02.28.19 Security Russia is going to test an internet ‘kill switch,’ and its citizens will suffer It’s cool -- all the creepy totalitarian countries are doing it. By V. Blue, 02.28.19 save Save share
02.25.17 02.25.17 in Mobile Draft 5G specs lay the groundwork for a real standard You should reliably get 100Mbps downloads and extremely low lag. By J. Fingas, 02.25.17 save Save share View
11.25.14 11.25.14 There are now 3 billion internet users, mostly in rich countries The UN's International Telecommunication's Union (ITU) has revealed that over 3 billion people are... By S. Dent, 11.25.14 save Save share View
01.28.13 01.28.13 H.265 video gets ITU approval Web and mobile video will soon get a boost thanks to H.265, a new video codec recently approved b... By K. Hodgkins, 01.28.13 save Save share View
01.27.13 01.27.13 ITU approves the H.265 video format, takes us closer to high-quality mobile video Any smartphone owner who's ever watched a streaming HD video buffer... and buffer... and buffer on... By J. Fingas, 01.27.13 save Save share View
12.13.12 12.13.12 ITU treaty negotiations collapse as US, Canada and UK refuse to sign As anticipated, several countries pushed to expand the UN's authority to regulate the internet and... By T. O'Brien, 12.13.12 save Save share View
12.05.12 12.05.12 House passes unanimous resolution to ban UN regulation of the internet In a rare showing of bipartisanship, the House unanimously passed a resolution to ban UN regulatio... By N. Lee, 12.05.12 save Save share View
12.05.12 12.05.12 ITU will consider broader powers to regulate internet companies The ITU hasn't updated its rules since 1988. Thankfully the telecommunications arm of the UN is cu... By T. O'Brien, 12.05.12 save Save share View
11.30.12 11.30.12 EU stands with the US against proposed ITU internet changes: 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' While Russia and some African, Asian and Middle Eastern countries want to tax foreign content prov... By S. Dent, 11.30.12 save Save share View
11.22.12 11.22.12 Google says ITU is 'the wrong place to make decisions about the future of the Internet' The International Telecommunication Union has been in the news a fair bit as of late, tackling eve... By D. Melanson, 11.22.12 save Save share View
