“From access to health care to workforce training and connection to global markets, broadband is truly a lifeline to prosperity in rural communities”  Anne Hazlett, Assistant to the Secretary for the US Dept. of Agriculture Almost 40 percent of US rural residents and businesses lack the level of broadband service as in urban areas. Good news in Read More

We are delighted to celebrate and honor our highly esteemed founding member Monique Morrow for winning this prestigious award from Henley & Partners: “Once a year, Henley & Partners honors an inspirational global citizen who has made an extraordinary contribution towards improving the global community. Your commitment to progress the global cause of statelessness, your Read More

By Joe Andrieu India has forged new ground in digital infrastructure with its IndiaStack[1] initiative and Aadhaar, the biometric identity system at its core. Aadhaar is the largest state-sponsored digital identity system in the world. With over 1.1 billion Indian residents enrolled, it is transforming the world’s second most populous nation from an underdeveloped state Read More

Valuable coverage of significant current policy activities happening around the world in the sphere of internet technology is provided courtesy of IEEE. 08 November 2017 summary – IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor – is available here. Read more summaries here.

Valuable coverage of significant current policy activities happening around the world in the sphere of internet technology is provided courtesy of IEEE. 01 November 2017 summary – IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor – is available here. Read more summaries here.

By Mei Lin Fung and John Philpin There is a great need to be able to verify individual identity while simultaneously safeguarding personal information.  Recent events that highlight this problem include the Equifax data breach; the recent series of hurricanes in the Atlantic; and, closer to home, the wildfires in California. To make matters worse, Read More

Valuable coverage of significant current policy activities happening around the world in the sphere of internet technology is provided courtesy of IEEE. 25 October 2017 summary – IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor – is available here. Read more summaries here.

Valuable coverage of significant current policy activities happening around the world in the sphere of internet technology is provided courtesy of IEEE. 18 October 2017 summary – IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor – is available here. Read more summaries here.