Key Activities and Players in Internet Governance – The Role of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

Marilyn Cade Global Public Policy Conference 2007

Some of the Key Players in Internet

Governance

• International Telecommunications Union • Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) • Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

Facts about Internet Users Over a Billion Users

*source: Computer Industry Almanac

Facts about Internet Users

Internet World Users by Language

• Total World Population: 6.6 Billion Source: ww.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

• 64% of Internet users do not speak any English. Global Internet Statistics (by Language), Global Reach, http://global reach.biz/globstats/index.php3

• 9 out of 10 Internet users prefer to get local information in their own language. Rest of World 18% Arabic 3% Italian 3% Korean 3% Portuguese 4% French 5% German 5% Japanese 8% Source: Spanish 8% English 29% Chinese 14%

Domain Names

The total number of domain name registrations is reported to be approximately 120 - 128 million domain names.

• .com and .net

account for 65%++ - of all TLDs

• Top 10 ccTLDs

account for 64% of all ccTLDs registrations

• Double digit

growth in 52 other ccTLDs Sweden, Spain, Russia, Austria and China

Source: Zooknic, January 2007; VeriSign, January 2007

How the Net is Changing: Devices That

WILL Be Networked & IP Addressable

Machinery Home Appliances Vehicles & Handheld Devices Pallets and Cases Computers Consumer Items

10 10 10 11 10 12 • • • • •

Invisible Computing

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Pallets and Cases Will Far outnumber current IT Devices Home Appliances Machinery Vehicles and Handheld Devices

Click to Dial

The Converged World of ICTs

Sensor & Ad-Hoc Networks Business Intelligence @ Scale IP-TV Online Gaming

1

Traditional Services Move to IP and Mobile

3

Next Generation Services are Emerging Grid Computing

2

Integration of Multiple Real Time Applications/ Voice & Video Conferencing Instant Messaging/Text Document Collaboration

Exponential Demand Exaflood

80000 1200 70000 60000 1000 800 50000 40000 600 30000 20000 10000 E-mail 0 19 68 19 72 19 76 Music / Photos / Video Blogs Search Engines Wireless connectivity .

Graphics / www 19 80 19 84 19 88 19 92 19 96 20 00 20 04 20 08 400 200 0 * Power trendlines

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International Telecommunications Union

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ICANN

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Internet Governance Forum

ITU in a Snapshot

• Three Sectors: Radio, Telecommunications, Development • New Secretary General: H. Toure • ITU Acted as Secretariat to WSIS; has role in Implementation of Action Lines: C2: Infrastructure and C5: Cyber Security • Changing and Converging World is driving self examination and pressure to broaden and deepen focus • Some countries are seeking to expand ITU’s role into Internet and Applications • Several Key Activities in next 5 years of Interest to WITSA – WTSA – Fall, 2008 – – – WTPF – March, 2009 Plenipot – Fall, 2010 Treaty Conference - Fall 2012 • Key Initiatives : – Access is a key imperative for Developing and Emerging markets – Cyber Security has become an ITU wide activity

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International Telecommunications Union

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ICANN

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Internet Governance Forum

ICANN

• Launched only 9 years ago; now internationally accepted • Evolving toward independence and maturity as an organization • Stability and Security of Unique Indicators are key imperatives; Responsible for coordinating the Unique Indicators of the Internet and associated activities – – Domain Names IP Addresses, Port assignments, Autonomous Numbers – Root Servers

The Debate of Who Should Set the Rules for the Global Internet was just beginning in 1998….

Multi-lateral Entities?

• • • •

EC?

ITU?

WTO?

WIPO?

Industry bodies?

• • •

ICANN?

IETF / IAB?

Other Standards Bodies?

Governments?

• • •

Parliaments?

U.S. Congress?

U.S. Government Agencies?

ICANN

ICANN: Key Issues of Interest to WITSA

• Further Internationalization of ICANN – Joint Project

Agreement with US Dept. of Commerce lapses in Sept. 2009. Public Comment open until Feb. WITSA could comment.

• Outreach and Participation of all Stakeholders • Increased in attacks in Root Servers and Other key

elements of Infrastructure – Ongoing Issues, Role of DNS Sec

• Transition from IPv4 to IPv6 • New Leadership at Board – Cerf retires; New Zealander- Peter Dengate Thrush appointed, well known to WITSA NZ member • Nominating Committee Process – how WITSA can participate • Structure of Policy Making/Role of Players in gTLDs – Business Role under attack/at risk. • Active Policy Issues of Interest and Concern –

New GTLDS

– Significant Challenges – Many Opportunities – – –

International Top Level Domain Names – IDNS

Domain Name Tasting WHOIS – database of registrants of domain names

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International Telecommunications Union - ITU

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ICANN

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Internet Governance Forum

Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

• Created by the WSIS Tunis Agenda for Action • Negotiated Text – Chartered for Five Years • Multistakeholder : All parties interact on an equal basis • Unique in Organization – Unique in Operation –

Secretariat in Geneva: Markus Kummer, former Swiss Diplomat

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Chair: Nitan Desai, former Deputy Sec. UN

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New UN SecGen appointed Co-Chair for Brazil IGF

• 46 member Advisory Group – Multi stakeholder* • Will meet for five years/then evaluate progress – –

Athens, Oct.30 - Nov. 2, 2006 - India, Fall, 2008 Rio, November 12-15, 2007

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- Egypt, Fall, 2009 TBD: Lithuania or Azerbajan, 2010

Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

• Broad Themes – Openness – freedom of expression, free flow of information, ideas and knowledge – – Security Diversity – trust and confidence through collaboration – promoting multilingualism and local content – – – – Access – Internet Connectivity: Policy and Cost

Added Critical Internet Resources for Brazil IGF** Added Emerging Issues Added Best Practice and Open Forums of IGOs

Overall Theme: Internet Governance for Development Cross Cutting Priority: Capacity Building

Rio IGF, November 12-15, 2007

• WITSA Participation - Delegation Attending – Also participated in IGF Athens; honored to have Phil Bond as a main panelist, along with David Belanger, AT&T, ITAA Board Member, Kafi as Advisory Committee Member • Co-sponsoring Workshop on Access • Partnership with ICC/BASIS on encouraging business participation • WITSA and ITAA have consistently participated in IGF Public Forums; submitted written comments. ITAA GPPC works closely with WITSA Secretariat.

The “Right” approach between the various International Organizations

• Cooperation • Collaboration • Coordination where appropriate • Co-Existence

WITSA Leadership Essential to Promote Co-Existence of IGOs and Role of Business Community

Questions

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