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Cisco Government
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Volume
1, Issue 14
18 May 2001
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This Week@Cisco in Government Affairs
CISCO@INTERNATIONAL
TELE DANMARK:
ALMOST ALL DANES TO HAVE BROADBAND IN 2002 - In slightly over a year,
95 percent of the Danish population will be able to go online using
a broadband Internet connection. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356754&rel=true
http://www.teledanmark.com/english/menu/start.htm
OFTEL: UK SMES
INCREASINGLY WIRED - Fifty-nine percent of small businesses in the UK
now have Internet access, as do 92 percent of medium-sized businesses,
according to Oftel. These figures represent a 10 percent growth in the
past three months. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356740&rel=true
UK WARNS EU
AGAINST WEB TAX - http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3BSXIHTMC&live=true&tagid=FTDDMJNIFEC&subheading=internet%20and%20e-commerce
SCHROEDER:
GERMANY TO BE ONLINE BY 2005 -
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/0,1643,500560581-500801794-504345547-0,00.html
INTERNET AT
RISK OF BEING UNDERESTIMATED? After months of euphoria and hype followed
by the burst of the cyber-bubble, the Internet is now at risk of being
underestimated, said industry representatives at Europe's largest Web
trade fair, Internet World Berlin.
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/10281p-235127c.html
CAMBODIAN VILLAGE
WIRED TO FUTURE - Satellite Internet Link Transforming Economy and Culture
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16336-2001May11.html
EU AND CANDIDATE
COUNTRIES: JOINT DECLARATION ON WTO ISSUES from ministerial meeting
in Ljubljana - http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/whats_new/enlarg1.htm
MEETING THE
CHALLENGE ON TRADE AND SUSTAINABILITY - Speech by Pascal Lamy – European
Commission Trade Minister - http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/speeches_articles/spla57_en.htm
BT DELAYS FIRST
3G LAUNCH - http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/010514/l14138076_5.html
SUNDAY STILL
KEEN ON SINGAPORE 3G - Hong Kong mobile carrier Sunday Communications
said on Tuesday it is still keen to enter Singapore's third-generation
(3G) mobile telephone market if the government decides to hand out a
fourth 3G licence. http://special.scmp.com/NLet/NLet.asp?Sec=technology&SSec=comm&Id=ZZZU2NMKYLC
(free registration
required)
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS:
PROFITABLE EU NET FIRMS LEAVE PACK TRAILING
- The gap between the strongest and weakest Internet companies
in Europe is widening according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356750&rel=true
EUROPEMEDIA:
NET ACCESS REMAINS LIMITED IN POLAND - Europemedia reports that high
costs and a dearth of Internet access points are thwarting the growth
of the Internet in Poland. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356734&rel=true
HIVE 4 TELECOM:
RUSSIAN NET USERS TO TOP 26M BY 2010 - There will be over 26 million
Internet users in Russia by 2010, according to a senior Russian politician.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356739&rel=true
AUSTRALIAN
BUREAU OF STATISTICS: A THIRD OF AUSTRALIAN HOMES NOW ONLINE - One third
of Australian households have Internet access, while 53 percent have
at least one computer, according to new data from the Australian Bureau
of Statistics. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356752&rel=true
ONE FIFTH OF
UK VOTERS WOULD BE HAPPY TO VOTE ONLINE, according to a new survey from
Forrester Research which was conducted as the forthcoming UK general
elections draw near. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356753&rel=true
E-GOVERNMENT
- Governments opt for own form of CRM - Taking their cue from big business,
governments are hot on the trail of the next big thing - constituent
relationship management (CRM). http://special.scmp.com/NLet/NLet.asp?Sec=technology&SSec=enterprise&Id=ZZZ9LMMKYLC
CISCO@WASHINGTON, DC
BROADBAND BILL
GOES TO JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill.,
has decided to grant the Judiciary Committee a limited referral of the
broadband Internet bill approved last week by the Energy and Commerce
Committee, CongressDaily reported.
