<p><strong><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/news/ITR_revisions_on_Telephony_and_Internet_regulations.htm">http://www.afrinic.net/news/ITR_revisions_on_Telephony_and_Internet_regulations.htm</a></strong></p><p><strong>ITR revisions on Telephony and Internet regulations</strong></p>
<p align="justify">The World Conference on International
Telecommunications (WCIT) will be held in Dubai from 03 to 14 December
2012 to review International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs). The
international community will discuss the ITR revisions on Telephony and
Internet operational matters and how to include IP number addressing
into the scope of the international telephony regulations. The event is a
very important one when we consider the changes that occurred in this
industry during the last 25 years. </p>
<p align="justify"> APNIC's Chief Scientist Geoff Huston makes a
statement on the need to differentiate Internet from Telephony
regulations and the financial and ethical implications on current
Industry practices on issues such as phone calls and data packets
transits, use of proxies and packet interception. Geoff Huston explains
that having the same rules for both technologies is not a solution as
those practices are the direct result of their different cost and
services structures.</p>
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        Please see the full document in <a href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/APNIC_NumberMisuse.pdf" target="blank">English</a> (original) and <a href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/number_afrinic_french.pdf" target="blank">French</a> (translated by AfriNIC for wider dissemination).
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