The current Internet governance model is effective at promoting Internet...
The current Internet governance model is effective at promoting Internet growth worldwide, Analysys Mason argued in a study released Sept. 10. Michael Kende, co-head of Analysys Mason’s regulatory sector, argued in the study that any restrictive revisions to the International…
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Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs) that attempt to impose regulations on the Internet could impede further development. The ITRs, which the ITU set up in 1988 to regulate how international operators compensate one another for voice calls, will be revised in December at the World Conference on International Telecommunications. “We understand that some countries are seeking to impose this regime on Internet traffic, with the apparent purpose of providing additional revenues to increase the build-out of infrastructure in various types of markets,” Kende said in the study. Adapting the ITRs to also govern Internet traffic is “not only unnecessary, but could harm the development of the Internet in developing countries,” he said (http://xrl.us/bnpsi3).