SBC CHIEF:
TELECOM REGULATIONS HAVE HURT – Cumbersome government rules have forced
the nation's second largest local phone business to raise consumer Internet
bills and slow the pace at which it brings new Web services to American
homes, says the company's chief executive.http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-SBC-Internet-Fight.html
(free registration required)
DEFENSE SPECTRUM
MANAGEMENT: New Procedures Could Help Reduce Interference Problems (GAO
Report)
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d01604.pdf
(Adobe Reader Required)
FCC CHAIRMAN HEARING - The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on
the nomination of Michael Powell to be Chairman of the FCC. Members
of the Committee uniformly praised Powell. They used the occasion to
press their views, and to question Powell about his views, on various
issues that fall within the jurisdiction or activity of the FCC. Sen.
John McCain (R-AZ), the Chairman of the Committee, stated that the Committee
would likely vote on the nomination on May 24.
OPENING STATEMENT
OF COMMERCE CHAIRMAN JOHN MCCAIN on Michael Powell's Nomination as FCC
Chairman
http://www.senate.gov/~commerce/hearings/0517jsm-powell.PDF
(Adobe Reader Required)
FCC HEARINGS - The Senate Commerce Committee also held a hearing on the
nominations Kathleen Abernathy, Kevin Martin, and Michael Copps to be
FCC Commissioners. The hearing was quick and without controversy or
opposition. They will likely be approved by the Committee at its May
24 mark up meeting, and by the full Senate shortly thereafter.
NEW FCC STAFF
NAMED -
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/News_Releases/2001/nrmc0103.html
CONGRESS SEES
MUSIC'S FUTURE
http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,43884,00.html
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010517/tc/tech_music_dc_2.html
http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,24573,00.html
EDITORIAL:
NO NEW INTERNET TAXES - http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20010517-6651936.htm
CISCO@US STATES
BARRIERS BEDEVIL
E-GOVERNMENT EFFORTS - http://www.civic.com/civic/articles/2001/0514/web-egov-05-18-01.asp
BROTHERS, OREGON
ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF HIGH-TECH EDUCATION -
http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,43837,00.html
BE PREPARED
FOR THE SUMMER HEAT - It’s hard to believe that another summer is almost
here. Are you prepared for when your IT staff takes
vacation? The Cisco Networking
Academy Program’s Workplace Learning Initiative can provide relief from
the heat! http://wbl.netacad.net/index_new.asp
SUN MICROSYSTEMS
AND ADOBE SYSTEMS JOIN THE CISCO NETWORKING ACADEMY PROGRAM (CNAP). CNAP has been recognized as a premiere e-learning
program, but now that status has been recognized by IT leaders who are
putting their money where their mouths are. Sun Microsystems and Adobe
Systems are among the first companies investing to have Cisco Worldwide
Education create new e-learning offerings that expand the Cisco Networking
Academy Program beyond networking into the largest global e-learning
program for IT. The Fundamental
of WebDesign, sponsored by Adobe, and the Fundamentals of UNIX, sponsored
by Sun Microsystems, will both be one-semester courses that lead toward
industry certifications.
IT JOBS STILL
OUT THERE - The New Economy darkened the screen of many dot.com businesses
in 2000, however, a new report issued by the Information Technology
Association of America finds that the demand for IT workers in the New
Economy remains strong. http://www.itaa.org/workforce/studies/01execsumm.htm
BROADBAND GAINING
POPULARITY IN US - The number of US households subscribing to broadband
Internet services is set to grow by 72 percent in the next six months,
according to TNS
Intersearch.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356736&rel=true
http://www.intersearch.tnsofres.com/
EDUCATION –
National Governor’s Association’s Newsletter of Learning - http://www.nga.org/center/divisions/1,1188,C_ISSUE_BRIEF%5ED_2031,00.html
SITE
OF THE WEEK – Singapore Advanced
Research and Education Netork (SingAREN)
National initiative
to create a high-speed broadband network platform to support R&D
and advanced technology development in Singapore, serving users from
academia, research organizations and industry.
http://www.singaren.net.sg/
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS HIGH TECH COMMUNITY
Issue of the week:
Broadband Deployment - Add your thoughts at Cisco’s High Tech Community
- http://forums.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Community/HtCom?page=main.
