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Update on ITU Activity
by Chris Buckridge 13 Jul '12

13 Jul '12

Dear colleagues, This year has already brought a deluge of news and commentary about the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), but I wanted to share a couple of recent developments that may be of interest to the members of this Working Group. ITU IPv6 Group --------------------- Established by ITU Council in 2009, this group was tasked with reporting on a number of issues raised by ITU Member States regarding the distribution of IPv6 address space and the deployment of IPv6. Further details about the group, including its full Terms of Reference, can be found here: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/others/ipv6/Pages/default.aspx At the fourth meeting of the ITU IPv6 Group in June 2012, the participants agreed that the group's mission, as laid out in the Terms of Reference, had been fulfilled. The report of that meeting recommended that ITU Council officially close the group, and Council has now accepted and acted upon this recommendation. Also contained in the report of the fourth meeting were the following findings: • That "current IPv6 allocation policies and processes met the needs of stakeholders." • That "future work of IPv6 human capacity building activities and project on technical, policy and economic aspects of the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 will be continued and led by ITU-BDT in collaboration with interested partner entities (RIRs, NAv6, Cisco, etc.) and partner States (Czech Republic, Sudan, Sweden, etc.)." WCIT and the ITRs -------------------------- The most recent ITU Council meeting also discussed the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) and the revision of the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs). The Internet technical community (including the RIPE NCC and other RIRs) and other ITU stakeholders have been arguing strongly for greater openness and transparency in the WCIT process. Council has now agreed to make public the working draft of the revised ITRs (CWG-WCIT TD-64), although access to the individual proposals will remain restricted to ITU Members. The ITU Secretariat will post the draft ITRs online at: http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/default.aspx Finally, the RIPE NCC has updated the ITU-related information on its website, which now includes links to a number of articles by APNIC Chief Scientist Geoff Huston that are relevant to discussion of the ITRs: https://www.ripe.net/internet-coordination/internet-governance/multi-stakeh… If you have any questions regarding the RIPE NCC's engagement with the ITU, we are happy to discuss the subject on this mailing list (<cooperation-wg(a)ripe.net>). Best regards, Chris Buckridge, RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: Perspectives on the ITR Revisions
by Mirjam Kuehne 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Dear colleagues, Please find two new articles on RIPE Labs contributed by APNIC Chief Scientist Geoff Huston: 1. Occam's ITRs https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gih/occams-itrs In this article Geoff talks about the upcoming review of the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs) and how this could potentially affect your network operations. 2. The QoS Emperor's Wardrobe https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gih/the-qos-emperors-wardrobe This article looks at the history and status of Quality of Service (QoS). Recent proposals for revising the ITRs have suggested basing a new IP interconnection framework around the concept of end-to-end Quality of Service. Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Submission to CEPT Com-ITU
by Chris Buckridge 23 May '12

23 May '12

Dear colleagues, As noted during the Cooperation Working Group session at RIPE 64, the RIPE NCC was recently granted observer status in the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) Committee for ITU Policy (ComITU). This committee organises the coordination of CEPT actions and positions in relation to various ITU activities, including the development of Common European Proposals (CEPs) in the lead-up to WCIT-12 and the revision of the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs). Following discussions between various members of the RIPE community, RIPE NCC staff and European government representatives, the RIPE NCC has submitted a document for the consideration of CEPT Member States at this week's Com-ITU meeting. The submission discusses the potential consequences for the Internet industry of proposals to include Calling Line Identification (CLI) regulation in the ITRs. The Internet Society and ICANN, both observers in the CEPT Com-ITU, have also signed on in support of this submission. The full text of the document is available at: https://www.ripe.net/internet-coordination/internet-governance/multi-stakeh… If you have any questions or comments, please post them to this working group list, or privately to chrisb(a)ripe.net. Best regards, Chris Buckridge External Relations Officer, RIPE NCC

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Minutes from coop wg at RIPE-64
by Patrik Fältström 02 May '12

02 May '12

Hi All, You can find minutes of the previous meeting for the cooperation working group published as <https://www.ripe.net/ripe/groups/wg/coop/minutes/ripe-64> If there are questions or otherwise issues that someone have with the minutes, do not hesitate contacting me. Regards, Patrik Fältström co-chair of the Cooperation WG

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Time to register to EuroDIG 14-15 June
by Erika.Hersaeus＠pts.se 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Welcome to join the European Dialogue on Internet Governance 14-15 June, 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) is happy to invite you to participate at EuroDIG, European Dialogue on Internet Governance, on June 14-15, 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden. EuroDIG is an open and transparent multi-stakeholder forum and gives a great opportunity to meet representatives across the sectors of society - governments, business and industry as well as civil society alike - to discuss public policy issues of Internet's future, its challenges and opportunities. Confirmed speakers are Her Majesty the Queen of Sweden, Vice President of the European Commisson, Ms Neelie Kroes, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Carl Bildt, Swedish Minister for Information Technology and Energy, Ms Anna-Karin Hatt, besides a wide range of other stake holders. For draft program and more information: http://www.eurodig.org/ To register: http://www.eurodig.org/important/registration-open-2 We look forward to seeing you in Stockholm! ______________________________ Lise Alkerstedt Adviser Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) Office of the Director-General Phone: +46 8 678 55 30 Mobile: +46 73 644 55 30 lise.alkerstedt(a)pts.se<mailto:lise.alkerstedt@pts.se> www.pts.se<http://www.pts.se/> PTS works to ensure that everyone in Sweden shall have access to efficient, affordable and secure communications services.

