Terming
India as an important player in Internet governance, Telecom Minister
Ravi Shankar Prasad said the future architecture of the Web should not
be a prerogative of a few and should be open to all.
“India
is an important player on international stage of Internet governance. I
am happy that USA has decided that the entire oversight mechanism must
end by September 2015 or year end,” Prasad said during an Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers event here.
A
non-profit organisation, ICANN is responsible for technical maintenance
work of central Internet address pools. Last year in March, the US
government had announced that it was ready to transfer its stewardship
of the important Internet technical functions to the global Internet
community.
ICANN’s
contract with the US Government expires in September this year. It is
currently working on the transition proposal and has welcomed comments
of governments, private sector, civil society, and other Internet
organisations from over the world on the future architecture of
Internet.
“What
shall be the future architecture, we are discussing, we are debating,
lot of inputs are coming. Since it is in a stage of evolution, I have to
await my final call on it,” Prasad said.
He
added that Internet must be equitable, effective, open for all and no
one should be able to claim early arrival benefit. “Internet is one of
the finest creations of human mind. It can’t become a prerogative of
few. Internet has to connect with local to become global,” he said.
ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade said India is central to what the Internet is at the global level.
“I
know everyone speaks about Digital India, but digital world without
Digital India simply loses its digital way. India is not simply getting
into the digital world, India is already an incumbent, a driver in the
Digital world in every sense of the word,” he said.
He
said he came to India in October 2013, but since then India’s place at
the global level has taken a new energy that is remarkable.
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