BASIS

WSIS +10 High-Level Event 10 June 2014, Geneva

ICC BASIS (Business Action to Support the Information Society) has urged for renewed efforts to both reflect on progress, and prompt action, in advancing an Information Society based on an inclusive Internet.

25 October 2013 - Closing address by Virat Bhatia, ICC BASIS representative for the business community at the IGF.

ICC today announced that greater efforts to bring about better, more consultative global policy-making are needed to maximise the potential of the Internet to power future economic growth.

Speaking at the WSIS 2013 action lines Forum in Geneva this month, Subramanian Ramadorai, Chair of ICC Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS) initiative and Vice-Chairman of Tata Consultancy Services, highlighted the urgency for achieving greater participation from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Internet policy discussion and in the formation of a sustainable information society.

Mr S. Ramadorai, BASIS Chair Firstly, thank you for this opportunity to speak on behalf of ICC’s BASIS‐ initiative members at this year’s Forum. Our special thanks to the ITU Secretary‐General Hamadoun Touré, as well as the other WSIS Action Line facilitators ‐UNCTAD, UNDP and UNESCO. I would also like to acknowledge the participation of […]

The International Chamber of Commerce has been part of this series of discussions and process leading, we hope, to some decisions by governments and others, since the early start of the process.

Closing Address by Jeff Brueggeman, ICC BASIS Global Business Representative, Vice President-Public Policy & Deputy Chief Privacy Officer, AT&T

ICC has announced a new working partnership with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

As the seventh Internet Governance Forum (IGF) draws to a close in Azerbaijan today, ICC BASIS members highlighted that market-focused enabling policy frameworks are key to driving Internet innovation and economic growth.