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WSIS: U.S. to Maintain Control of Internet Root

An AP newswire article, via CNN, reports that:

Negotiators from more than 100 countries agreed late Tuesday to leave the United States in charge of the Internet's addressing system, averting a U.S.-EU showdown at this week's U.N. technology summit.

U.S. officials said early Wednesday that instead of transferring management of the system to an international body such as the United Nations, an international forum would be created to address concerns. The forum, however, would have no binding authority.

posted by Fergie @ 11/16/2005 05:55:00 AM