WITSA Public Policy Working Group

WITSAPublic Policy Working Group

Marilyn CadeDirector, AT&T Policy and

AdvocacyInternet and E-Commerce

October 15, 2000

International Internet Governance Changes

The Internet is Shrinking the Globe


One Global Economy


First 4 hosts:University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB)University of UtahStanford Research Institute (SRI)

1969

44 HOST COMPUTERS

ThenThen

HOST COMPUTERS

Source: Internet Software Consortium (http://www.isc.org/) July data

NowNow

Internet Growth

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Hosts in DNS

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Number of Internet hosts per 1000 population


Source: ITU Internet for Development, 1999

22.4%

7.8%

67.2%

0.3%2.3%

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Internet Host Distribution by Region


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Top 15 NationsTop 15 Nations (YE00)

NATION Internet Users (millions)United States

135.7Japan

26.9Germany

19.1UK

17.9China

15.8Canada

15.2South Korea

14.8Italy

11.6Brazil

10.6France

9.0Australia

8.1Russia

6.6Taiwan

6.5Netherlands

5.4Spain

5.2

source: ETForecasts


Average Price for 20 hours of Internet Access


Consumer Internet Activities

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

E-Mail

Research

Education

General Surfing

News

Products/services

Health Info

Investment Info

Games

Shopping

% of US On- line Households Using

Source: Odyssey, L.P. 10/99

E-Mail

Education

News

Shopping

Product Information

Government Information

U.S. GLOBAL


1998 2003 CAGR

North America 37.25 707.92 80%Western Europe 5.61 430.37 138%

J apan 1.98 44.94 87%

Asia-Pacific 0.69 27.51 109%

Rest of World 1.41 53.02 107%

Region

$ Billions

Internet Commerce Revenue By Region

CAGR: Compound Annual Growth RateSource: International Data Corp. 1999


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


1 US 8.69 9 9 21 Japan 7.43 8 8 41 Bulgaria 5.61 5 52 Sweden 8.26 9 9 22 Spain 8.01 7 8 42 Venezuela 5.51 5 53 Finland 8.21 9 9 23 Chile 7.85 7 7 43 Romania 5.45 5 54 Norway 8 9 9 24 South Korea 7.3 7 7 44 Russia 5.16 5 55 Netherlands 8.84 8 8 25 Portugal 7.59 6 7 45 Ukraine 4.79 5 56 UK 8.8 8 8 26 Argentina 7.22 6 7 46 Philippines 6.72 3 57 Canada 8.66 8 8 27 Taiwan 8.13 5 7 47 Peru 6.36 3 58 Singapore 8.55 8 8 28 Thailand 7.27 5 6 48 Colombia 6.13 3 59 Hong Kong 8.52 8 8 29 Poland 7.15 5 6 49 Egypt 6.1 3 5

10 Switzerland 8.42 8 8 30 Hungary 7.09 5 6 50 India 5.97 3 511 Ireland 8.42 8 8 31 Czech Republic 7.07 5 6 51 China 5.88 3 412 Denmark 8.41 8 8 32 Malaysia 6.91 5 6 52 Sri Lanka 5.87 3 413 Germany 8.32 8 8 33 Greece 6.9 5 6 53 Ecuador 5.32 3 414 France 8.17 8 8 34 Mexico 6.78 5 6 54 Vietnam 5.3 3 415 Belgium 8.17 8 8 35 Brazil 6.37 5 6 55 Pakistan 4.94 3 416 Australia 8.14 8 8 36 South Africa 6.25 5 6 56 Kazakhstan 5.07 2 417 New Zealand 8.1 8 8 37 Slovakia 6.19 5 6 57 Algeria 4.9 2 418 Austria 7.96 8 8 38 Indonesia 6.16 5 6 58 Iran 3.6 3 319 Italy 7.68 8 8 39 Turkey 6.06 5 6 59 Nigeria 4.54 2 320 Israel 7.61 8 8 40 Saudi Arabia 6.02 5 6 60 Iraq 2.07 2 2

Rank/ Country/ Bus. Environ. Ranking 2000-2004/ Connectivity Rating/ E-Bus. Readiness Ranking

Column 2: Out of 10: more than 8 = very good; 6.5-8.0 = good; 5.5-6.4 = moderate; 5.0-5.4 = poor; less than 5 = very poorColumn 3: from Pyramid Research, out of 10Column 4: Average business-environment rating and connectivity rating, out of 10 Source: EIU ebusiness forum

E-Business-Readiness Rankings


Total Registered Domain Names

18.73M

5.67M

6.52M.COM

Other GTLDs(.net, .org, .mil, .edu. .gov)

ccTLDs

30,918,466 as of 10/13/00


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, 2000 05:04:15 AM

ISO and other country level domains

Total ISO Domains 6,515,598

Source: http://www.domainstats.com/


“Local” is Key

Local identity and Local identity and brand awareness still brand awareness still matter in the global matter in the global

Internet.Internet.


The Internet is Big…REALLY BIG

• The Internet has become a critical global information and communication infrastructure for:

consumers business government non-profits

• A frequent question: Who should regulate the Internet?


The Right Question

How should technical management

of the Internet be done?

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