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Kathy Brown, Chief Executive Officer

ISOC and GSMA:Shared Futures, Global OpportunitiesGSMA Mobile World Congress March 2015

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About the Internet Society

Our Mission:

•To promote the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.

Our Attributes: •Founded in 1992 by Internet Pioneers•Global and Inclusive•Independent Not-for-Profit•Organizational Home of the IETF

Our Focus: •Policy•Technology•Development

Growing Together into the Future:The Internet and Mobile Broadband

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Overview

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• Connecting The Next Billion Internet Users

• Parallel Paths to Innovation

• Exploring Mutual Areas of Interest and Opportunity

• Global Policy & Development Collaboration

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The World According to Twitter

Original artwork: Ericson, IETF91 Host Presentation

Parallel Innovation

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Network

Services

Business Models

Governance

Mobile / Internet

Opportunities for Connection and Growth

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•50% of the World’s Population are in Range of a 3G Signal

•90% have Access to a 2G Signal

•4G & 5G

• IXP Development

• Local Content

• Cross Border Connections

Mobile / Internet

Connecting the World; the Internet for Everyone, Everywhere

Opportunities for Collaboration

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•Privacy: commercialization and monetization

•Security: individual and collective

•IPv6: IPv4 exhaustion and The Internet of Things

Mobile / Internet

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• Make IPv6 deployment in your network a high strategic priority

• Work collectively to get more IPv6 deployed in mobile networks

• Deploy IPv6 for mobile data in every new network rollout

ISOC & GSMA:Collaboration to Route the Future

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ISOC & GSMA:Collaboration to Secure the Future

• GSMA members are part of the Internet’s technical infrastructure

• “Players at Different Layers” where collaboration is critical

• Domain Name System security, Routing security, Application security, identity management, to name a few

• ISOC and GSMA bring unique perspectives and knowledge to the table

• Opening an ongoing dialogue on security and trust, including on standards and IETF involvement

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Global Policy & Development Collaboration

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Local / Regional IGFs

ITU Plenipotentiary – Role of multi-lateral arrangements in Internet

IANA Transition

United Nations General Assembly WSIS 2015 & IGF Decisions

United NationsCSTD meetings on role of governments

ICANN 51

World Summit on the Information Society - WSIS + 15 Review prep com

United Nations ECOSOC – future of WSIS & IGF

ICANN 53ICANN 52

United Nations CSTD Intercessional

IANA Transition“Affected Parties” Proposals due IANA

Transition – conclusion?

NETmundial 2 – Possible, TBC

Internet Governance Forum - Brazil, Date TBC

ICANN 54

World Summit on the Information Society - WSIS + 15 High-Level Meeting

Global Policy and Governance Issues:Shared Opportunities and Shared Challenges

2014 | 2015

Better Together

www.internetsociety.org

brown@isoc.org

Kathy Brown, Chief Executive Officer

Washington DC Office

1775 Wiehle Avenue, Suite 201Reston, VA20190-5108 USA

Tel: +1-703-439-2120

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Tel: +41 22 807 1444