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With free access to the web under threat, the battle to lead global telecoms body pits Russia against the US
Ventilator challenge, start-up runway fund appeal, Samsung AirDresser
New architecture would enable cutting-edge technologies but western countries fear more control for state-run internet services
Country’s companies have made every submission to UN on standards in past three years
New regulations to protect citizens’ rights to privacy are crucial
A new kind of online democracy is emerging, a hybrid of existing forms, writes Ehud Shapiro
Edward Snowden’s actions are transforming global communications policy, says Misha Glenny
As countries struggle, the big success of companies such as Google has become hard to ignore
Old power structures want to neutralise the main threat to their existence, writes John Kampfner
Syl Tang considers a long-running argument about just how exactly one tells the time
Debate over the humble leap second is postponed
Poor countries and high costs mean low penetration
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