Zero-rating is a practice where mobile network operators partner with online services to offer customers free access to select content without it counting towards the customer's data cap. While it can increase internet adoption, concerns exist that it favors some services over others and challenges net neutrality principles. However, proponents argue that zero-rating introduces users to the internet and increases overall usage over time. It also expands access in developing areas in an economically efficient way. The document examines these perspectives on zero-rating and argues that critics have not proven actual harm from the practice.
Your cause is online, but is it mobile? If yes, well done! If no, then we need to talk. The rate of adoption world-wide for mobile technology is at the highest it's ever been and growing fast. So it's time for your nonprofit organization to put these smart-phones, tablets and their apps to good use. In this webinar, we'll explore practical ways to use mobile technologies to engage with your audience during live events, fundraiser-thons and even personal solicitations.
Presentación de Martha García-Murillo en el taller "El rol del Estado en la promoción de la banda ancha" para DIRSI. Lima, 19 de mayo de 2011.
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Your cause is online, but is it mobile? If yes, well done! If no, then we need to talk. The rate of adoption world-wide for mobile technology is at the highest it's ever been and growing fast. So it's time for your nonprofit organization to put these smart-phones, tablets and their apps to good use. In this webinar, we'll explore practical ways to use mobile technologies to engage with your audience during live events, fundraiser-thons and even personal solicitations.
Presentación de Martha García-Murillo en el taller "El rol del Estado en la promoción de la banda ancha" para DIRSI. Lima, 19 de mayo de 2011.
Martha García-Murillo's presentation at the workshop "The role of the state in the promotion of the broadband" for DIRSI. Lima, May 19th 2011.
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For many businesses and public locations, providing Wi-Fi to customers has almost become like electricity or water, a cost of doing business. Many service providers are now constructing extensive networks of public Wi-Fi hotspots for use by their mobile or home broadband customers. The intention is to enhance and differentiate their offering, with the goal of retaining their customers’ business. However, very little knowledge is currently available about how consumers are actually using public Wi-Fi and how they view the overall experience. To derive business value from the deployment of Wi-Fi hotspots, businesses and service providers need to better understand how consumers are using public hotspots and what can be done to improve the experience.
To learn more, Cisco conducted a survey of 620 U.S. mobile users to understand their needs and behaviors, current and future use of public hotspots, and unmet demands. The research findings are important, because they can help businesses and service providers understand the size of the opportunity, develop winning strategies, and optimize their Wi-Fi offerings and network deployments to derive greater business value. This document is part of a series presenting 2013 Cisco mobile consumer research findings. Additional white papers cover changing mobile usage and consumer behavior, as well as opportunities in new localized mobile services.
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It seems that the iconic “Wi-Fi Here” badge is turning up everywhere these days. Once found on coffee shop windows to indicate that patrons could connect their mobile devices to the Internet, the symbol can now be seen in countless public venues. Wi-Fi can now be found everywhere from retail stores and hotels to airports, doctor’s offices, and even airplanes. Recent Cisco research found that consumers now own an average of three mobile devices each, almost all of which are Wi-Fi capable. ABI Research estimated that there were 4.9 million public hotspots in 2012, which they expect to grow by 30 percent in 2013 to 6.3 million1. It’s no wonder that we are seeing a huge increase in public Wi-Fi hotspots as mobile users look for places to connect their multiple devices when they are away from home or the office.
For many businesses and public locations, providing Wi-Fi to customers has almost become like electricity or water, a cost of doing business. Many service providers are now constructing extensive networks of public Wi-Fi hotspots for use by their mobile or home broadband customers. The intention is to enhance and differentiate their offering, with the goal of retaining their customers’ business. However, very little knowledge is currently available about how consumers are actually using public Wi-Fi and how they view the overall experience. To derive business value from the deployment of Wi-Fi hotspots, businesses and service providers need to better understand how consumers are using public hotspots and what can be done to improve the experience.
To learn more, Cisco conducted a survey of 620 U.S. mobile users to understand their needs and behaviors, current and future use of public hotspots, and unmet demands. The research findings are important, because they can help businesses and service providers understand the size of the opportunity, develop winning strategies, and optimize their Wi-Fi offerings and network deployments to derive greater business value. This document is part of a series presenting 2013 Cisco mobile consumer research findings. Additional white papers cover changing mobile usage and consumer behavior, as well as opportunities in new localized mobile services.
Norfolk Chamber held THE FUTURE IS HERE event on Weds 23 September 2015 to bring businesses an essential opportunity to experience first-hand how digital technology can drive your business forward,
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Zero-rating of mobile data is used to exempt certain applications or content from users' data plan quotas, and is used in both developing and mature markets. In essence, nobody pays for the data - although the mobile operator may work a revenue-share deal for paid content, or may look to upsell the users with more paid data access.
Sponsored data is similar, but involves the content/app provider paying for data traffic on behalf of the user. It has been popularised by AT&T's announcement in January 2014, although it has gained only limited traction so far.
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# Internet Security: Safeguarding Your Digital World
In the contemporary digital age, the internet is a cornerstone of our daily lives. It connects us to vast amounts of information, provides platforms for communication, enables commerce, and offers endless entertainment. However, with these conveniences come significant security challenges. Internet security is essential to protect our digital identities, sensitive data, and overall online experience. This comprehensive guide explores the multifaceted world of internet security, providing insights into its importance, common threats, and effective strategies to safeguard your digital world.
## Understanding Internet Security
Internet security encompasses the measures and protocols used to protect information, devices, and networks from unauthorized access, attacks, and damage. It involves a wide range of practices designed to safeguard data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Effective internet security is crucial for individuals, businesses, and governments alike, as cyber threats continue to evolve in complexity and scale.
