Tag: WSIS

The US has reached a compromise with those countries - among them the EU - that wanted to limit US control of the servers at the heart of the internet. Until shortly before, any such agreement had been regarded as unlikely.

At the November 2005 World Summit on the Information Society, the EU and the US are likely to clash over the question of who will hold what experts have called the "golden key" to the internet.

EU telecoms ministers have confirmed their commitment to EU policies on ICT. Meanwhile, seven Member States face legal action for failing to transpose the regulatory framework.

The World Summit on the Information Society has finished with agreement on the broad objectives but little in the way of specific action to attain them.

In the third edition of its E-Commerce and Development Report, the UN Conference on Trade and Development identified the implications of the growth of the digital economy for developing countries.

The International Council for Science (ICSU) has released an agenda for action on science in the information society for preparation of the World Summit on Information Society to be held in December 2003.

On 7-9 November the pan European regional Ministerial conference in preparation of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) adopted a set of principles and priorities for action towards an Information Society.