FACTS
AND STATS OF THE WEEK: Internet Use Around the World
EUROPE LOGS ON - According to a study by AOL Europe
and Roper Starch Worldwide published in May 2001, 36% of online consumers
in Germany, France and the United Kingdom began using the internet in
the last year. One-fifth of all users went online from home for the
first time in the last six months. 54% said they have made a purchase
online, and 43% do so regularly or occasionally. 27% of European users
bank online, compared to just 14% of US users.
GROWTH FOR
CHINESE IP TELEPHONY - A Frost & Sullivan report predicts that by
2006, Internet protocol (IP) telephony revenues in China will reach
$2.8 billion. With $87.4 million in 2000 revenues, the market will have
to grow at a 79% compound annual growth rate to meet the forecast. Frost
& Sullivan also expects China’s voice-over-IP (VoIP) traffic to
grow at a 90% compound annual clip between 2000 and 2006. In 2001, traffic
is projected to rise fivefold to 9.8 billion minutes.
WE BUILT THIS
CITY ON BROADBAND - US home broadband access was up 134% between April
2000 and April 2001, from 6.8 million users to 16 million. According
to Nielsen//NetRatings, the top five metropolitan areas in terms of
cable modem, digital subscriber line (DSL), integrated services digital
network (ISDN) and local area network (LAN) access account for more
than 30% of all users in the country. 10.2% of users live in New York
City, 5.9% in Los Angeles, 5.8% in San Francisco, 4.7% in Boston and
3.6% in Seattle.
ASIA PACIFIC
TO TOP US IN WEB USAGE - International Data Corp. (IDC) projects internet
usage in the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) will increase at
a 30% compound annual growth rate between 2001 and 2005. Although the
total number of users is expected to exceed 240 million in 2005 -- topping
the total for the US -- only 9% of the region’s population will be online.
Also by that year, 72% of all Asia Pacific internet users will come
from China, Korea and India.
URBAN USAGE
RATES IN LATIN AMERICA ON THE RISE - Ipsos Reid's "Face of the
Web" study reports that the number of people who used the internet
(in a past 30-day period) in 'Urban Mexico' increased from 27% in 1999
to 33% in 2000. The percentage in 'Urban Brazil' increased
slightly from
21% to 22%, in 'Urban Colombia' from 14% to 17% and in 'Urban Argentina'
from 13% to 20%.
For more Facts and Stats on the New Economy, visit our
Facts and Stats page. Also,
see our special State of the Internet report on this page.
For daily, topical
Facts and Stats visit our Hot
In Tech page.
TECH
NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK
A WIRELESS GENERATION GAP – 3G versus 4G -
http://biz.yahoo.com/bizwk/010517/1ulz2aygg7ej_aehtgmozg.html
EDITORIAL:
'Workers warm to wireless' - Sometimes it's hard to believe all the
hype about the mobile Internet. Can
we all be torn from our desktop PCs and converted into mobile Web
users, device
in one hand and fiddly stylus thingy in the other? I, for one, am not
too attracted to the wireless services currently on offer but it's just
possible that the arrival of third-generation or
3G mobile services
could change my mind, and the minds of many others. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/weekly_editorial.html
COMPUTER USER:
SLOW SITES COSTING ONLINE RETAILERS - Slow-loading websites are causing
online consumers to abandon up to 50 percent of online transactions,
or USD25 billion worth of purchases. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356735&rel=true
BOSTON CONSULTING
GROUP: B2C NOT DOING SO BADLY IN US - B2C sales in the US grew 66 percent
to USD45 billion last year, and are expected to grow by 45 percent to
USD65 billion this year. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356737&rel=true
META GROUP:
FUTURE OF ECOMMERCE LIES IN EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA -
Countries in
North America and Europe have the highest ecommerce potential. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356745&rel=true
CISCO
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS@2001
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top policy focuses for 2001 are the areas of Education, Broadband Deployment
and eGovernment. To read or
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