Internet Infrastructure
Policy Brief: Enhancing the Resilience of Submarine Internet Infrastructure
Connectivity
13 November 2025
Policy Brief: Enhancing the Resilience of Submarine Internet Infrastructure
This document presents a forward-looking and optimistic approach to enhancing Internet resilience through practical and policy-driven solutions.
The Internet is Making Elections More Transparent
Connectivity
8 May 2024
The Internet is Making Elections More Transparent
The Internet plays a critical role in improving election transparency. In 2022, Kenya saw just how crucial a resilient...
Promoting the African Internet Economy
Economy
22 November 2017
Promoting the African Internet Economy
Author: Michael Kende Michael Kende is a Senior Fellow at the Internet Society. Many thanks to Dawit Bekele for...
Landmark IPv6 Report Published: State of Deployment 2017
How the Internet Works
6 June 2017
Landmark IPv6 Report Published: State of Deployment 2017
On the fifth anniversary of World IPv6 Launch, we’re excited to share a detailed report on the State of IPv6 Deployment...
Internet Shutdowns Are Not a Solution to Africa’s Challenges
Human Rights
5 June 2017
Internet Shutdowns Are Not a Solution to Africa’s Challenges
Africa has made considerable gains with regards to the Internet in the last decades. It’s Internet penetration grew by...
My personal highlights of 2016 for the Asia-Pacific Bureau and what’s coming up in 2017
Community
19 April 2017
My personal highlights of 2016 for the Asia-Pacific Bureau and what’s coming up in 2017
The year 2016 was indeed a successful year for the Internet Society (ISOC) Asia-Pacific (APAC) Team. We were able...
Zenzeleni – Do it Yourself! – How a Rural Community in South Africa Became a Telecommunication Operator
Connectivity
7 April 2017
Zenzeleni – Do it Yourself! – How a Rural Community in South Africa Became a Telecommunication Operator
Zenzeleni Community Network The Zenzeleni community network connects over 50 households in the rural communities of Mankosi and...
The Internet of square brackets
Connectivity
31 October 2016
The Internet of square brackets
The World Telecommunication Standards Assembly (WTSA-16) has entered its final week, and a few Internet-related issues have proven to...
Calling All Network Researchers – Call for Papers Opens for Applied Networking Research Workshop
Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)
18 April 2016
Calling All Network Researchers – Call for Papers Opens for Applied Networking Research Workshop
We’re excited to announce the inaugural Applied Networking Research Workshop (ANRW) 2016, which will take place in Berlin on...
Internet Society’s New Policy Brief Series Provides Concise Information On Critical Internet Issues
Connectivity
2 November 2015
Internet Society’s New Policy Brief Series Provides Concise Information On Critical Internet Issues
Have you ever wanted to quickly find out information on key Internet policy issues from an Internet Society perspective? ...
The Internet needs Africa as much as Africa needs the Internet – a speech to the African Union
Connectivity
3 September 2015
The Internet needs Africa as much as Africa needs the Internet – a speech to the African Union
Note: Today Sally Wentworth, our VP of Global Public Policy, gave the following speech at a meeting of the...
Asia-Pacific reaches out to a digital future
Connectivity
14 August 2015
Asia-Pacific reaches out to a digital future
The future of the Internet was very much present at the 15th Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Policy and Regulatory Forum (APT...