Cisco Government Affairs E-Update

Volume 1, Issue 24

27 July 2001

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This Week@Cisco in Government Affairs

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CISCO@INTERNATIONAL

BT HAS HANDED OVER 163 LINES TO RIVALS - British Telecommunications has handed over only 163 of its residential lines to rival operators as part of plans to throw open its local network to competition. The figures underline how far attempts to unbundle the "local loop" - the last mile of the network between local exchanges and people's homes - have fallen behind last year's plans. http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3OK7LXMPC&live=true&tagid=ZZZPCGI2B0C

ISRAEL TELECOM MARKETS OPEN BUT COMPETITION ABSENT - http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010726/tc/telecoms_israel_dc_1.html

FREE TRADE ZONE SOUGHT BETWEEN EU AND US - http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1457000/1457870.stm

G8 SETS PLAN TO BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE - http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010721/tc/group_technology_dc_1.html

BRAZIL TURNS TO I.T. AS WAY TO INVIGORATE ECONOMY - http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3YJWU2KPC&live=true&tagid=ZZZC00L1B0C

REPORT SHOWS THAT INTERNET ECONOMY IS ALIVE AND THRIVING IN AUSTRALIA - Full report can be accessed from: http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/corp_072501.html

SINGAPORE INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDOUT - Expect some exciting developments with Singapore's infrastructure. Read the interview with Yong Ying-I, CEO of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA).

http://www.emarketer.com/analysis/easia/20010725_asia.html?ref=dn - Part 2.

http://www.emarketer.com/analysis/easia/20010703_asia.html - Part 1.

CISCO@WASHINGTON, DC

ROLL CALL: TELECOM AND INTERNET POLICY BRIEFING – Includes interviews and articles with and by Bruce Mehlman, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy; Reps. Billy Tauzin, John Dingell, John Conyers, Chris Cannon, James Sensenbrenner, Cliff Stearns; Senators Sam Brownback, Ron Wyden and more. http://www.rollcall.com/pages/pb/00/2001/07/index0723.html

EDUCATION IS KEY TO U.S. COMPETITIVENESS - ``Everyone over the age of 45 in my lab was born in the United States. No one under the age of 45 in my lab is from the United States.'' With that simple statement, technology pioneer Stan Williams, chief of Hewlett-Packard's top-secret nanotechnology laboratory, shocked a group of congressional Democrats into grasping the dimensions of Silicon Valley's talent crisis. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/depth/teched072201.htm

HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER ARMEY: LESS GOVERNMENT: THE BEST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN TO E-COMMERCE- http://www.freedom.gov/library/technology/lessgovt.asp

COMMERCE SECRETARY ON 3G - Commerce Secretary Donald Evans sent a letter to FCC Chairman Michael Powell regarding plans to "identify additional spectrum for third generation (3G) advanced mobile wireless services." He stated that this will be done "with additional time". While the Clinton administration had developed a plan, and set a timetable for identifying and allocating spectrum for 3G wireless systems, Evans stated that "I have directed the Acting Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to work with the FCC to develop a new plan for the selection of 3G spectrum." Secretary Evan’s letter to Chairman Powell: http://osecnt13.osec.doc.gov/public.nsf/docs/Evans-Powell-3G

HOUSE COMMERCE HEARING ON 3G WIRELESS DEPLOYMENT - Statements from CTIA, FCC, Verizon, Chairman Tauzin, DOD, more. http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/hearings/07242001Hearing330/hearing.htm

SENATE COMMERCE HEARING ON TELE-HEALTH – A hearing was held this week entitled “E-Health and Consumer Empowerment: How Consumers Can Use Technology Today and in the Future to Improve Their Health.” The goal is to explore opportunities and obstacles regarding the use of Internet technology to empower patients to improve their health care. Submitted testimony: http://www.senate.gov/~commerce/hearings/hearings.htm

GREENSPAN: TECH NOWHERE NEAR TECH SATURATION POINT - http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010724/tc/economy_greenspan_technology_dc_1.html

E-GOV FUND CUT ON CAPITOL HILL - http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0723/web-egov-07-25-01.asp

OMB CHIEF LAMENTS STATE OF FEDERAL TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE –

http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0701/072601b1.htm

OMB DIRECTOR LAYS OUT HIS PLAN FOR E-GOVERNMENT - http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0701/072701h1.htm

OMB DIRECTOR CREATES E-GOVERNMENT TASK FORCE - http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0701/072301s1.htm

OPENING UP TELCOMMUTING OPTIONS FOR FEDERAL WORKERS - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35501-2001Jul22.html

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION: SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPING ANALYSIS, WARNING, AND RESPONSE CAPABILITIES, by GAO director for information security issues, before the Subcommittee on Technology and Government Information, Senate Committee on the Judiciary. http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?gao-01-1005t (Adobe Acrobat required)

