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ITU Wants to Lower-Case the Word Internet

International Herald Tribune
December 03, 2006, 12:09 pm PDT Views: 4,157 Add Comment

UN agency reconsiders its role as countries jockey for influence in industry… When David Gross heard last month that the International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency, wanted to lower-case the word Internet as a matter of official policy, he did not know whether to be alarmed or amused.

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