around the new hardware fool you. The launch event, taking place in…
The Internet Governance Coalition, whose members include NCTA: The Internet & Television Association, studios and computer giants, praised the Oct. 1 hand-off of U.S. oversight of the domain name system (DNS) to a multistakeholder model but with a caveat. In a statement Monday following the transition of the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) oversight, the coalition hailed the…
“The US government on Saturday ceded control over the internet’s naming system, despite concerted attempts to stop the long-planned transition. If you believe recent arguments by Republic Senator Ted Cruz and a lawsuit by four Republican state attorneys general, the Obama Administration just handed US government control of the internet to Russia and China and…
Below is a statement from the Internet Governance Coalition on the transition of IANA from the U.S. government to the global internet community, set for 12:01 ET tomorrow. Coalition members include 21st Century Fox, AT&T, CISCO, Comcast, Disney, Facebook, GoDaddy, Google, Juniper, Microsoft, NCTA, Time Warner Cable, Telefonica, Verizon. “The transition of IANA from the U.S….
The Internet Governance Coalition is pleased to testify on the important developments in the process to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community, commenced by NTIA more than two years ago. The transition package, including the accountability proposals, created by the global Internet community is an important milestone for the multistakeholder…
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee hearing titled “Examining the Multistakeholder Plan for Transitioning the Internet Assigned Number Authority” on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. The hearing will examine the proposed transition of oversight of the Internet Assigned Numbers…
The internet is an all-American invention—just ask Al Gore. Yes, I know that Gore did not “invent” the internet, and it is an urban legend that he claimed to have invented it. It is generally accepted, however, that the foundational structure of the internet was developed in the U.S. in the 1960s, largely through the…
The Internet Governance Coalition extends our sincere appreciation to Brazil for hosting the “Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance,” to be held in São Paulo. The Meeting is taking place at a time when the topic of Internet governance is an issue of great interest around the world… [more]
During the past few years, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has been a battleground where governments promote rival visions of how the Internet should be governed. Although there has been a recent cease-fire as Internet governance debates have focused more on the role of ICANN, those skirmishes may soon restart at the ITU. Indeed, Internet-related…
The Internet Governance Coalition is pleased to testify on the important developments in the process to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community, commenced by NTIA just over two years ago. Last week, the ICANN Board voted to approve a plan for transitioning control of the IANA functions to the multistakeholder…
