The US Senate has voted in favour of overturning the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to repeal net neutrality rules. In a 52-47 vote, the Senate approved a joint resolution providing for ‘congressional disapproval’ of the FCC’s December 2017 order. The FCC Restoring Internet Freedom Order reintroduces the classification of broadband Internet access service as a… Continue reading US Senate votes to restore net neutrality
In the USA, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Restoring Internet Freedom Order is to take effect on 11 June 2018, repealing the 2015 net neutrality order and restoring the classification of broadband Internet access service as a lightly-regulated information service. In his statement, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says that the Restoring Internet Freedom Order, adopted… Continue reading US FCC rules repealing net neutrality to take effect on 11 June
Another state in the USA is making steps towards introducing net neutrality regulations. New York State Senator Brad Hoylman has introduced a bill that includes all the key consumer protections from California’s net neutrality bill that was approved last month by two state Senate committees despite industry objections. The bill prohibits, among others, the blocking, throttling, or interfering with… Continue reading New York state senator proposes a net neutrality bill
In California, the USA, a strict net neutrality bill is closed to becoming law, as the Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee in the state Senate approved it, despite objections from telecom providers. The bill replicates basic net neutrality rules that were included in the 2015 order of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), on blocking, throttling, and paid… Continue reading California’s net neutrality bill is moving ahead despite industry objections
States in the USA continue to pass their own net neutrality rules, following the December 2017 decision of the Federal Communications Commission’s to repeal the federal rules. On 9 April, the Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed a net neutrality bill that prohibits public bodies in Oregon from contracting with broadband Internet access service providers (ISPs) that… Continue reading Oregon governor signs net neutrality law
WSIS Forum 2018 Session 300 This session, moderated by Mr Vladimir Stankovic, WSIS policy analyst, Strategic planning and membership department, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) presented the main results of the WSIS Prize and WSIS stocktaking processes and discussed their future vision. Mr Malcolm Johnson, deputy secretary-general, ITU, in his opening remarks said that this was… Continue reading WSIS Report – Session 300: WSIS Stocktaking and WSIS Prizes
WSIS Forum 2018 Session 281 The session, moderated by Ms Alison Gillwald, executive director, Research ICT Africa, presented an update of the Action Map that aims to record initiatives which work in closing the global gender digital divide. The session also featured discussion on the need for an evidence-based approach to tackle the gender digital… Continue reading WSIS Report – Session 281: The Need for An Evidence-Based Approach to Tackle the Gender Digital Divide
The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) announced the launch of an open tender procedure for the development and implementation of a net neutrality measurement tool. The main objectives of this procedure is to develop, implement, test and validate a Net Neutrality Measurement Tool; and to provide support services to the BEREC Office and… Continue reading BEREC opens a tender procedure for net neutrality measurement tool
WSIS Forum 2018 Session 147 The session, moderated by Dr Salma Abbasi, FRGS, chairperson and CEO of eWorldwide Group, highlighted the journeys taken by women technopreneurs who have broken the stereotype and perception that science and technology are dominated, controlled, and belong only to men, stereotypes and perceptions which prevent girls from engaging in this… Continue reading WSIS Report – Session 147: Global and Local Women Technopreneurs Journey to Success
WSIS Forum 2018 Session 127 The session, moderated by Mr Harry Li, Global Vision Media Technologies Co. Ltd, China, featured discussion on the use of electronic information technology in automobiles and transportation, and presented some of the latest progress in these fields. Mr Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), started the session… Continue reading WSIS Report – Session 127: IoV (Internet of Vehicle) Technology