Amendments To International Telecommunications Regulations

On 3-14 December 2012 the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At the conference amendments were adopted to the International Telecommunications Regulations (the "Regulations"), which serve as the binding global treaty designed to facilitate international interconnection and interoperability of information and communication services. The Regulations do not address the content-related aspects of telecommunications.

Security and unsolicited bulk electronic communications were hotly debated issues at the conference. As a consequence, Articles 5A (Security and robustness of networks) and 5B (Unsolicited bulk electronic communications) of the Regulations were modified.