EU Commission awards contract to a European consortium under Czech leadership. Filtering requirements of tender viewed critically Becoming more independent from US-based tech giants in the ICT sector has been a strong intention of the EU Commission for some time: Digital sovereignty is the key to achieve this goal. This

Current happenings in the Internet governance context in December 2022: The 17th UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held in Addis Ababa ended on 4 December. Over 5,000 participants from 170 countries attended more than 300 sessions. The IGF was opened by Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Current happenings in the Internet governance context in November 2022: At the G20 Summit in Bali on 16 November 2022, the leading industrialised nations and emerging economies committed themselves to further digital transformation. In the future, the sustainable UN development goals shall have a greater impact on how digital economy

DENIC passes re-certification audit for its Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) – ISO/IEC 22301 successfully again   DENIC eG as an operator of a critical infrastructure in Germany has been certified according to the international standards for an Information Security Management System (ISMS) – ISO/IEC 27001 and for a Business Continuity

Current happenings in the Internet governance context in September 2022: On 26 September 2022, the ITU General Assembly, which is held every four years, was opened in Bucharest. On the agenda is the program for 2023 – 2027. The conflict between ICANN and ITU over domain name and IP address governance

Study finds .de to have the highest awareness, trust and registration values among German consumers When choosing from the wealth of domain extensions, Internet users in Germany definitely prefer their own country code. This is the result of a survey, the market research institute YouGov carried out on behalf of

Current happenings in the Internet governance context in August 2022: On the way to an IGF+, UN Secretary-General António Guterres named ten members on 15 August 2022 of the IGF Leadership Panel (ILP) he had announced in his Roadmap for Digital Cooperation (June 2020). The ILP is intended to give