TOP COMPANIES PRESS INTERNET PRIVACY CONCERNS - Executives from IBM, General Motors, Proctor & Gamble and Amazon.com pressed US Congress on Thursday not to create specific privacy legislation that would target online commerce, claiming the industry already takes adequate measures to keep customer information private. http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3GF55XMPC&live=true&useoverridetemplate=ZZZFKOXOA0C

ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTACKS CYBER CRIME - Attorney General John Ashcroft gave a speech in which he announced the formation of nine new units at the Department of Justice named Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) units. The new units will prosecute computer intrusions, copyright and trademark violations, theft of trade secrets and economic espionage, theft of computer and high tech components, fraud, and other Internet crimes. One such unit already exists for the San Francisco area. New units will be created for Los Angeles, San Diego, Atlanta, Boston, New York City, Dallas, Seattle and northern Virginia. The CHIP units will be staffed with a total of 77 people, of which 48 will be prosecutors. Speech, as prepared for delivery: http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/chipagsp.htm

CISCO@US STATES

AEA STATE GOVERNMENT MEETING IN TEXAS – Michelle Mallory Peacock, Cisco’s State Government Affairs Manager this week attended the AeA (American Electronics Association) State Policy Action Network (SPAN) meeting in Austin, TX. This state government-focused group discussed a wide range of issues including education, broadband deployment and internet tax. AeA's President and CEO Bill Archey kicked off the meeting with a presentation on the political dynamics in Washington, DC and their implications on the High Tech industry and state public policy. On Friday they were scheduled to host Sandy Kress, Special Education Advisor to President Bush who will address the group on education issues and Texas Attorney General John Cornyn who is expected to speak on privacy.

E-LEARNING GAINING STRENGTH IN US - Ninety percent of US colleges and universities will offer some level of e-learning by 2005, according to IDC. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356993&rel=true

EVERYBODY LOVES BROADBAND - http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010720/wr/tech_netratings_dc_1.html

GALLUP POLL: INTERNET MAKES LIFE EASIER - http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr010723.asp

TELECOM WATCHERS SEE SAVING GRACES - http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-6663231.html?tag=mn_hd

TELECOM SECTOR BUST REVERBERATING ACROSS THE ENTIRE U.S. ECONOMY - The impact reverberates far beyond telecom carriers and their equipment suppliers, down through a food chain that reaches into almost every corner of the economy, from metalworking shops in San Jose to commercial real estate in Dallas. The telecom bust has also wiped out almost $2 trillion in stock market wealth, losses which are damping household spending. Billions more stand to be lost on defaulted telecom debt, which is beginning to affect borrowing costs for other companies.

http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB996011629447166413.htm (paid subscription required)

HISPANIC ONLINE POPULATION GROWING - http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/50246p-749990c.html

2001-2002 CALIFORNIA STATE BUDGET ENACTED - http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/BUD_DOCS/Bud_link.htm

ALL ACCESS NOT CREATED EQUAL - Darren Allen explains that US regional technology hubs have been instrumental to the growth of the internet economy, however, they have also become mainstays of heavy 'net use and have affected the distribution to users throughout the country.

http://www.emarketer.com/analysis/edemographics/20010723_edemo.html?ref=dew

FACTS AND STATS OF THE WEEK:

USING BROADBAND AT HOME AND AT WORK - According to Multimedia Research Group, Inc., there will be more than 15 million broadband subscribers worldwide in 2001 and 30 million by 2004. Multimedia also finds that an additional 24 million have broadband access via their offices’ local area network (LAN) in 2001. The report mentions that in the US, cable modem will lead DSL connectivity while the reverse will be true in other markets throughout the world.

WIRED HOUSEHOLDS IN THE UK - J.D. Power and Associates reports that the number of households online in the UK rose from 28% in 2000 to 32% in 2001. Households spend an average of 7.4 hours per week on the 'net in 2001-- up from 5.5 hours per week in 2000. Only 5% of connected households in 2001 are using a cable modem to go online and only 2% are using asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) connections.

NEARLY ONE-QUARTER OF JAPAN ONLINE - The number of people in Japan who access the 'net through personal computers reached 30.1 million, or 24.2% of Japan's population, according to a NetRatings Japan survey from June 2001. 23.95 million users say they go online from home, a 15.1% increase over the previous month. The number of people surfing the web via i-mode and other mobile services reached 13.42 million; 5.81 million of them go online exclusively through mobile devices.

ALL SERVICE PROVIDERS - According to IDC, the worldwide market for infrastructure bought

for xSPs (IDC’s term for all service providers, for example, management, marketing, application, hardware) in 2000 totaled $88 billion, but will rise to $212 billion by 2005. In 2000, the breakdown of infrastructure spending, by segment, goes as follows: 38% for services, 33% for network equipment, 20% for software, 6% for servers and 3% for storage. IDC predicts that spending on network equipment will account for 48% of total xSP spending by 2005.

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.

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