---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sally Wentworth <wentworth@isoc.org> Date: Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:25 AM Subject: [Itu2012chapters] Fwd: Press release: Open Letter from Members of Euro-IX to CEPT To: itu2012chapters@elists.isoc.org Hi, This may be of interest to the community. Sally Wentworth Internet Society +1 703 439 2146 wentworth@isoc.org www.isoc.org ===== Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 7 November 2012 Open Letter from Members of the European Internet Exchange Association (Euro-IX) The International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) will be reviewed at the ITU's (International Telecommunication Union) World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12). Certain proposals for amendments to the 1988 ITRs hint at an intention to consider the Internet as a logical extension to the ITU jurisdiction and, if adopted, may have a negative impact on the success of the Internet. This has raised concern among the members of the European Internet Exchange Association (Euro-IX). In an open letter, addressed to CEPT (European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations), with copy to the Secretariat of the European Commissioner Mrs. Neelie Kroes, the members ask for support to ensure the open, competitive and innovative nature of the Internet in the future. The open letter has been signed by 49 members, from 37 Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), present in 24 countries. Download the open letter: https://www.euro-ix.net/documents/1050-Euro-IX-WCIT-OpenLetterCEPT-pdf?downl... .............................. About Euro-IX (www.euro-ix.net): Euro-IX (European Internet Exchange Association) was formed in May 2001 with the intention to further develop, strengthen and improve the Internet Exchange Point (IXP) community. Euro-IX promotes an open interchange of ideas and experiences, gained to mutual advantage of the membership, by offering fora, meetings, mailing lists and on-line resources. Euro-IX also gathers information on regulatory issues affecting member exchanges within the region and where appropriate from other jurisdictions that could potentially impact on the membership. Currently, Euro-IX has 61 Member Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) from 39 countries around the world. .............................. About CEPT (www.cept.org): The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations - CEPT - was established in 1959 by 19 countries, which expanded to 26 during its first ten years. Original members were the monopoly holding postal and telecommunications administrations. CEPT's activities included co-operation on commercial, operational, regulatory and technical standardisation issues. Today 48 countries are members of CEPT. _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/