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At long last, “WCIT-12” is upon us. Delegates to the 2012 World Conference on International Telecommunications, commonly referred to simply as “WCIT,” are boarding flights for a two-week sojourn to the cosmopolitan city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The forecast is unsurprisingly for warm, sunny days, but that may well be the only accurate forecasting we can do. The outcome of the confab, [...]
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The House of Representatives sent a strong signal to the rest of the world today that we must preserve a free and open Internet. In December, the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) will meet to update the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union (ITU) treaty-level telecomm regulations. As we’ve discussed here before, preliminary proposals by some other governments [...]
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Two events in Washington, D.C., this week will help to set the tone for critical discussions among governments and stakeholders about the future of Internet governance. First, some background. This December in Dubai, intergovernmental delegations from across the globe will gather for the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) to update the United Nations' International Telecommunication [...]