### Key Components of Internet Security
1. **Confidentiality**: Ensuring that information is accessible only to those authorized to access it.
2. **Integrity**: Protecting information from being altered or tampered with by unauthorized parties.
3. **Availability**: Ensuring that authorized users have reliable access to information and resources when needed.
## Common Internet Security Threats
Cyber threats are numerous and constantly evolving. Understanding these threats is the first step in protecting against them. Some of the most common internet security threats include:
### Malware
Malware, or malicious software, is designed to harm, exploit, or otherwise compromise a device, network, or service. Common types of malware include:
- **Viruses**: Programs that attach themselves to legitimate software and replicate, spreading to other programs and files.
- **Worms**: Standalone malware that replicates itself to spread to other computers.
- **Trojan Horses**: Malicious software disguised as legitimate software.
- **Ransomware**: Malware that encrypts a user's files and demands a ransom for the decryption key.
- **Spyware**: Software that secretly monitors and collects user information.
### Phishing
Phishing is a social engineering attack that aims to steal sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details. Attackers often masquerade as trusted entities in email or other communication channels, tricking victims into providing their information.
### Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Attacks
MitM attacks occur when an attacker intercepts and potentially alters communication between two parties without their knowledge. This can lead to the unauthorized acquisition of sensitive information.
### Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attacks
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Zero Rating – a Blessing in Disguised Presentation Ghana IGF
1. Zero Rating
A BLESSING IN DISGUISED
Yusif Amadu
University of Ghana
yamadu@ug.edu.gh
0244659245
2. What is Zero-rating?
The practice of offering free access to certain
popular online services for customers of particular
mobile networks. Several major service providers
have entered into arrangements with mobile
network operators in a variety of countries to
deliver low-data-usage.
3. Why Zero-Rating?
• Zero Rated content entices users to go online and is an
attractive venue to accustom users to the experience of
Internet services(Galpaya, Helani. 2015)
• Zero-rating brings down the cost of access to information in
less developed countries. A user of Wikipedia Zero, for
example, has unlimited or no-cost to access everything in
the online encyclopedia
4. How Zero Rating functions
• Telephone companies in joint agreement with content provider
such as Facebook offer different flavours of zero rated content
(In Ghana, Airtel and Tigo offer free access such as Facebook, Imo, WhatsApp)
• Zero Rated customers consumes mobile Internet on a capped and
metered basis for example MTN Ghana Sunday special
• A specific volume of data can be downloaded or uploaded for a
given value (or per month) anything above this data cap is paid for
• Zero rated content refers to content that doesn’t count towards
the users’ data cap.
5. Addressing Concerns about Zero
Rating
• Zero-rated programs do not offer full access to the open
Internet,
• Challenge fundamental functions of the web such as the
ability to link from one source of content to another
elsewhere on the web
• Restrict subscribers to some form of “walled garden”,
where users have access to a limited number of
applications or Services for example App Store.
6. • Create twisted incentives for subscribers to access the
“free” services of identified partners instead of competing
services and hence risks anticompetitive effects.
• Challenges fundamental principles of net neutrality,
and may present particular development concerns by giving
dominant web services an advantage over emerging local
competition
7. Zero-Rated Services Are Not New
• Way back in 2010, Facebook launched Facebook Zero in 45
countries globally, to give people free access to Facebook on
feature phones.
• Then in 2012, Wikipedia teamed up with Orange to offer
Wikipedia Zero on smartphones in Uganda. This zero-rating of
Wikipedia content was exactly the same as Facebook Zero.
• Google jumped on the zero-rating services with Free Zone in the
Philippines and South Africa, giving free access to Gmail, Google
Search, and Google+.
(Wayan Vota on January 14, 2016)
8. Facebook and Zero Rating
• Facebook Zero not only
increases the number of
Internet users in the short
run, but, causes a long-run
increase in Internet
adoption
(in Asia 50% of people who got access to
Free Basics, they moved to the broader
Internet within the very first 30 days after
they got the first experience with the service)
(Internet Governance Forum 2015)
• Facebook insists that its
intention with Free Basics
is to bring the power of the
Internet to everyone,
leading to everyone's
development, and growth of
the nation.
9. Zero Rating and Competition
• Some net neutrality
advocates have challenged
Zero Rating by stating that
it violates the principle of
non-discrimination and
• Risks anticompetitive
effects and limits freedom
of expression.
• Zero Rating programs
typically do not raise
serious concerns with
respect to anticompetitive
effects.
• Rather, concerns about
diversity of expression
appear to be based more on
speculation than empirical
evidence, and to ignore the
positive effects of Zero
Rating
10. Conclusion
Zero-rating programs function as transitional models:
• provide initial incentives or awareness-raising marketing;
• encourage individuals to begin using Internet-connected
services;
• The best way to increase the number of people with access
to the open Internet, we do not have to overlook the
continuing need to demonstrate the potential benefits of
Internet access to people in economically and
geographically diverse contexts;
11. • Zero-rating gets more people online, 6 million new users in 14 months in the
Philippines. No ICT4D initiative has accomplished that, ever;
• Zero Rating is a market-driven mechanism for achieving economically efficient
and socially desirable outcomes;
• Zero Rating improves economic efficiency by supporting continuing investment
and innovation in both networks and content while expanding Internet access to
consumers who would otherwise be unserved;
• Zero Rating critics have not demonstrated any harm to competition or consumers
from Zero Rating, or even shown that any individual competitors have been
disadvantaged.
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