The logic of forcing the world’s governments into a box to rewrite a global treaty that has stood for 24 years in just 14 days may be questionable, but it definitely creates an event and along with that moments that stand out and set the general tone and atmosphere of the meeting itself. Here are the main ones from WCIT 2012: http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/14/highlights-and-low-points-wcit
GG, Here's another view....
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As Kenyans focused locally on political coalitions, marriages and divorces, governments convened and concluded a meeting in Dubai known as the World Conference on International Telecommunications, 2012. Governments were revising a 1982 Treaty, which describes how international telecommunication services will be governed over the next one to two decades. ITUs role was best appreciated in 1970s through the 1980s & 1990s when telcos were largely government owned and by extension, the same governments as members of ITU would make binding decisions on how these telecommunication companies (e.g. the defunct Kenya Posts & Telecommunication Companies, KPTC) would interconnect internationally to others. ITU would therefore define the technical standards and protocols for the interconnection as well as the international charges.... more @ http://tinyurl.com/cmpy36u or http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion---Analysis/Did-Kenya-win-or-lose-... walu. ________________________________ From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga@hotmail.com> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 1:07 AM Subject: [kictanet] The highlights and low points of WCIT The logic of forcing the world’s governments into a box to rewrite a global treaty that has stood for 24 years in just 14 days may be questionable, but it definitely creates an event and along with that moments that stand out and set the general tone and atmosphere of the meeting itself. Here are the main ones from WCIT 2012: http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/14/highlights-and-low-points-wcit _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
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