<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Cooperation WG Members,<div><br></div><div>Today the Euro-IX Board posted a position statement on the review of the ITRs, please see details of the press release below -</div><div><br></div><div>regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Bijal</div><div><br></div><div>===</div><div><br></div><div><div><b>Euro-IX Executive Committee Position Statement on the Review of the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs)</b></div><div><br></div><div>Amsterdam, The Netherlands 18 October 2012</div><div><br></div><div>In December 2012, the World Conference on International Telecommunications will consider a review of the International Telecommunication Regulations. As some proposed amendments may have a negative impact on the future of the Internet, the Euro-IX Board (Executive Committee) has prepared a Position Statement. The statement lists the points which are considered important to ensure the open, competitive and innovative nature of the Internet in the future.</div><div><br></div><div>The Euro-IX Board has encouraged the members of Euro-IX to talk to their Government representatives and share the position statement with them and also with the members (customers, participants) of the exchange point.</div><div><br></div><div>The position statement can be found in the link below -</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.euro-ix.net/documents/1042-EuroIX-EC-WCIT-Position-Statement-pdf?download=yes">https://www.euro-ix.net/documents/1042-EuroIX-EC-WCIT-Position-Statement-pdf?download=yes</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">About Euro-IX:</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Euro-IX (European Internet Exchange Association) was formed in May 2001 with the intention to further develop, strengthen and improve the Internet Exchange Point (IXP) community. Euro-IX is a collaboration of the leading Internet Exchange Points that connect the networks of Internet service providers, carriers and content providers to facilitate the exchange of Internet traffic.</span></p><div><div><a href="https://euro-ix.net/">https://euro-ix.net</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>