Welsh government strikes political compromise by applying for two gTLDs
22 Feb 12
The Welsh government has struck an expensive political compromise by deciding to apply for both a dot-cymru and a dot-wales top-level domain. Dot-uk...
So who's going to be ICANN CEO?
21 Feb 12
ICANN will announce its new CEO in April, the Board committee tasked with finding Rod Beckstrom's replacement has announced. In an update on the...
Commercial Connect keen to collaborate on dot-shop
20 Feb 12
Louisville-based Commercial Connect has said it's keen to collaborate with any other parties thinking about applying for the dot-shop gTLD, as they'...
US State department goes off the ITR reservation
17 Feb 12
Two memos by the State Department have thrown a crucial telecoms strategy by the US government into disarray. Outlining the purported US position...
The 12 key inter-governmental meetings of 2012
9 Feb 12
The Internet governance dance card gets fuller every year as each stakeholder group adds its own meetings on various isssues to the mix. Below is a...
ITU Council decisions summary
21 Oct 11
The ITU Council met between 11 and 21 October 2011 in Geneva. Its key decisions are outlined very briefly below. Photo: ITU The nine-day session...
Everything is rosy in the IGF echo chamber, ok?
13 Feb 12
Starting tomorrow and for three days, a self-selecting elite of Internet governance specialists will meet in Geneva to review what happened at...
The 12 key inter-governmental meetings of 2012
9 Feb 12
The Internet governance dance card gets fuller every year as each stakeholder group adds its own meetings on various isssues to the mix. Below is a...
ITU Secretary-General outlines Internet power-grab strategy
5 Feb 12
The head of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Hamadoun Touré has given the first indications over how he and his staff will handle an...
I don’t like to be too diplomatic. That is not my style: Neelie Kroes talks Internet governance
30 Sep 11
“I am Dutch. I am straightforward. I love to use clear language,” Neelie Kroes explains on the terrace of the United Nations compound in Nairobi on...
Strickling interview part 2: global policies and unilateral contracts
21 Jul 11
US Assistant Commerce Secretary Larry Strickling is one of the world's most influential figures in Internet policy
Exclusive: Secretary Strickling talks Internet policy and governance
21 Jul 11
As Assistant Commerce Secretary for the United States government, and head of the National Telecommunications and I