CDT Promotes Process to Expand Internet Access Globally - At the Internet Governance Forum this week, the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI), a joint project of CDT and InterNews, was highlighted as a proven model for working locally to reform national laws and policies in order to foster expanded Internet access in developing countries. The inaugural IGF, which drew to a close November 2 in Athens, Greece, attracted over 1,000 government officials, business representatives, and non-governmental organizations from around the world. CDT policy director Jim Dempsey, who also serves as policy director of GIPI, urged each country to convene at the national level an ongoing multi-stakeholder dialogue, similar to those coordinated by GIPI in over 20 countries, to identify specific barriers to Internet growth -- such as inadequate enforcement of competition among telecoms, burdensome licensing requirements for ISPs, and limits on Wi-Fi and other wireless technologies -- and specific solutions that can be implemented through law reform. November 02, 2006
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