WITSA Public Policy Working Group Marilyn Cade Director, AT&T Policy and Advocacy Internet and E-Commerce October 15, 2000

International Internet Governance Changes The Internet is Shrinking the Globe

International Internet Governance Changes One Global Economy

International Internet Governance Changes First 4 hosts: University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) University of Utah Stanford Research Institute (SRI) HOST COMPUTERS Then HOST COMPUTERS Source: Internet Software Consortium ( July data Now Internet Growth

International Internet Governance Changes Number of Internet hosts per 1000 population

International Internet Governance Changes Source: ITU Internet for Development, 1999 Internet Host Distribution by Region

International Internet Governance Changes Worldwide Internet Users Internet Users by Region (in millions) source: Computer Industry Almanac Top 15 Nations Top 15 Nations (YE00) NATION Internet Users (millions) United States135.7 Japan26.9 Germany19.1 UK17.9 China15.8 Canada15.2 South Korea14.8 Italy11.6 Brazil10.6 France9.0 Australia8.1 Russia6.6 Taiwan6.5 Netherlands5.4 Spain5.2 source: ETForecasts

International Internet Governance Changes Average Price for 20 hours of Internet Access

International Internet Governance Changes Consumer Internet Activities Source: Odyssey, L.P. 10/99 Education News Shopping Product Information Government Information U.S. GLOBAL

International Internet Governance Changes Internet Commerce Revenue By Region CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate Source: International Data Corp. 1999

International Internet Governance Changes 10/00 Study Expects Latin American E-Commerce to Quadruple 9/00 B2B e-commerce in vogue in Russia. Big projects unveiled in oil, gas and steel sectors, and agriculture. 9/00 European Markets: Deutsche Banc Introduces Site to Provide One-Stop Trading. 10/00 NTT DoCoMo, giving cell-phone users access to the Net, now boasts nearly 13 million subscribers in Japan. 10/00 Hong Kong's government plans to offer four third-generation mobile-phone licenses in a special auction 9/00 Leading Austrailian bank, Westpac, says that 30,000 customers register for Internet banking every month 9/00 Huawei Technologies Co., primary supplier of routers and switches in China, contracts with IBM for chips World Headline News

International Internet Governance Changes Rank/ Country/ Bus. Environ. Ranking / Connectivity Rating/ E-Bus. Readiness Ranking Column 2: Out of 10: more than 8 = very good; = good; = moderate; = poor; less than 5 = very poor Column 3: from Pyramid Research, out of 10 Column 4: Average business-environment rating and connectivity rating, out of 10 Source: EIU ebusiness forum E-Business-Readiness Rankings

International Internet Governance Changes Total Registered Domain Names.COM Other GTLDs (.net,.org,.mil,.edu..gov) ccTLDs 30,918,466 as of 10/13/00

International Internet Governance Changes Country Level Domains.de(Germany)2,032,197.uk(United Kingdom)2,228,560.au(Australia)151,275.dk(Denmark)224,493.ar(Argentina)356,630.nl(Netherlands)449,960.ch(Switzerland)112,912.jp(Japan)190,709.br(Brazil)312,115.it(Italy)345,864.kr(Korea)339,929.ca(Canada)93,330.at(Austria)136,258.se(Sweden)53,023.nu(Niue)61,314.za(South Africa)83,159.nz(New Zealand)76,166.fr(France)97,934.no(Norway)54,184.tw(Taiwan)36,542.cn(China)32,076.pl(Poland)73,124.be(Belgium)36,432.mx(Mexico)31,884.es(Spain)26,188.fi(Finland)25,294.ie(Ireland)17,130.pt(Portugal)13,060.lu(Luxembourg)4,794.is(Iceland)4,978 Last Updated - Friday October 13, :04:15 AM ISO and other country level domains Total ISO Domains 6,515,598 Source:

International Internet Governance Changes “Local” is Key Local identity and brand awareness still matter in the global Internet.

International Internet Governance Changes The Internet is Big…REALLY BIG The Internet has become a critical global information and communication infrastructure for: u consumers u business u government u non-profits A frequent question: Who should regulate the Internet?

International Internet Governance Changes The Right Question How should technical management of the Internet be done?

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Marilyn Cade WITSA Public Policy Working Group