SUMMARY

This week, plan for the U.S. to cede control of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority to a global multi-stakeholder community likely to be delayed after US Senate Commerce Committee hearing on IANA transition with some senators pushing for two more years delay. Reagarding infrastructure, Microsoft and Facebook plan to build 4,100-mile private undersea cable between US and Europe. As for event, we note ITU council 2016 with two women leading the council for the first time; RIPE 72 in Copenhagen and ICANN to open first African Regional Engagement Office in Nairobi; Kenya. Below, informations on those subjects and events as well as documents on data protection, domain name..

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http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profiles/blogs/weekly-web-review-iana-transition-icann-africa-undersea-cable-i-1

Regards!

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Mamadou LO
Chef du Département Communication et Information Documentaire
Head of Communication and Information Department
Crédit Agricole Sénégal
Tel : 221 77 645 59 57