The Next Phase of Internet Development: What Every Business Needs to Know

Agenda

3

2013: 2.7 billion Internet users

Next billion over the next 5 years

4

ICANN coordinates the Domain Name System (DNS)

Management and administration of unique identifiers that let us reach another person, website, or information

5

+ Every Stakeholder has an interest in how the internet develops

+ No single stakeholder is more important than any other

Multistakeholder model

6

+ Business needs are one of the reasons for Internet growth

+ 2.7 billion users & 6.8 billion mobile subscribers

+ Success of ICANN leads to success of business

Business is a key stakeholder

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

80007.06

2.7

6.8

PopulationIndividuals using the InternetMobile cellular subscriptions

In b

illio

ns

7

Examples: New gTLDs and IDNs

+ Business opportunity

+ Brand and trademark protection issues

+ Technical requirements

New generic Top-Level Domains and Internationalized Domain Names

8

Information Sources for Business

+ www.myicann.org Engagement Platform

+ www.icann.org ICANN

+ www.bizconst.org The Business Constituency

+ http://www.ipconstituency.org The I.P. Constituency

+ http://www.ispcp.info The ISP Constituency

+ http://www.iccwbo.org/BASIS ICC Basis

Thank You