Kasenova M.B. The possibilities and opportunities of internationalization of the transboundary management of the Internet: legal context

Abstract: The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is historically the fi rst organization providing the functionality of the key elements of the technological infrastructure of the Internet, including the issues of coordination of the Internet’s unique identifi ers. These functions have signifi cant value for the technological infrastructure of the Internet and since for over 16 years these functions have been administered by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), they are labeled as the “IANA functions”. This article analyzes the announcement of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the US Department of Commerce (from 03.14.2014) about US Government’s decision to transfer the control over the IANA functions to the “global multistakeholder community”; the resulting documents of “Global meeting of the multistakeholders on the issues of future control over the Internet” (April 2014, San-Paulo, Brazil), as well as the “Group of specialists on the global Internet cooperation and the mechanisms of the Internet administration” (May 2014). In author’s opinion, the implementation of ideas and measures provided by the above documents, can drastically change the management of the technological infrastructure of the Internet and carry a signifi cant impact upon the internationalization of the transboundary management of the Internet.

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