Negotiations on the future governance of international telecommunications will continue through the night at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai. The international conference is attempting to revise ...
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The US is prepared to"press the nuclear button"and walk out of talks in Dubai to establish a new global telecommunications treaty. Further reading ITU agrees deep-packet inspection of internet traffic UN and ITU intensify battle for ...
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The final treaty of the World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai includes a new provision that the treaty does not address content-related aspects of telecommunications, but retains a controversial proposal on fostering ...
Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA (which makes components, subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets) has announced the availability of its Optiva satcom band microwave fiber-optic transmitters and receivers for ...
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Legislation designed to deal with internet trolling could have a"chilling effect"on online freedoms,MPs and Lords have warned. The Joint Committee on Human Rights(JCHR)has published its report on the upcoming Defamation Bill ahead of its ...
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IDG News Service-Russia,China and other countries withdrew a proposal at the World Conference on International Telecommunications that according to some accounts aimed to bring the Internet under the control of the International ...
The future of internet governance is to be decided this week as rival groups hammer out a new international telecoms treaty. Regulators from 193 countries are negotiating new International Telecommunications Regulations(ITRs)at the World ...
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A suspected hacking attack has hit a UN agency meeting in Dubai at which delegates are discussing new telecommunications controls that could alter the way the internet is governed. Among other groups,European MPs have voiced concerns that ...
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The International Telecommunications Union(ITU),which has unilaterally"assumed"control of the governance of the internet,has agreed in sessions held behind closed doors on a new standard covering deep-packet inspection. Further reading ...
The U.S.House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution urging the U.S.government not to give the United Nations'International Telecommunication Union(ITU)control over the Internet. The resolution was adopted by the House on ...
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The International Telecommunication Union(ITU)is hosting the World Conference on International Telecommunications(WCIT)in Dubai this week. Two thousand government regulators from 193 countries are meeting to update the International ...
A District Judge in Seattle denied Motorola Mobility an injunction on Microsoft's products that allegedly infringe its H.264 and 802.11 standards-essential patents. The order of Judge James L. Robart on Friday applies not only to patents ...
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The World Congress on Information Technology(WCIT)has opened today,but has been overshadowed by allegations that the International Telecommunications Union(ITU)is plotting to take control of the internet at the behest of states like ...
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Along with its Tokyo-based partner Nissho Electronics, Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits ...
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Lobbying among countries and various special interests to"take control"of the internet is intensifying in advance of the International Telecommunications Union(ITU)World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai next week. ...
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