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WITSA Public Policy Working Group. Marilyn Cade Director, AT&T Policy and Advocacy Internet and E-Commerce October 15, 2000. The Internet is Shrinking the Globe. One Global Economy. Internet Growth. Then. Now. 1969 4 HOST COMPUTERS. HOST COMPUTERS.
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WITSAPublic Policy Working Group Marilyn Cade Director, AT&T Policy and Advocacy Internet and E-Commerce October 15, 2000
Internet Growth Then Now 19694 HOST COMPUTERS HOST COMPUTERS First 4 hosts:University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB)University of UtahStanford Research Institute (SRI) Source: Internet Software Consortium (http://www.isc.org/) July data
Internet Host Distribution by Region Source: ITU Internet for Development, 1999
Worldwide Internet Users Top 15 Nations(YE00) Internet Users by Region (in millions) NATIONInternet Users (millions) United States 135.7 Japan 26.9 Germany 19.1 UK 17.9 China 15.8 Canada 15.2 South Korea 14.8 Italy 11.6 Brazil 10.6 France 9.0 Australia 8.1 Russia 6.6 Taiwan 6.5 Netherlands 5.4 Spain 5.2 source: ETForecasts source: Computer Industry Almanac
Consumer Internet Activities U.S. GLOBAL E-Mail Education News Shopping Product Information Government Information Source: Odyssey, L.P. 10/99
Internet Commerce Revenue By Region CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate Source: International Data Corp. 1999
World Headline News 10/00Study Expects Latin American E-Commerce to Quadruple 10/00Hong Kong's government plans to offer four third-generation mobile-phone licenses in a special auction 10/00 NTT DoCoMo, giving cell-phone users access to the Net, now boasts nearly 13 million subscribers in Japan. 9/00 Huawei Technologies Co. , primary supplier of routers and switches in China, contracts with IBM forchips 9/00 Leading Austrailian bank, Westpac, says that 30,000 customers register for Internet banking every month 9/00 B2B e-commerce in vogue in Russia. Big projects unveiled in oil, gas and steel sectors, and agriculture. 9/00European Markets: Deutsche Banc Introduces Site to Provide One-Stop Trading.
E-Business-Readiness Rankings 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 poor Column 3: from Pyramid Research, out of 10 Column 4: Average business-environment rating and connectivity rating, out of 10 Source: EIU ebusiness forum
Total Registered Domain Names 30,918,466 as of 10/13/00 ccTLDs .COM Other GTLDs (.net, .org, .mil, .edu. .gov)
.za Last Updated - Friday October 13, 2000 05:04:15 AM Total ISO Domains .de (Germany) (South Africa) 6,515,598 83,159 2,032,197 .nz ISO and other country level domains .uk (United Kingdom) (New Zealand) 76,166 2,228,560 .fr .au (Australia) (France) 97,934 151,275 .dk .no (Denmark) (Norway) 54,184 224,493 .tw .ar (Argentina) (Taiwan) 36,542 356,630 .nl .cn (Netherlands) (China) 32,076 449,960 .pl .ch (Switzerland) (Poland) 73,124 112,912 .jp .be (Japan) (Belgium) 36,432 190,709 .br .mx (Brazil) (Mexico) 31,884 312,115 .it .es (Italy) (Spain) 26,188 345,864 .fi .kr (Korea) (Finland) 25,294 339,929 .ca .ie (Canada) (Ireland) 17,130 93,330 .at .pt (Austria) (Portugal) 13,060 136,258 .lu .se (Sweden) (Luxembourg) 4,794 53,023 .is .nu (Niue) (Iceland) 4,978 61,314 Country Level Domains Source: http://www.domainstats.com/
“Local” is Key Local identity and brand awareness still matter in the global 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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