Opinion : ICANN , the ITU , WSIS , and Internet Governance
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It may have taken some three decades to get here, but there is no doubt that the Internet is now a major public communications utility. That is hardly the most important piece of news you are likely to read today, but the implication of this public role is that there are legitimate issues of public policy to consider when looking at the broad topic of coordination of various aspects of Internet infrastructure. In other words, “Internet Governance” is a matter of significant concern to many.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005