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Possible agenda topic - EU funded research
by Gordon Lennox 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

The Commission like other similar organisations has its “cycles”. Some are fairly clean-cut such as the Commission itself – the College, the 27 Commissioners. Others are overlap to an extent. This coming year is perhaps more interesting than most when it comes to our research funding. We are coming towards the end of Framework Programme 7 - FP7 - and a proposal has been developed for what should happen next - Horizon 2020. For details on FP7: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/home And for some information on Horizon 2020: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=h2020 A lot of the topics which have been and are being funded and which indeed may be funded are of relevance to this community – work on the “future internet” and on IPv6 to mention but two. It ought to be useful therefore to see if people from the research side of INFSO could come to a RIPE meeting to present what has been achieved and the Commission’s proposal for the future. If there is interest then I am sure the co-chairs can take this forward. In the meantime - happy new year! Gordon

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CSTD Working Group meeting happening now
by Chris Buckridge 12 Jan '12

12 Jan '12

Dear colleagues, At the last meeting of the Cooperation WG, there was an update from Nurani Nimpuno on the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) Working Group on Improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). This group is currently meeting, and a number of RIPE community members are tweeting live updates from the meeting. For those that are interested, search for #CSTDWG on Twitter. More information on this group is available at: http://www.unctad.info/en/CstdWG/ Best regards, Chris Buckridge, RIPE NCC

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Re: [cooperation-wg] Possible agenda topic - EU funded research
by Michiel Ettema 12 Jan '12

12 Jan '12

Hi Gordon, We are a participant in the FP7 GEN6 (Governements enabled with IPv6) program. If there are any questions of the RIPE community you'd like to ask there I can help to direct them to the appropriate people. Regards, Michiel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:09:07 +0100 From: Gordon Lennox <gordon.lennox.13(a)gmail.com> Subject: [cooperation-wg] Possible agenda topic - EU funded research To: cooperation-wg(a)ripe.net Message-ID: <CAP1z8s8gf9vRb0jgBHC2tBHJkCMayLxKXbu1sAxmioR2sGMQkQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 The Commission like other similar organisations has its ?cycles?. Some are fairly clean-cut such as the Commission itself ? the College, the 27 Commissioners. Others are overlap to an extent. This coming year is perhaps more interesting than most when it comes to our research funding. We are coming towards the end of Framework Programme 7 - FP7 - and a proposal has been developed for what should happen next - Horizon 2020. For details on FP7: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/home And for some information on Horizon 2020: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=h2020 A lot of the topics which have been and are being funded and which indeed may be funded are of relevance to this community ? work on the ?future internet? and on IPv6 to mention but two. It ought to be useful therefore to see if people from the research side of INFSO could come to a RIPE meeting to present what has been achieved and the Commission?s proposal for the future. If there is interest then I am sure the co-chairs can take this forward. In the meantime - happy new year! Gordon ================================================================== ================================================================== Disclaimer Gemeente Alkmaar: Aan dit mailbericht kunnen geen rechten ontleend worden. No rights can be derived from the contents of this E-mail message. ==================================================================

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Cloud computing / new documents
by Andrea.GLORIOSO＠ec.europa.eu 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

Dear all, in the context of the development of the European Cloud Computing strategy, which was briefly referred to in this mailing list, you may be interested to know that the following documents have been recently published on the website of the European Commission: - Final report of the public consultation on Cloud Computing (16 May - 31 August 2011) http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/docs/ccco… - Recommendations from the "select industry group" to the European Commission on the orientation of a Cloud Computing strategy for Europe http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/docs/indu… http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/docs/anne… (annexes) Best regards, -- Andrea Glorioso (Mr) European Commission - DG Information Society and Media Unit A3 (Internet; Network and Information Security) Avenue de Beaulieu 33 (2/84) / B-1049 / Brussels / Belgium T: +32-2-29-97682 M: +32-460-797-682 E: Andrea.Glorioso(a)ec.europa.eu Twitter: @andreaglorioso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrea.glorioso LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1749288&trk=tab_pro The views expressed above are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission. Les opinions exprimées ci-dessus n'engagent que leur auteur et ne sauraient en aucun cas être assimilées à une position officielle de la Commission européenne. Be transparent - Sign up to the European Commission's Register of Interest Representatives http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regrin

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"No Disconnect Strategy"
by Gordon Lennox 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

A press release, some aspects of which I presume are of particular interest to this group: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/1525&format=H…

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