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| As its mandate comes up for review, the Internet Governance Forum, a multistakeholder body created by the United Nations for discussion of Internet policy issues, received a strong vote of confidence from the business and technical communities earlier this week. |
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Attaining information society goals not a case of business as usual
Addressing the 13th session of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Subramanian Ramadorai, Vice-Chairman of Tata Consulting Services, and Chair of the ICC initiative Business Action to Support the Information Society said that when it comes to technology in our highly connected world it is no longer a case of “business as usual”. |
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UN confirms strong business representation to benefit IGF
A United Nations announcement last week has confirmed that business will continue to have strong representation in the advisory group charged with guiding preparations for the 5th Internet Governance Forum to take place in September. |
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Business behind the scenes enabling network connectivity for all
Every day, business plays a crucial role to ensure the network connectivity that so many people around the world take for granted when they click to send an email or logon to the Internet. At a recent meeting of the ICC Commission on E-business, IT and Telecoms, Mohamed Elnawawy, Vice-President for Corporate Strategy at Telecom Egypt outlined some of the measures and policy approaches that can be taken to keep networks up and running. |
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Internet Governance Forum takes stock and looks ahead
Preparations for one of the most important, Internet-related policy events of the year kicked off today in Geneva. ICC and its Business Action to Support the Information Society initiative voiced the business perspective at the first round of Internet Governance Forum (IGF) open consultations, aimed at laying the groundwork for the next forum due to take place in Vilnius, Lithuania later this year. |
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